Kanishka Narayan
Labour Party
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Vale of Glamorgan
MP Since
4 July 2024 (2 years, 3 months)
Role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Status
active
Constituency: Vale of Glamorgan
Kanishka Narayan represents Vale of Glamorgan in the House of Commons, sitting as a Labour Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 2 years, 3 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role. Additional salary for Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, or committee roles is not yet shown here — those figures require careful verification against primary IPSA and Ministerial Salaries documents before publishing.
£173,690
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£136,180
Office
£26,995
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£10,515
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Declared Donations (5)
£31,150
total declared, since 2024 general election
Source: Electoral Commission official register, donations since the 2024 general election (4 July 2024) only. Donations are legally required to be declared if above the statutory threshold — this is not a complete record of all support an MP may receive.
Mundev Wouhra
Individual · 9 Feb 2026
£10,000
Mundev Wouhra
Individual · 8 Dec 2025
£10,000
India Legal Services Limited
Company · 11 Jul 2025
£4,000
India Legal Services Limited
Company · 11 Jul 2025
£4,000
The Observer Research Foundation
Other · 17 Nov 2024
£3,150
Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 262 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 255 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13
2 Jun 2026 · Result: 80 Aye, 298 No (failed)
Voted No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
2 Jun 2026 · Result: 99 Aye, 371 No (failed)
Voted No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
2 Jun 2026 · Result: 170 Aye, 301 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
28 Apr 2026 · Result: 308 Aye, 81 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
28 Apr 2026 · Result: 304 Aye, 28 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V
28 Apr 2026 · Result: 335 Aye, 158 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Privilege
28 Apr 2026 · Result: 223 Aye, 335 No (failed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (19)
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AI minister hints at Budget measures as UK weighs tougher tech rules
AI minister Kanishka Narayan has hinted at new measures in next week’s Budget, as the government considers tougher regulation of AI alongsid…
City AM·23 Oct· View coverage →
Don't leave AI to tech bros and oligarchs, UK's AI minister says
Kanishka Narayan tells the BBC that dealing with the technology requires not only regulation, but "building capability and capacity".
BBC Politics·23 Oct· View coverage →
AI minister warned UK risks becoming ‘high-value AI customer’
Britain risks becoming a “high value AI customer” rather than developing its own tech unless ministers urgently invest in domestic firms, th…
City AM·19 Oct· View coverage →
Cyber-attack like OpenAI Medicare breach ‘seems likely’ in UK, says minister
Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by AI agent
UK politics live – latest upd…
The Guardian·12 Oct· View coverage →
AI breach of UK cyber defences ‘likely, if not inevitable’, minister warns
Kanishka Narayan said developers must ‘build machines that leave us human beings in charge’.
Evening Standard·12 Oct· View coverage →
AI breach of UK cyber defences ‘likely, if not inevitable’, minister warns
Kanishka Narayan said developers must ‘build machines that leave us human beings in charge’.
Evening Standard·12 Oct· View coverage →
AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.
BBC Technology·12 Oct· View coverage →
AI minister warns tech giants cannot be trusted to police themselves
Britain cannot rely on tech giants to police their own AI systems, the government has warned, as ministers prepare new measures to protect b…
City AM·12 Oct· View coverage →
UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts
Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangers
Companies building the mos…
The Guardian·11 Oct· View coverage →
AI minister updates guidance after ‘don’t thank ChatGPT’ advice to civil servants
Britain’s AI minister has ordered changes to government guidance that urged civil servants to limit their use of AI, saying it failed to ref…
City AM·1 Oct· View coverage →
UK draws up contingency plan for ‘unprecedented’ AI job losses
Britain is preparing for the possibility of “unprecedented” AI-driven job losses, the AI minister has said, as companies increasingly cut st…
City AM·29 Sept· View coverage →
UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
BBC Politics·28 Sept· View coverage →
Britain has an AI minister – now it needs an AI answer
The appointment of Kanishka Narayan, Britain’s first Cabinet-level minister for AI is an acknowledgement that this technology is the central…
City AM·4 Aug· View coverage →
‘Fantastic news’ as Burnham brings Britain’s AI minister into Cabinet
Andy Burnham has promoted Kanishka Narayan to a Cabinet position as Britain’s AI minister as part of his first major government reshuffle, h…
City AM·21 Jul· View coverage →
EXC: ‘Rapid’ Government Restructuring Underway in Whitehall
Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Cat Little has just outlined Burnham’s machinery of government changes to civil servants. The highlights,…
Guido Fawkes·21 Jul· View coverage →
AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up
Kanishka Narayan will attend cabinet - but no longer have the leadership of a technology secretary.
BBC Technology·21 Jul· View coverage →
AI minister: UK sets sights on global AI leadership, not Silicon Valley emulation
AI minister Kanishka Narayan said the UK must build enough domestic AI capability to “shape our own destiny” rather than rely on overseas te…
City AM·15 Jul· View coverage →
WATCH: Labour U-Turns on VPN Ban
Online Safety minister Kanishka Narayan was on BBC Breakfast asked about Labour’s stated plans to regulate Virtual Private Networks, a commo…
Guido Fawkes·15 Jul· View coverage →
UK’s ability to win wars increasingly determined by AI and drones, tech chief warns
EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror speaks to the AI minister Kanishka Narayan about the importance of Britain controlling its own AI for national securit…
Mirror News·14 Jul· View coverage →