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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)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Kanishka voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Kanishka voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Kanishka voted with the majority

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
  • Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill