Karl Turner
Independent Kingston upon Hull East
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Karl Turner voted the same way as most of the Independent party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Karl Turner doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Karl Turner →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Role, work or services: Guest Panellist
From: 14 May 2026. Until: 15 May 2026.
Payer: Hat Trick Productions Ltd (Production Company), 33 Oval Road, London NW1 7EA
(Registered 10 June 2026)
Payment expected: £1,500 Guest Panellist on Have I Got News For You (Series 71)
Completed or provided on: 14 May 2026. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 10 June 2026)
Name of donor: Neil Hudgell Limited
Address of donor: 2, The Dock, 46 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Solicitors letter and King's Counsel advising Fee for a political case, value £3,000
Date received: 10 January 2026 to 12 January 2026
Date accepted: 10 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07078429
(Registered 22 January 2026)
Trustee of Pelican Park Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 November 2022
Date interest ended: 9 July 2026
(Registered 2 December 2022; updated 3 August 2026)
Director of Pelican Park Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 9 July 2026
(Registered 3 August 2026)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Karl Turner yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Karl Turner has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£238,917.37 paid out to or for Karl Turner across 280 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Karl Turner’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Karl Turner has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 2 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Karl Turner personally tabled — not motions Karl Turner may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Karl Turner isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.
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