Al Carns, MP for Birmingham Selly Oak
Al Carns has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) (Ministry of Defence) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People) (Ministry of Defence) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
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.
Al Carns has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Earl of March - Goodwood Innovation Summit - £1,000.00 | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Ashen Capital Ltd - £7,500.00 | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Colin Campbell - £20,000.00 | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Colin Campbell - £20,000.00 | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Elizabeth Jennings - £20,000.00 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Nepal between 16 May 2025 and 23 May 2025 | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Aberdeen | 1 Aug 2024 |
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.
Al Carns asked 8 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.
109 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
Al Carns represents Birmingham Selly Oak. 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
Al Carns won with 45% of the votes, and Simon Phipps (Conservative) came second with 15%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Carns | Labour | 17,371 | 45.2% |
| Simon Phipps | Conservative | 5,834 | 15.2% |
| Erin Crawford | Reform UK | 5,732 | 14.9% |
| Jane Baston | Green Party | 4,320 | 11.2% |
| Kamel Hawwash | Independent | 2,842 | 7.4% |
| Dave Radcliffe | Liberal Democrat | 2,324 | 6.0% |
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 Al Carns took part in 136 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Al Carns voted the same way as their party in 136 of the 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 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 |
| 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