Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge
Daniel Zeichner has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Science and Technology Committee (Commons); Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2015 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 2025 | |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill | 2021 | |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 2021 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 2021 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Transport Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2015 |
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.
Daniel Zeichner has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Director of the Industry & Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 8 Mar 2023 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Pettitts Ltd | 4 Jun 2015 |
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.
Daniel Zeichner asked 27 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
31 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
Daniel Zeichner represents Cambridge. 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
Daniel Zeichner won with 47% of the votes, and Cheney Payne (Liberal Democrat) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 19,614 | 46.6% |
| Cheney Payne | Liberal Democrat | 8,536 | 20.3% |
| Sarah Nicmanis | Green Party | 6,842 | 16.3% |
| Shane Manning | Conservative | 5,073 | 12.0% |
| Khalid Abu-Tayyem | Workers Party of Britain | 951 | 2.3% |
| David Carmona | Independent | 819 | 1.9% |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 265 | 0.6% |
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 Daniel Zeichner took part in 219 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Daniel Zeichner voted the same way as their party in 217 of the 217 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 |
| 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 |
| 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% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| 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