Rt Hon Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West
Liz Kendall has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Care and Older People) (Department of Health) | 2011 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Department of Health) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 2020 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Education Committee | 2010 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Liz Kendall.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Liz Kendall has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
41 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Liz Kendall represents Leicester West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Liz Kendall won with 45% of the votes, and Max Chauhan (Conservative) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Kendall | Labour | 15,798 | 44.6% |
| Max Chauhan | Conservative | 7,021 | 19.8% |
| Ian Hayes | Reform UK | 5,666 | 16.0% |
| Aasiya Bora | Green Party | 4,089 | 11.6% |
| Benjamin Feist | Liberal Democrat | 2,179 | 6.2% |
| Rahoul Naik | One Leicester | 327 | 0.9% |
| Steve Score | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 317 | 0.9% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Liz Kendall took part in 106 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Liz Kendall voted the same way as their party in 104 of the 104 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this