Official portrait of Helena Dollimore

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op) MP for Hastings and Rye, since 4 July 2024

Helena Dollimore is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Hastings and Rye, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

77.6% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
446 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
129 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
5 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
94 Debates spoken in 41 written questions tabled

Ranked 225 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
25 Mar 2025 Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 314–198
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 319–166
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14 Aye 320–179
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13 Aye 320–180
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 316–180
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 322–117
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 316–183
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B Aye 314–196
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B Aye 313–194
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B Aye 311–192
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 312–190
24 Mar 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–74
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment No vote 177–293
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21 No vote 316–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–189
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 313–190
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 No vote 314–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 310–183
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 No vote 307–182
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading No vote 382–104
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 No vote 167–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 No vote 107–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 No vote 77–315
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 77–313
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 No vote 65–317

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. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 support towards my annual Christmas card printing / postage costs
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 January 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

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

£5,000

Name of donor: Alison Wedgwood
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to help my work supporting residents of Hastings, Rye and the villages.
Date received: 12 May 2026
Date accepted: 12 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£6,600

Name of donor: GMB Southern Region
Address of donor: Mary Turner House, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Support for a constituency office, estimated value £550 per calendar month, value £6,600
Date received: 7 November 2025
Date accepted: 7 November 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 January 2026)

On the register since 4 Mar 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
Address of donor: 483 Green Lanes, London N13 4BS
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, medical screening tests and accommodation for conservation visit to see work of the charity in action and impact of deforestation, value £1,985.40
Destination of visit: Indonesia
Dates of visit: 26 March 2026 to 4 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Conservation visit with cross-party MPs to see work of the charity in action and impact of deforestation and palm oil supply chain on Borneo, hosted by international conservation organisation.
(Registered 1 May 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Army Reservist. I have not received any earnings since being elected.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,500 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
12 May 2026 Helena Dollimore sitting MP Alison Wedgwood Individual Non Cash Administration services £5,000
5 Jul 2024 Helena Dollimore sitting MP GMB Southern Region Trade Union Cash £5,500

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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