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David Taylor

Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, since 4 July 2024

David Taylor is the Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

83.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
480 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
95 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
73 Debates spoken in 101 written questions tabled

Ranked 123 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 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 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. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a policy advisor for one day per week, value £3,900
Date received: 10 March 2026 to 9 June 2026
Date accepted: 10 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration Not-for-profit company, registration 10894509
(Registered 25 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£5,794

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Japan
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2,911.52), accomdation (£1,943.14), hospitality and food (£574.65), transport (£364.97), value £5,794.28
Destination of visit: Japan
Dates of visit: 9 October 2025 to 19 October 2025
Purpose of visit: The purpose of the trip to Japan was to foster a deeper understanding between the British and Japanese parliaments and cultures, while also promoting trade between the two countries. The group of MPs worked cross-party to develop and improve links between the two parliaments and encourage economic ties.
(Registered 13 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Vice Chair, Labour Campaign for International Development. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 19 July 2024)

On the register since 29 Jul 2025

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £9,580 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
10 Mar 2026 David Taylor sitting MP The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) Company Non Cash Staff costs £3,900
17 Feb 2025 David Taylor sitting MP Fincordtech Management Other Visit £5,680

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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