Vale of Glamorgan / data
Kanishka Narayan · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
404
of 504 possible
Attendance
80%
100 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
282
37 debates
Written Qs
68
68 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£186k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 82 claims
Interests
4
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 83 | |
| Economy | 72 | |
| Employment | 45 | |
| Education | 37 | |
| Crime & Policing | 33 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 27 | |
| Housing | 22 | |
| Energy | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 22 | 48,589 |
| Defence | 11 | 37,141 |
| Technology | 18 | 22,546 |
| Utilities | 4 | 16,768 |
| Other | 3 | 10,171 |
| Health | 8 | 7,667 |
| Local Government | 4 | 7,196 |
| Crime | 8 | 4,773 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1Vote on New Clause 1 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a private member's bill on assisted dying. Based on available debate c… | Free vote | Aye |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance,… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)Platforms have a responsibility to comply with the Act. I suspect there are many cases where they have done so. We do not ask platforms to report every single instance where they h… | 35 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)I am very happy to write to the platforms and ask them for data. | 14 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)There are two separate questions here. One is the question of who is responsible. You have rightly answered that yourself in that context: Ofcom is responsible for the implementati… | 89 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)On the responsibility question, as Ofcom has itself told you, it is responsible for the implementation of the Online Safety Act. I am the junior Minister responsible for it; the Se… | 129 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)When the foreign interference offence as covered by the Online Safety Act applies, Ofcom is the regulator in charge of ensuring that platforms, which have the duty to comply with t… | 176 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)The main thing I would say is that the online experience at the moment for me, and I expect for all of you, is not satisfactory in a couple of different ways. There might be instan… | 58 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)On the first question of whether it is an offence or not, ostensibly it feels totally wrong to me. Given the threshold set in the law, which is that you just need reasonable ground… | 158 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)I try to limit it but of course I do, yes. | 11 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)As you will appreciate, foreign interference offences have a series of offline instances. You will be very well aware of widely covered cases, not least those subject to court acti… | 92 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)In its implementation of the online aspects of foreign interference as they relate to the Online Safety Act, Ofcom reports to us in the DSIT context. | 26 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)Prosecuted? Talitha, I am going to have to rely on you to decide. | 13 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)No, not at all. In fact, it is the opposite. The elements of foreign interference covered in the Online Safety Act come from the offence but the foreign interference offence covers… | 39 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)That is right. | 3 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)Sorry, that is an independent thing. | 6 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1823)Yes. Foreign interference as an offence is very much owned by the Home Office. There are some aspects of deepfakes that I am involved in. The question of personality rights, for ex… | 44 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 15 | 22.1% |
| Treasury | 10 | 14.7% |
| Ministry of Defence | 9 | 13.2% |
| Home Office | 6 | 8.8% |
| Ministry of Justice | 5 | 7.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 4 | 5.9% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 3 | 4.4% |
| Department for Education | 3 | 4.4% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jul 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into (i) Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and (ii) epilepsy-related mortality, (b) improve understanding of the… | Answered |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times at the Pensions Ombudsman for (a) older pensioners and (b) other people. | Answered |
| 19 May 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) launch a further review into and (b) consider the potential merits of (i) recognition and (ii) redress for people affected by the historic use of… | Answered |
| 19 May 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rates for employees who use their own vehicles for work purposes, in the context of trends in the level of (a) fuel and (b… | Answered |
| 19 May 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support manufacturers of (a) 44-tonne and (b) all weights of volumetric concrete mixers. | Answered |
| 19 May 2025 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the VALOUR support system is accessible to veterans in (a) rural and (b) remote areas. | Answered |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Wales Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in defence spending on the economy in Wales. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase retail investor participation in UK capital markets. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce friction in the UK’s payments infrastructure. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on (a) the long-term sustainability of Welsh National Opera’s full-time orchestra and (b) ensuring the continuation of its to… | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the allocation of a greater share of defined contribution pension capital into UK productive assets, in the context of the Mansion House reforms. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of embedding financial literacy more systematically across the national curriculum to support long-term household financial resilience a… | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve managerial oversight in the Probation Service. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the impact of missed probation appointments by high-risk offenders on public safety; and what steps she is taking to ensure consistent enforcement of breach protocol… | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication and information sharing between (a) South Wales and Gwent and (b) other regional probation services in the management of high-risk offen… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 64 | 26,995 | 14.5% |
| Accommodation | 9 | 16,800 | 9.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,267 | 1.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 3,382 | 1.8% |
| Staffing | 0 | 136,180 | 73.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 9 | 16,800 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 38 | 14,135 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 14 | 9,184 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 4 | 1,204 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 1 | 738 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 1 | 240 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Office Costs | 1 | 110 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 1 | 108 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 1 | 54 |
| Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 36 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 2 | 19 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,400 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Constituent Correspondence Invoice [200011797-522] | 7,256 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011798-170] | 54 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,400 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Yearly Subscription for 10 staff members for Open AI Enterprise. [200012432-2] | 738 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Coffee and Milk | 10 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 23 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Invitation to Parliament - printing and delivery | 6,000 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 108 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Internet | 36 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office Boffins - 5 x desks, cupboard and meeting table - for new constituency office [200011462-13] | 3,436 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,400 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 69 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 23 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Office and Cleaning supplies | 9 | Paid |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 26 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 23 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office Boffins - Desk Drawers - for new constituency office [200011462-12] | 1,017 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)3 entries
10 Mar 2026
Name of donor: Mundev Wouhra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 6 February 2026
Date accepted: 9 February 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 5 March 2026)
06 Jan 2026
Name of donor: Mundev Wouhra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 6 December 2025
Date accepted: 8 December 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 2 January 2026)
02 Sept 2025
Name of donor: India Legal Services Limited
Address of donor: 134 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 returned in full on 6th September 2025
Date received: 11 July 2025
Date accepted: 11 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04868952
(Registered 8 August 2025; updated 21 September 2025)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1 entry
29 Apr 2025
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Food and accommodation while attending the Franco-British Colloque 2025 at the Tate Gallery and Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel, value £1,356
Date received: 1 February 2025
Date accepted: 1 February 2025
Donor status: company, registration 06913437
(Registered 15 April 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 17 wards, 38 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baruc | Mark Jonathan Hooper | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 978 | 05 May 2022 |
| Baruc | Nic Hodges | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 1,122 | 05 May 2022 |
| Baruc | Steffan Wiliam | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 1,118 | 05 May 2022 |
| Buttrills | Ian Johnson | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 643 | 05 May 2022 |
| Buttrills | Susan Lloyd-Selby | Labour Party | 641 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cadoc | Catherine Iannucci | Labour Party | 1,090 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cadoc | Ewan Goodjohn | Labour Party | 1,077 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cadoc | Gareth Michael Ball | Labour Party | 1,101 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cadoc | Helen Payne | Labour Party | 1,086 | 05 May 2022 |
| Castleland | Millie Collins | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 472 | 05 May 2022 |
| Castleland | Pamela Drake | Labour Party | 524 | 05 May 2022 |
| Court | Bronwen Ellen Brooks | Labour Party | 509 | 05 May 2022 |
| Court | Sandra Davies Perkes | Labour Party | 462 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cowbridge | Charles Edward Alexander Champion | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,104 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cowbridge | Nicholas James Wood | Conservative and Unionist Party | 975 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cowbridge | Robert Louis Charles Fisher | Conservative and Unionist Party | 960 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dyfan | Belinda Loveluck-Edwards | Labour Party | 740 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dyfan | Emma Jane Goodjohn | Labour Party | 774 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gibbonsdown | Julie Aviet | Labour Party | 674 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gibbonsdown | Margaret Wilkinson | Labour Party | 600 | 05 May 2022 |
| Illtyd | Howard Hamilton | Labour Party | 1,177 | 05 May 2022 |
| Illtyd | Janice Charles | Conservative and Unionist Party | 953 | 05 May 2022 |
| Illtyd | Naomi Marshallsea | Labour Party | 1,317 | 05 May 2022 |
| Llandow | Christine Ann Cave | Conservative and Unionist Party | 466 | 05 May 2022 |
| Llantwit Major | Eddie Williams | Llantwit First Independents | 1,443 | 05 May 2022 |
| Llantwit Major | Gwyn John | Llantwit First Independents | 2,008 | 05 May 2022 |
| Llantwit Major | Jayne Margaret Norman | Llantwit First Independents | 1,459 | 05 May 2022 |
| Llantwit Major | Sally Margaret Hanks | Llantwit First Independents | 1,795 | 05 May 2022 |
| Peterston Super Ely | Michael Morgan | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 486 | 05 May 2022 |
| Rhoose | Gillian Bruce | Conservative and Unionist Party | 915 | 05 May 2022 |
| Rhoose | Samantha Campbell | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 895 | 05 May 2022 |
| Rhoose | William Hennessy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 837 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Athan | Julie Lynch-Wilson | Labour Party | 474 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Athan | Stephen James Haines | Conservative and Unionist Party | 484 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Brides Major | Carys Stallard | Labour Party | 764 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Brides Major | Jo Protheroe | Labour Party | 735 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Nicholas Llancarfan | Ian Anthony Neil Perry | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 460 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wenvoe | Russell Edward Godfrey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 602 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 94,385 | Electorate 74,465 (2024) |
| Median age | 43 | years |
| Degree-educated | 34.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 95.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 70.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 16.0% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 55.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.