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Rebecca Paul

Conservative MP for Reigate, since 4 July 2024

Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Rebecca Paul is the Conservative MP for Reigate, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Scorecard

78.8% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
402 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 63 as teller
125 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
7 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
141 Debates spoken in 317 written questions tabled

Ranked 195 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Remuneration: £1,200.83 a month
Hours: 32 hrs a month
(Registered 25 July 2024; updated 23 May 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2025

Role, work or services: County Councillor
Payer: Surrey County Council, Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate RH2 8EF
(Registered 23 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Farmers' Union
Address of donor: Agriculture House, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2TZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £250.79 travel expenses for visit to Bromstead Farm as part of NFU Farm and Fellowship scheme
Date received: 24 April 2026
Date accepted: 15 May 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 6 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: National Farmers' Union
Address of donor: Agriculture House, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2TZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £138.49 travel expenses for visit to Lodge Farm, Suffolk as part of NFU Food and Fellowship Scheme
Date received: 12 June 2026
Date accepted: 26 June 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 6 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: United Kingdom-Japan 21st Century Group
Address of donor: c/o the Japan Society 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London, NW1 4QP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2,733.99) Accommodation (£1,011.82) Conference (£376.00), value £4,121.81
Destination of visit: Japan
Dates of visit: 10 March 2026 to 16 March 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend annual conference to promote dialogue and cooperation between the two countries with the aim of enhancing bilateral ties.
(Registered 27 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£5,807

Name of donor: Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: 2 Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100202, Taiwan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and transportation (£4,587), accommodation (£885) and hospitality (£335), value £5,807
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 27 September 2025 to 3 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Travelled to Taiwan as part of a parliamentary delegation with focus on business and trade.
(Registered 13 October 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Partnership share in Addidi LLP. The partnership holds investments in private business. (The shares are below the threshold for registration under Category 7.)
(Registered 23 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £9,928 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 Rebecca Paul sitting MP United Kingdom-Japan 21st Century Group Other Visit £4,121
27 Sep 2025 Rebecca Paul sitting MP Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other Visit £5,807

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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