North West · England · 77,767Boundary · 2023

Wythenshawe & Sale East

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 53% of the vote in 2024. Covers Wythenshawe and Sale. Population 113,592. Recorded crime is 100% below the national average.

Wythenshawe and Sale East's MP made his most visible parliamentary move in June 2025, voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading and opposing several amendments that would have liberalised the assisted dying framework -- placing him firmly among the minority of Labour MPs who rejected the bill. His stance on assisted dying sits 46 percentage points below his party's average, making it his sharpest divergence from Labour's collective position. Beyond that, he is a near-reliable government loyalist, voting with Labour's majority 96% of the time and backing the government's rejection of multiple Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill in early 2026.

At 72% voting participation -- somewhat below the Commons average -- Kane is an active but not exceptionally present voice in the division lobbies. His speeches have clustered around defence, economy and jobs, and environment, with contributions across ten debates since the last Parliament. Stance data flags him as consistently anti-tax-increases in the zero-percentile and shows little alignment with pro-local-democracy positions, though he scores above his party average on criminal justice reform and anti-regulatory-burden measures. He sits on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

334
Commons votes
This parliament
£28k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
77.8k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 6 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Mike Kane

Mike Kane

Labour Party

Mike Kane is the Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, and has been an MP continually since 13 February 2014.

Notable Votes

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 53% of the vote in 2024. Covers Wythenshawe and Sale. Population 113,592. Recorded crime is 100% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Kane’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.371 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Kane has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Economy
68
Taxation
65
Employment
46
Crime & Policing
35
Welfare and Benefits
28
Education
26
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
§ 08The local picture.7 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BaguleyMunaver Hussain Rasul623Labour P
BrooklandsBilal Babar1,819Labour P
BrooklandsDave Marsh1,737Labour P
NorthendenSam Lynch1,741Labour P
Sale CentralZak Christian Deakin2,020Labour P
Sale MoorOlly Baskerville1,863Labour P
SharstonEmma Victoria Taylor1,703Labour P
Woodhouse ParkRob Nunney1,580Green Pa
Population (2021 Census)
113,592
Electorate 77,767 · 2024 register
Median income
£27,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
16.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
39
28 primary · 6 secondary
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