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Sir Ashley Fox

Conservative MP for Bridgwater, since 4 July 2024

Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Sir Ashley Fox is the Conservative MP for Bridgwater, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

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Scorecard

77.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
407 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 36 as teller
132 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
13 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
247 Debates spoken in 376 written questions tabled

Ranked 235 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
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No vote 74–323
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Aye 104–391
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 164–311
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Aye 144–244
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Teller 135–258
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Teller 143–249
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Teller 85–317
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion No vote 233–94
16 Jun 2026 Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 No vote 262–86
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 Aye 162–246
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 Aye 151–258
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 No vote 77–255
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival No vote 24–37
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading No 278–149
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Aye 155–279
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Aye 167–266
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 No vote 77–271
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 No 356–86
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye 157–287
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye 94–297
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Aye 90–290
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Aye 145–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 65–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Aye 81–266
3 Jun 2026 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 302–155

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.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Persimmon Homes Ltd
Address of donor: Persimmon House, Fulford, York YO19 4FE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support the Read2Succeed Campaign 2025 - this is to purchase books for year 4 children.
Date received: 24 April 2026
Date accepted: 24 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 04108747
(Registered 27 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Agratas Limited
Address of donor: 18 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to the SMMT annual dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, as a guest of Agratas, value £430
Date received: 25 November 2025
Date accepted: 25 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15069959
(Registered 27 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

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

Name of company or organisation: Ashley Fox Consulting Ltd
(Registered 19 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

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Debates

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

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

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