Mr Calvin Bailey MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead is Mr Calvin Bailey (Labour). The Members API lists the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People) from 12 June 2026.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Mr Calvin Bailey, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People) | Ministry of Defence | 12 June 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
| Defence Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5dc02ee93953.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Mr Calvin Bailey when read on 26 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Mr Calvin Bailey's office spent £168,054 on staff, from a staffing budget of £198,653, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £18,578 of a £33,037 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £168,053.55 |
| Office costs: spent | £18,578.34 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £68.67 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Leyton and Wanstead BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Support Officer (casual), Support Officer (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (casual), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Office Manager (fixed term part time), Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mr Calvin Bailey is recorded voting in 392 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 106 written questions have been tabled by Mr Calvin Bailey, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Justice; Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Defence; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; and others.
Men: Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Men and Boys Summit will take place.
Children's Play: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan 2026, what steps his Department is taking to support the uptake of NHS England and Starlight’s Play Well toolkit.
Veterans: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent homelessness for veterans as part of the (a) National Plan to End Homelessness and (b) Inter-Ministerial Group on homelessness, and how Op FORTITUDE interacts w …
West Bank: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to coordinate action to end a) settler violence and b) settlement expansion in the West Bank with other states that have recognised Palest …
Overseas Trade: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether clarified guidance on the legality of UK trade with illegal settlements in Palestine is being considered within the review of the Government’s approach to Responsible Business Conduct.
Armed Forces: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Independent Legal Advocacy support programme pilot will only provide advice to those over 18; and whether a separate legal advocacy support programme will be created for Service Personnel unde …
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to (a) publish for pre-legislative scrutiny and (b) introduce the Defence Readiness Bill in (i) 2026, (ii) 2027, (iii) 2028 and (iv) 2029.
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of men in England who undergo PSA testing outside of a formal screening programme; and whether this was accounted for in the UK National Scre …
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any additional evidence published since the UK National Screening Committee’s draft recommendation in November will be considered before a final decision is made on prostate cancer screenin …
Buildings: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will consider implementing a rule of one approach to building safety remediation, whereby each affected building is remediated once to a standard set by the Dep …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9e9a53969752. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Calvin Bailey.
2024 general election
Mr Calvin Bailey won Leyton and Wanstead at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 20,755 votes (47.5%), a majority of 13,964 over Charlotte Lafferty (Green Party). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Leyton and Wanstead figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Calvin Bailey corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Calvin Bailey:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.