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Rebecca Smith

Conservative MP for South West Devon, since 4 July 2024

Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rebecca Smith is the Conservative MP for South West Devon, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

70.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
357 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 46 as teller
172 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
12 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
216 Debates spoken in 255 written questions tabled

Ranked 367 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) No vote 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No vote 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No vote 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No vote 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No vote 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No vote 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No vote 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No vote 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No vote 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No vote 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 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 No 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 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.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Member of Plymouth City Council
Until: 7 May 2026.
Payer: Plymouth City Council, Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth PL1 3BJ
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 15 May 2026 and 19 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Remuneration: £997 a month
Until: 7 May 2026.
Hours: 15 hrs a week this is estimated. Overlapping between role of Councillor and becoming MP.
Donated to: a community organisation
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 9 April 2025, 15 May 2026 and 19 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
Address of donor: Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for me and one guest at the British Grand Prix 2026, value £930
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Motorsport UK
Address of donor: Bicester Motion, OX27 8FY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for the British Grand Prix on 5th July 2025, value £1,400
Date received: 5 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 1344829
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

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 to the British Grand Prix on 4 July, value £800
Date received: 4 July 2025
Date accepted: 4 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Name of donor: Babcock International Group
Address of donor: 33 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner and drinks, value £140
Date received: 3 July 2025
Date accepted: 3 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02342138
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Name of donor: Babcock International Group
Address of donor: 33 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Annual dinner and drinks in Parliament with MPs who have a constituency link to Babcock, value £85
Date received: 5 March 2025
Date accepted: 5 March 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02342138
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Name of donor: Babcock International Group
Address of donor: 33 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner and drinks ahead of constituency visit, value £90
Date received: 9 April 2025
Date accepted: 9 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02342138
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Name of donor: Babcock International Group
Address of donor: 33 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Summer BBQ, value £25
Date received: 4 June 2025
Date accepted: 4 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02342138
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: March of the Living UK
Address of donor: PO Box 80430, London NW9 1TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, flights, meals and educational tour, value £2,399
Destination of visit: Poland
Dates of visit: 12 April 2026 to 16 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Holocaust education visit to Poland. Visits to museums, historical sites and cultural centres, whilst attending the March of the Living 2026.
(Registered 15 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Air travel, accommodation and hospitality with an estimated value of £4,500, value £4,500
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Dates of visit: 24 August 2025 to 29 August 2025
Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Authorities
(Registered 10 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Board member of the Policy Research Unit. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 June 2025
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,899 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 Apr 2026 Rebecca Smith sitting MP March of the Living Other Visit £2,399
24 Aug 2025 Rebecca Smith sitting MP Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd Other Visit £4,500

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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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