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Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan

Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan

Kanishka Narayan is the Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology).

Message

Seat status

Relatively safe

Majority size

4,216

Recent swing

-5.2% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Mundev Wouhra (£10,000)

India Legal Services Limited (£4,000)

Franco-British Colloque Ltd (£1,356)

SUPPORTED

Voted for Draft Public Order Act 2023 (I...

Motion passed, 301-110

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 187-351

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 184-331

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Where Kanishka fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan

Member of Parliament

Vale of Glamorgan

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill