Dr Peter Prinsley MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket is Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour).
Offices and committees
Dr Peter Prinsley sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 27 October 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 11 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 66f2518ec6bb.
Register of interests
Dr Peter Prinsley has 7 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 24 July 2024 and the latest on 25 July 2024. By category: Employment and earnings (5), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
medical practice - Premex
- Type of work or service being provided: medical practice
- Date the agreement started: 2024-07-19
- Name of the payer: Premex
- Brief description of the payer's business: medical report agent
medical reports - Premex Services
- Type of work or service being provided: medical reports
- Date the agreement started: 2024-07-17
- Name of the payer: Premex Services
- Brief description of the payer's business: medical report agent
private medical practice - Private patient payments
- Type of work or service being provided: private medical practice
- Date the agreement started: 2024-07-16
- Name of the payer: Private patient payments
Property in London and Norwich
- Location of the land or property: London and Norwich
- A description of the property: flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: co-owned with family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 4
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Norwich City Councillor, (unpaid since August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-05-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
private medical practice - Peter Prinsley private medical practice
- Type of work or service being provided: private medical practice
- Name of the payer: Peter Prinsley private medical practice
NHS consultant surgeon - James Paget University Hospital
- Type of work or service being provided: NHS consultant surgeon
- Name of the payer: James Paget University Hospital
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Dr Peter Prinsley's office spent £147,816 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £29,492 in the same year. 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 | £147,815.79 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,492.00 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,120.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,299.98 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Researcher (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 522 votes by Dr Peter Prinsley in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 61 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 6 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Dr Peter Prinsley voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 137 written questions from Dr Peter Prinsley since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of how Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations could improve police response times, operational efficiency, and public safety.
Police: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value of drone technology in supporting police forces to prevent and investigate rural crime.
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the operational benefits of using drones to provide police officers with real time aerial intelligence when responding to road traffic collisions, searches for criminal …
Police: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential for drone technology to improve police response times and public safety in rural and geographically dispersed communities.
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of …
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of …
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how does procurement within the Home Office’s current funding opportunity, entitled 'Violence against women and girls advocacy support fund', align with the Government's commitment to specialist by-an …
Audiology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to reinstate the Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting time data for audiology services.
Osteopathy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the General Osteopathic Council’s proposed increase in registration fees on self-employed osteopaths and recruitment & retention within the p …
International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementing the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace; and what steps his Department is taking to support Israeli and Pal …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e0d381f61b66. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Peter Prinsley.
2024 general election
Dr Peter Prinsley won Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,745 votes (32.9%), a majority of 1,452 over Will Tanner (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket figures
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.