Official portrait of James Wild

James Wild

Conservative MP for North West Norfolk, since 12 December 2019

Opposition Whip (Commons)

James Wild is the Conservative MP for North West Norfolk, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury), and Opposition Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

76.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
395 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 42 as teller
138 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
385 Debates spoken in 773 written questions tabled

Ranked 254 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
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B No 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B No vote 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 Teller 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment No 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit Aye 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading No 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 Aye 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 Aye 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 Aye 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 Aye 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 Aye 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading No 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No 1–73

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: Ascot Racecourse Limited
Address of donor: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to attend Ascot Races, value £590
Date received: 18 June 2026
Date accepted: 18 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 6 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for myself and a family member to attend Friday session of the British Grand Prix, value £1,100
Date received: 3 July 2026
Date accepted: 3 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 6 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: (1) Horatius Advisory Ltd. (2) Deltroit Asset Management (UK) LLP
Address of donor: (1) 53 Davies Street, London W1K 5JH (2) 50 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) £1,375 contribution to travel, accommodation and associated costs of The Lords & Commons Cricket team (2) £1,375 contribution to travel, accommodation and associated costs of The Lords & Commons Cricket team visit to Australia.
Destination of visit: Australia (Melbourne and Sydney)
Dates of visit: 26 December 2025 to 6 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Building inter-Parliamentary relations with Australian MPs and Senators, competing for the Parliamentary Ashes and supporting English cricket.
(Registered 21 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the King’s Lynn Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 29 January 2020
(Registered 30 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Governor, King Edward VII Academy. This is an unpaid position on the Academy Committee.
Date interest arose: 3 November 2021
(Registered 8 November 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

385 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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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