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Last 12 months

How Luke Charters votes

Luke Charters voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 217 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

Luke Charters has 6 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 10 June 2026 - £66.9010 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 28 May 2026 - £29.192 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 13 May 2026 - £555.7213 May 2026
Employment and earningsSocial media - X Corp13 May 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Switzerland between 06 November 2025 and 08 November 202513 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesCity of York Council - £322.001 Sep 2025

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.

Luke Charters asked 39 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care15
Department for Education12
Department for Transport4
Department for Work and Pensions3
Treasury1

Latest questions

11 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 21 Sep 2026
11 Sep 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 21 Sep 2026
4 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 11 Sep 2026
1 Jul 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 19 Aug 2026
1 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 10 Jul 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£25,007
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,983
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,988
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£4,036

67 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Luke Charters represents York Outer. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Luke Charters

Labour

MAJORITY
9,391

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Luke Charters won with 45% of the votes, and Julian Sturdy (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour45% · 23,161
Conservative27% · 13,770
Reform UK12% · 5,912
Liberal Democrat11% · 5,496
Green Party4% · 2,212
Independent1% · 295
Everyone else1% · 260
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Luke ChartersLabour23,16145.3%
Julian SturdyConservative13,77026.9%
John Crispin-BaileyReform UK5,91211.6%
Andrew HollyerLiberal Democrat5,49610.8%
Michael KearneyGreen Party2,2124.3%
David EadingtonThe Yorkshire Party2600.5%
Keith HaydenIndependent1410.3%
Hal MayneIndependent880.2%
Darren BorrowsIndependent660.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£880 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

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