Official portrait of Sir Ashley Fox

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).

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
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 No 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 No vote 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 No vote 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 No 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 No 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 No 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Aye 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Aye 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Aye 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 277–99

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

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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