Barking / data
Nesil Caliskan · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
408
of 504 possible
Attendance
81%
96 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
119
22 debates
Written Qs
36
36 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£206k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 163 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 82 | |
| Economy | 76 | |
| Employment | 43 | |
| Crime & Policing | 33 | |
| Education | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 28 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Transport | 1 | — |
| Other | 1 | — |
| Housing | 6 | 3,633 |
| Environment | 5 | 3,371 |
| Local Government | 5 | 2,778 |
| Social Care | 4 | 1,504 |
| Education | 1 | 1,208 |
| Energy | 3 | 906 |
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 |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Draft Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2026An additional pressure has just entered the room. Why and what changes are needed? Over time, it has become clear that parts of the current framework are not working as well as int… Economy JobsOther | 672 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Draft Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2026. I cannot tell you, Mr Twigg, how very delight… Economy JobsOther | 403 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Railways Bill (First sitting)As outlined in my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I am a member of the trade unions Unison and GMB. TransportEconomy JobsLocal Government | 23 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)That is a perfect segue, because my final question, perhaps to Julie, was going to be about building capability and how the profession helps organisations build their capability. S… | 194 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)That is a helpful answer. My only other challenge back would be, in a climate where more agility is required for individual Departments, are you not, in a way, giving them a get-ou… | 65 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)Is it fair to say that the profession helps get the day-to-day business functions as efficient as possible? What I mean is people not waiting on the phone, for example, or not havi… | 84 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)That is why I am asking the question. Moments of crisis, emergencies, or things that you could not plan for, by their very nature, should not happen often. One might misinterpret t… | 88 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)That capacity has to come from somewhere. It is not an endless pot, nor is there a blank cheque. There is a fundamental question as to where that capacity comes from. Local governm… | 92 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)Can I just give a final shout-out to a place-based approach? I understand that everything that you have said is really important for a system to work, but some of our public servic… | 111 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)I want to ask a question or two on the back of the questions that you have asked. I am trying to understand if Government Departments are asking for this resource in moments of cri… | 47 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)I will be brief. For the record, I used to be a council leader and I am vice-president of the Local Government Association, having sat on the board. I absolutely recognise everythi… | 133 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 889)Can I ask you about the four key capabilities that the NAO Report specifically identifies? You have spoken about some of them already, including, as we have just discussed, dealing… | 75 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 884)So the FCDO, since before the last Report—I think the NAO Report was in 2010—and over the past 15 years, has had a problem with data. You didn’t know the quality of the estate and … | 97 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 884)That is helpful, thank you. My follow-up question was going to be on governance and oversight, because there is a governance and oversight element to this, as well. There are opera… | 71 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 884)I would like to ask a few questions on the FCDO’s understanding of the overall costs of the overseas estate. As the Report sets out, the FCDO divides its overseas estate funding be… | 152 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 6 | 16.7% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 6 | 16.7% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 5 | 13.9% |
| Home Office | 5 | 13.9% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 3 | 8.3% |
| Department for Transport | 3 | 8.3% |
| Treasury | 2 | 5.6% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 2 | 5.6% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of protective security schemes for religious places of worship. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help keep (a) mosques and (b) muslim faith schools secure. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of hate crime incidences recorded in (a) the Barking constituency and (b) London in each of the last 10 years. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of hate crime around places of worship. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses for allocating protective security funds to different religious groups under the places of worship protective security fund; and whether the number of… | Answered |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support a political solution in Cyprus . | Answered |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the trade embargo on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. | Answered |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase maximum licensing fees for Track Betting Premises to local authorities. | Answered |
| 07 May 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of PE provision in the national curriculum. | Answered |
| 28 Apr 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on confirming the site for the planned Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Memorial. | Answered |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in levels of improvements to diagnostic services for pancreatic cancer since July 2024. | Answered |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to fund the Music and Dance Scheme in 2025-26. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the amount of UK aid that has reached Gaza since 15 January 2025. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide further aid to (a) the Occupied Palestinian Territories and (b) Gaza. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee of SelectionSelect | Member | Commons | 09 Sept 2025 | present |
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 | 141 | 29,502 | 14.3% |
| Staffing | 18 | 176,791 | 85.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 32 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 2 | 12,000 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 7 | 9,776 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 11 | 7,486 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 98 | 4,238 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 14 | 3,868 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 9 | 3,358 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 7 | 1,733 |
| Business rates | Office Costs | 2 | 769 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 283 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 4 | 176 |
| Parking | Office Costs | 1 | 78 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,000 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 1,194 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 532 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Business rates for constituency office, room 104 [200011792-285] | 511 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 318 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Business rates for constituency office, room 103 [200011792-286] | 258 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | Banner March 2025 | 170 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 157 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 95 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 87 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 83 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 60 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 35 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 33 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 22 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 21 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 16 | 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.
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Co-owned with my partner
Rental income: from 1 June 2021
Rental income details: Half the rental income is paid to both me and my partner.
(Registered 29 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 22 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Manzoor Hussain | Labour Party | 470 | 05 May 2022 |
| Abbey | Regina Rahman | Labour Party | 503 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barking Riverside | Cameron Geddes | Labour Party | 893 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barking Riverside | Josie Channer | Labour Party | 923 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barking Riverside | Victoria Hornby | Labour Party | 890 | 05 May 2022 |
| Becontree | Edna Fergus | Labour Party | 1,121 | 05 May 2022 |
| Becontree | Muhammad Saleem | Labour Party | 1,002 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastbury | Emily Rodwell | Labour Party | 1,494 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastbury | Faraaz Shaukat | Labour Party | 1,321 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastbury | Mohammed Khan | Labour Party | 1,381 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gascoigne | Alison Cormack | Labour Party | 1,272 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gascoigne | Dominic Twomey | Labour Party | 1,121 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gascoigne | Jack Shaw | Labour Party | 1,146 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longbridge | Faruk Choudhury | Labour Party | 2,038 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longbridge | Lynda Jane Rice | Labour Party | 1,746 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longbridge | Rocky Gill | Labour Party | 2,164 | 05 May 2022 |
| Mayesbrook | Summya Sohaib | Labour Party | 632 | 14 Sept 2023 |
| Northbury | Darren Rodwell | Labour Party | 1,398 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northbury | Giasuddin Miah | Labour Party | 1,364 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northbury | Saima Ashraf | Labour Party | 1,500 | 05 May 2022 |
| Thames View | Fatuma Nalule | Labour Party | 701 | 05 May 2022 |
| Thames View | Sabbir Zamee | Labour Party | 633 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 125,228 | Electorate 79,822 (2024) |
| Median age | 32 | years |
| Degree-educated | 34.5% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 41.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 41.2% | households |
| Private-rented | 25.4% | households |
| Social-rented | 33.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 58.7% | 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.