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
Voting record
575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
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)
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Primary Access & Research Limited (Political analysis), 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2AA
(Registered 30 September 2025)
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 26 September 2025. Hours: 4.5 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)
Role, work or services: Writing reviews
Payer: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £200
Received on: 30 April 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £350
Received on: 31 July 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £200
Received on: 28 February 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimated.
(Registered 1 September 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)
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)
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Debates
391 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Troubles Legacy: Legislation
- Historical Forced Adoption
- Northern Ireland Office
- Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response
- Topical Questions
- Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
- Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
- Replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
- Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response
- Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges
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