Daniel Zeichner
Labour - Cambridge
11,078 (26.3%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 7th May 2015
Select Committees
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill (since May 2025)Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (since October 2025)
2 APPG Memberships
Future of Work, Internet, Communications and Technology46 Former APPG Officer Positions
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices, Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming, Arts and Heritage, Bees and Pollinators, Bullying, Chalk Streams, City Regions Transport, Climate Change, Crossrail Two, Cycling, Cycling and Walking, Dark Skies, Data Analytics, Deliberative Democracy, Design and Innovation, Diagnostics, East of England, East-West Rail, Electoral Reform, Environment, Epilepsy, Fair Value in the Food Supply Chain, Future Generations, Future of Work, Homelessness, Innovation Corridor, Internet, Communications and Technology, Life Sciences, Light Rail, Limits to Growth, London Stansted Cambridge Corridor, Medical Research, Mental Health, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Corridor, Poverty, Proportional Representation, Short Lets Sector, Social Science and Policy, Taxis, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles, UK Innovation Corridor, UK-EU Relations, University, Video Games, Video Games and EsportsDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(33 debate interactions)
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(17 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
(397 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
(1,578 words contributed)
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Cambridge Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
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of 184,702 signatures (0.25%)
of 47,455 signatures (0.22%)
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of 2,954,764 signatures (0.11%)
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Petition Closed
Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
Gov Responded - 3 Feb 2025 Debated on - 4 Nov 2025 View Daniel Zeichner's petition debate contributionsclosed 4 months, 1 week ago
The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.
Petition Closed
Ban driven grouse shooting
Gov Responded - 16 Jan 2025 Debated on - 30 Jun 2025 View Daniel Zeichner's petition debate contributionsclosed 6 months ago
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignificant when contrasted with other real and potential uses of the UK’s extensive uplands.
Petition Closed
End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals
Gov Responded - 17 Feb 2025 Debated on - 16 Jun 2025 View Daniel Zeichner's petition debate contributionsclosed 4 months ago
We think the UK Government must ban all cages for laying hens as soon as possible.
We think it should also ban the use of all cage and crates for all farmed animals including:
• farrowing crates for sows
• individual calf pens
• cages for other birds, including partridges, pheasants and quail
Petition Closed
Ban non-stun slaughter in the UK
Gov Responded - 10 Jan 2025 Debated on - 9 Jun 2025 View Daniel Zeichner's petition debate contributionsclosed 6 months ago
In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled.
We believe non-stun slaughter is barbaric and doesn't fit in with our culture and modern-day values and should be banned, as some EU nations have done.
Latest EDMs signed by Daniel Zeichner
Access to telemedical abortion care beyond September 2022
Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)That this House is dismayed by Government plans to end the availability of telemedical abortion care services for early medical abortions up to 9 weeks and 6 days gestation, beyond September 2022; notes that access to this temporary service during the covid-19 lockdowns was crucial to ensuring that women needed …
(Most recent: 28 Apr 2022)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 12
Independent: 4
Plaid Cymru: 2
Your Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Campaign to secure the future of the Covid Memorial Wall
Tabled by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)That this House welcomes the creation of the Covid Memorial Wall on Albert Embankment by Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice; notes that this memorial now includes over 150,000 hand-painted hearts to symbolise all those who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic; praises the work of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for …
(Most recent: 21 Feb 2022)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 95
Scottish National Party: 15
Liberal Democrat: 10
Conservative: 5
Independent: 5
Democratic Unionist Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Your Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Daniel Zeichner, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Daniel Zeichner has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Daniel Zeichner has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
2 Bills introduced by Daniel Zeichner
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to give powers to local authorities to regulate dockless bicycle-sharing schemes; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the exercise of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions in relation to persons about whom there are safeguarding or road safety concerns; and for connected purposes.
10 Bills co-sponsored by Daniel Zeichner
Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Registration) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Karen Buck (Lab)
Animals (Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Charity Trustees (Time Off for Duties) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Susan Elan Jones (Lab)
Terms of Withdrawal from the EU (Referendum) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Plastics Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Automatic Travel Compensation Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Huw Merriman (Con)
Minimum Service Obligation (High Street Cashpoints) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Huw Merriman (Con)
European Union Withdrawal Agreement (Public Vote) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Gareth Thomas (LAB)
Terms of Withdrawal from EU (Referendum) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Automatic Electoral Registration (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Jo Stevens (Lab)
Latest 5 Written Questions
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Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Where an item, including technology, is specified in the UK’s Strategic Export Control list, its export or transfer by electronic means is subject to export control. Exporters of such items must seek an export licence from the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), who assess applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.
These criteria include ‘respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms’, and consideration of where there is a clear risk an export may be used to commit or facilitate internal repression, or a serious breach of international humanitarian law.
All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard. We are able to suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Daniel Zeichner's Defra questions)Landings for Western Mackerel allocated through the Quota Application Mechanism so far this year amount to 0.8t of the 3619.2 t allocated.
All 0.8t was landed into Castletown Bearhaven in the Republic of Ireland.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Driving licence applications where a medical condition must be investigated can take longer as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is often reliant on receiving information from third parties, including doctors, other healthcare professionals or the applicant themselves, before a licensing decision can be made.
In the current financial year to September, the average time taken to make a licensing decision in cases where a medical condition needed to be investigated before a licence could be issued was 47 working days. Information is not held by specific medical conditions (for example, head injuries).
The DVLA understands the impact that not having a driving licence can have on a person’s everyday life. However, when the DVLA is made aware of a condition that could affect an individual’s ability to drive safely, they must ensure that the required medical standards for driving are met before a licence is issued.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided for question 83315 on 29 October 2025.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)