Official portrait of Matt Vickers

Matt Vickers

Conservative MP for Stockton West, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Minister (Crime, Policing and Fire)

Matt Vickers is the Conservative MP for Stockton West, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Crime, Policing and Fire).

Scorecard

68.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
396 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
179 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
4 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
276 Debates spoken in 1408 written questions tabled

Ranked 388 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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector Aye 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes Aye 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax Aye 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Aye 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No vote 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 Aye 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 Aye 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No 321–158

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

£16,000

Name of donor: John James
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £16,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£12,000

Name of donor: Stuart Leach Associates Limited
Address of donor: The Greenhouse, Greencroft Industrial Park, Stanley DH9 7XN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £12,000 paid in monthly instalments of £1,000 a month from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027, to assist with ongoing campaigning activity.
Donor status: company, registration 14239649
(Registered 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Thornaby Town Deal Fund Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 6 January 2020
(Registered 11 December 2024)

On the register since 28 Nov 2025

Trustee of Friends of Fairfield Play Park, a registered charity that is seeking to establish a play park in the Fairfield Community for the benefit of residents and their children. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 May 2024
(Registered 9 May 2024)

On the register since 11 Jun 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,748 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 2025 Matt Vickers sitting MP Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) Other Visit £2,452
6 Apr 2025 Matt Vickers sitting MP Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) Other Visit £5,096
17 Feb 2025 Matt Vickers sitting MP Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (CFI Ltd) Other Visit £3,200

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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