Official portrait of Wendy Morton

Wendy Morton

Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, since 7 May 2015

Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Rt Hon Wendy Morton is the Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).

Scorecard

56.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
327 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
248 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
10 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
674 Debates spoken in 1945 written questions tabled

Ranked 540 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No vote 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No vote 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax Aye 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Aye 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No vote 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 Aye 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 Aye 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No vote 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No vote 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No 321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Konrad-Adenauer Stiftiung
Address of donor: 42 Essex Street, London WC2R 3JF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£181.00), transfers (£79.65), accommodation (£310.89) and meals (£88.25), value £659.79
Destination of visit: Italy
Dates of visit: 17 April 2026 to 19 April 2026
Purpose of visit: British-German Parliamentary Dialogue with CDU and CSU Members of the German Bundestag.
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: HM Government Gibraltar
Address of donor: No 6 Convent Place, Gibraltar GX111AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights: (£260.00), hotel (£180.00), value £440
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 15 December 2025 to 16 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To visit the Gibraltar Government in my capacity as the Shadow Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Minister.
(Registered 14 January 2026)

On the register since 9 Feb 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Commercial property (small industrial units on a business park)
Number of properties: 2
Location: North Yorkshire
Ownership details: Owned by DM Electronics Ltd
(Registered 2 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: DM Electronics Ltd
Nature of business: An electronics design and manufacturing company
(Registered 2 June 2015; updated 3 May 2018)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Chairman of the United & Cecil Club. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 18 September 2024
(Registered 7 October 2024)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

Political Governor of the Board of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Date interest arose: 16 December 2024
Date interest ended: 15 December 2027
(Registered 8 January 2025)

On the register since 12 Sep 2025

Life Membership of the Friends of the British Overseas Territory provided by the organisation. (A one-off payment for this was provided in 2023 and was originally registered under Category 3.)
Date interest arose: 30 November 2023
(Registered 3 January 2025)

On the register since 7 Jan 2025

Member of the British-American Parliamentary Group.
Date interest arose: 3 April 2024
(Registered 22 April 2024)

On the register since 2 May 2024

Vice-President of the Lotteries Council. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 March 2023
(Registered 22 March 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Advisory Board Member to the Friends of the British Overseas Territories. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 14 December 2023
(Registered 14 December 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

674 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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