Official portrait of Alex Burghart

Alex Burghart

Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar, since 8 June 2017

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Alex Burghart is the Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Scorecard

69.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
397 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
178 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
9 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
391 Debates spoken in 514 written questions tabled

Ranked 384 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
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 No 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 No 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part Aye 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes Aye 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B No vote 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B No vote 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B No 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending Aye 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets Aye 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading No 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 Aye 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No vote 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case Aye 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax Aye 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Aye 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 Aye 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye 165–323

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £1,000 Paid for a speaking engagement.
Received on: 17 April 2026. Hours: 3 hrs.
(Registered 29 April 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Primary Access & Research Limited (Political analysis), 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2AA
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Payment: £1,500
Received on: 26 September 2025. Hours: 4.5 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Role, work or services: Writing reviews
Payer: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Payment: £200
Received on: 30 April 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Payment: £350
Received on: 31 July 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Payment: £200
Received on: 28 February 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimated.
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Cliveden Literary Festival
Address of donor: SRE Hotels (Cliveden) Ltd 8th Floor South Block, 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights), value £2,302
Date received: 10 October 2025
Date accepted: 10 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07844715
(Registered 4 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food, accommodation and transfers to/from the hotel, value £920.80
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Attending the Franco-British Colloque 2026 at the Trianon Palace, Versailles, a private forum for facilitating closer and more effective engagement between the UK and France.
(Registered 11 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

391 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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