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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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