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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).

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Seat status

Relatively safe

Percentage of votes

9.2%

Recent swing

-5.2% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Mundev Wouhra (£10,000)

Mundev Wouhra (£10,000)

India Legal Services Limited (£4,000)

Key Parliamentary Votes

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VOTED AYE4 Sep 2025

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against

VOTED AYE9 Mar 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against

VOTED AYE10 Mar 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against

Where Kanishka fits into things

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan

Labour MP for 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

No current committee memberships