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Paul Holmes

Conservative MP for Hamble Valley, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Paul Holmes is the Conservative MP for Hamble Valley, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the roles of Opposition Whip (Commons), and Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government).

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Scorecard

74.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
376 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 51 as teller
148 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
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
317 Debates spoken in 358 written questions tabled

Ranked 283 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
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Aye 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Aye 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 Aye 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 Aye 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 Aye 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 Aye 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 Aye 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 Aye 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 Aye 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 Aye 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Aye 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No 318–170

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket with hospitality to Wimbledon 2025, attended as a guest of the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, value £640
Date received: 10 July 2025
Date accepted: 10 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 4 August 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: ELNET UK
Address of donor: ELNET UK, 4th Floor, 6 Princes Street, London W1B 2LG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and meals, value £1,588.83
Destination of visit: Finland (Helsinki)
Dates of visit: 14 June 2026 to 17 June 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit to Helsinki, Finland, focusing on defence, resilience, shared threats and the strategic alliance.
(Registered 24 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and hospitality, value £3,200
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Dates of visit: 4 January 2026 to 9 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact Finding political delegation
(Registered 26 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
Date interest arose: 1 December 2024
(Registered 29 January 2025)

On the register since 7 Apr 2026

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £3,200 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
4 Jan 2026 Mr Paul Holmes sitting MP Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd Other Visit £3,200

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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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