Afzal Khan, MP for Manchester Rusholme
Afzal Khan has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Human Rights (Joint Committee).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Exports) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) (Home Office) | 2017 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2024 to now | Now |
Countries of interest
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.
Afzal Khan has 6 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | British recorded music industry Ltd - £3,432.00 | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Turkey between 15 February 2026 and 17 February 2026 | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Turkey between 15 December 2025 and 19 December 2025 | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 05 November 2025 and 09 November 2025 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Bahrain between 30 October 2025 and 03 November 2025 | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Business in Manchester | 5 Jul 2017 |
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.
Afzal Khan asked 254 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.
46 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
Afzal Khan represents Manchester Rusholme. 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
Afzal Khan won with 52% of the votes, and Thirza Asanga-Rae (Green Party) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afzal Khan | Labour | 15,054 | 51.9% |
| Thirza Asanga-Rae | Green Party | 6,819 | 23.5% |
| Mohhamed Bilal | Workers Party of Britain | 3,660 | 12.6% |
| Alexandra Marsanu | Conservative | 1,678 | 5.8% |
| Joel McGuigan | Reform UK | 1,313 | 4.5% |
| Faraz Bhatti | Independent | 342 | 1.2% |
| Peter Clifford | Communist League Election Campaign | 167 | 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 Afzal Khan took part in 223 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Afzal Khan voted the same way as their party in 223 of the 223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: 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