Official portrait of Dr Neil Hudson

Dr Neil Hudson

Conservative MP for Epping Forest, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Dr Neil Hudson is the Conservative MP for Epping Forest, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Scorecard

75.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
434 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
141 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
325 Debates spoken in 572 written questions tabled

Ranked 263 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 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 Aye 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No vote 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 Aye 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No vote 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Aye 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No vote 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 Aye 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 Aye 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 Aye 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No vote 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration Aye 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy Aye 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 Aye 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 No 366–98

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

Role, work or services: Independent Non-Executive Board Member
From: 15 July 2025. Until: 30 June 2028.
Payer: British Horseracing Authority's Horse Welfare Board, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1AN
(Registered 25 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

£5,000

Remuneration: £416.67 a month (£5000 per annum)
From: 15 July 2025. Until: 30 June 2028.
Hours: 7 hrs a month
(Registered 25 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
(Registered 7 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Member of the British Equine Veterinary Association.
(Registered 7 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

325 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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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