Official portrait of Sir Geoffrey Cox

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative MP for Torridge and Tavistock, since 5 May 2005

The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Cox is the Conservative MP for Torridge and Tavistock, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Scorecard

42.8% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
246 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
329 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
45 Interests declared 32 at £5,000 or more
195 Debates spoken in 178 written questions tabled

Ranked 599 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 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No vote 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No vote 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No vote 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 Aye 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 No vote 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 No vote 230–256

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

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 June 2026. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 31 May 2026..
(Registered 8 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£12,500

Payment: £12,500
Received on: 15 May 2026. Hours: 12 hrs For work undertaken between 1 March and 30 April 2026.
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£12,500

Payment: £12,500
Received on: 15 May 2026. Hours: 12 hrs For work undertaken between 1 March and 30 April 2026.
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 May 2026. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 April and 30 April 2026.
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£60,000

Payment: £60,000
Received on: 15 May 2026. Hours: 15 hrs For work undertaken between 1 April and 15 May 2026.
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£25,625

Payment: £25,625
Received on: 2 April 2026. Hours: 18 hrs For work undertaken between 1 March and 29 April 2026.
(Registered 27 April 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

£10,000

Payment: £10,000
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 8 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 31 March 2026.
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 31 March 2026.
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£60,000

Payment: £60,000
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 20 hrs For work undertaken from 1 April 2026 (and continuing).
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Janes Solicitors, Cording House, 34-35 St James Street, London SW1A 1HD
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£5,000

Payment: £5,000
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 3.5 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 15 April 2026.
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£20,000

Payment: £20,000
Received on: 16 March 2026. Hours: 14 hrs For work undertaken between 1 February and 16 March 2026.
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 16 March 2026. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 February and 28 February 2026.
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£60,000

Payment: £60,000
Received on: 16 March 2026. Hours: 40 hrs For work undertaken between 1 January and 31 March 2026.
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: ABH Holdings SA (Banking Group Legal Department), 3 Boulevard du Prince Henri, L-1724, Luxembourg
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 8 Apr 2026

Role, work or services: Legal
Payer: Dentons Mauritius LLP (Law firm), Mezzanine, Ground and 3rd Floor, Les Jamalacs, Vieux Conseil Street, Port Louis, Mauritius
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
(Registered 4 March 2025)

On the register since 2 Apr 2026

£5,000

Payment: £5,000
Received on: 15 February 2026. Hours: 5 hrs For work undertaken between 1 December 2025 and 15 February 2026.
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£23,000

Payment: £23,000
Received on: 15 February 2026. Hours: 23 hrs For work undertaken between 1 September 2025 and 30 January 2026.
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£50,000

Payment: £50,000
Received on: 15 February 2026. Hours: 33 hrs For work undertaken between 5 January 2026 and 15 February 2026.
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£33,000

Payment: £33,000
Received on: 15 February 2026. Hours: 22 hrs For work undertaken between 31 December 2025 to 6 February 2026.
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Al Daar Al Mihnia Accounting and Legal Consultation LLC (Law firm), Office 2103, Addax Tower, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(Registered 23 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

£110,591

Payment: £110,591.51
Received on: 31 January 2026. Hours: 50 hrs For work undertaken between 1 January and 27 February 2026 (and continuing).
(Registered 23 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

£7,500

Payment: £7,500
Received on: 14 January 2026. Hours: 7.5 hrs For work undertaken between 1 October and 31 December 2025.
(Registered 2 February 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 14 January 2026. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 31 December 2025.
(Registered 2 February 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Defence and Home Affairs Division, Prime Minister's Office, Republic of Mauritius, 7th Level, New Government Centre, Port Louis, Mauritius
(Registered 31 December 2025)

On the register since 2 Feb 2026

£47,500

Payment: £47,500
Received on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 40 hrs For work undertaken between 1 July and 30 November 2025.
(Registered 31 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 1 December 2025. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 31 October 2025.
(Registered 22 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Travers Thorp Alberga (Attorneys at law), Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, South Church Street, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands
(Registered 22 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

£27,500

Payment: £27,500
Received on: 1 December 2025. Hours: 22 hrs For work undertaken between 1 September and 30 November 2025.
(Registered 22 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 30 November 2025.
(Registered 31 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

£10,000

Payment: £10,000
Received on: 15 October 2025. Hours: 10 hrs For work undertaken between 22 September and 10 October 2025.
(Registered 9 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 October 2025. Hours: 13 hrs For work undertaken between 1 and 30 September 2025.
(Registered 9 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

£7,000

Payment: £7,000
Received on: 15 September 2025. Hours: 6 hrs for work undertaken between 1 July 2025 and 31 July 2025.
(Registered 23 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

£6,000

Payment: £6,000
Received on: 15 September 2025. Hours: 6 hrs for work undertaken between 1 June 2025 and 31 July 2025.
(Registered 23 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 September 2025. Hours: 13 hrs for work undertaken beteen 1 and 31 August 2025.
(Registered 23 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Prime Ministers Office Republic of Mauritius, Defence and Home Affairs Division, 7th Level, New Government Centre, Port Louis, Mauritius
(Registered 15 August 2025)

On the register since 23 Sep 2025

£38,000

Payment: £38,000
Received on: 15 July 2025. Hours: 30 hrs 30 hours for work undertaken from 1 June 2025. The work is ongoing.
(Registered 5 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

£11,050

Payment: £11,050
Received on: 15 August 2025. Hours: 13 hrs for work undertaken between 1 July and 31 July 2025.
(Registered 15 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Legal services
From: 2 April 2024.
Payer: The Khan Partnership (Solicitors), 48-49 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4JP
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Role, work or services: Consultant Global Counsel
From: 28 September 2020.
Payer: Withers LLP, 20 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7AN
(Registered 19 October 2020; updated 19 October 2021 and 3 January 2024)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

£293,400

Remuneration: £293,400 a year (plus VAT) paid quarterly for international legal services
From: 1 November 2023.
Hours: 30 hrs a month
(Registered 19 October 2020; updated 19 October 2021 and 3 January 2024)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Agricultural land
Location: West Devon
Ownership details: Joint ownership
Rental income: Yes
(Updated 18 January 2019)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Type of land/property: Residential property (property)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 1 November 2017
Ownership details: Joint ownership
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 15 January 2019; updated 4 April 2019)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Thomas More International Ltd
Nature of business: International law firm
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Name of company or organisation: Thomas More Property Holdings Ltd
Nature of business: Property holding company
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £13,302 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
8 Nov 2024 Sir Geoffrey Cox sitting MP Mauritius Labour Party Unincorporated Association Visit £13k

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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