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Kerry McCarthy

Kerry McCarthy

Labour MP for Bristol East

Kerry McCarthy is the Labour MP for Bristol East, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

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Seat status

Safe

Percentage of votes

14.33%

Recent swing

-13.4% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

The Football Association (£615)

Bristol City Football Club (£504)

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Energy

Energy Security and Net Zero: Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets

“I thank the Minister for her response, and I welcome the UK’s leadership. Investors are concerned that the role of nature-based solutions in carbon market frameworks is not being fully recognised. With London Climate Action Week fast approaching, can she reassure investors that the Government see nature-based solutions as crucial to our collective efforts to tackle climate change, and that we will pursue this endeavour during upcoming article 6 negotiations?”

Spoke in 71 debatesAsked 3 questions

Environment and Food

Environmental Protection

“The Minister has touched on organised crime. As I am sure she is aware, modern slavery can be a real issue within the waste crime sector; we have had some powerful debates on that issue in the Chamber. The waste crime action plan sets out that people will be held to account and given community service, but we need to reach further up the chain, because often the people who are caught in the act are the ones being exploited or forced to carry out such activities. I am reassured by what she says, but does she agree that we need to go further up the chain?”

Spoke in 12 debatesAsked 31 questions
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Key Parliamentary Votes

See where your MP stands on these issues

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 Kerry fits into things

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Kerry McCarthy

Kerry McCarthy

Labour MP for Bristol East

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