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Jim Dickson · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
461
of 504 possible
Attendance
91%
43 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
242
130 debates
Written Qs
69
69 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£172k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 124 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 96 | |
| Economy | 92 | |
| Employment | 50 | |
| Crime & Policing | 45 | |
| Education | 39 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Housing | 24 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 52 | 11,657 |
| Local Government | 32 | 8,016 |
| Health | 23 | 6,577 |
| Culture Community | 18 | 5,963 |
| Social Care | 26 | 5,198 |
| Fiscal Policy | 17 | 3,811 |
| Housing | 13 | 3,216 |
| Environment | 10 | 2,892 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateI welcome the fact that in this time of economic shocks, the Government are playing their proper role in protecting UK households from the worst harms, and I thank the Chancellor f… EnergyEconomy JobsCost Of Living | 114 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Mr Woods talked about consolidation being an important part, potentially, to strengthen individual institutions, in particular for credit unions, for example, but also for other fo… | 48 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)On co-operatives and mutuals, you are aware that the Government have a commitment to double the size of co-operatives and mutuals. The PRA has been very supportive up to now. The p… | 84 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Obviously, they decided not to change the capital buffers when they last thought about it. Do you consider that the right decision? | 22 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)On the present economic turbulence created by the Iran war and what you had said about it when we asked you about it in the questionnaire, you said that depending on how various vu… | 43 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Do you see the situation in the middle east and Iran as the primary threat to financial stability at the moment? Are there others of a similar magnitude that you would see, or is i… | 38 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)One request from the Building Societies Association was about regulation and whether the leverage ratio buffers were appropriate for their sector. Do you have a view on that at the… | 31 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Do you think there are any further developments that you see potentially crystallising that could push us to a situation where we have what might be termed a “financial crisis”? Do… | 38 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Are you comfortable with the way the insurance market is currently working? The London insurance market carries the majority of the risk for marine insurance. That is obviously a h… | 55 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Are there circumstances in which they will need to look at that again? | 13 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | SEND Provision and ReformLast week I held a roundtable on the White Paper with Dartford residents. Although they welcome the greater focus on schools providing quicker and more flexible support, they are n… EducationSocial CareLocal Government | 86 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)I have a few questions for Ms Pender about the role of Fair4All Finance and the strategy. Clearly, you have a very central role in delivering a number of its elements, whether affo… | 68 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)The no-interest loan scheme that we were discussing earlier, which has been cited as a big success, is something that we want to see scale up, but there is no Government support fo… | 48 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)To follow up on dormant assets, is there too much reliance on short-term funding and the use of dormant assets in the strategy, rather than getting the industry themselves involved… | 38 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Voluntary Groups and Community CentresI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. On the point of under-investment over many years, he is making a really good case that community centres are places that brin… Culture CommunityLocal GovernmentSocial Care | 124 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 31 | 44.9% |
| Department for Transport | 9 | 13.0% |
| Department for Education | 7 | 10.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 5 | 7.2% |
| Treasury | 3 | 4.3% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3 | 4.3% |
| Home Office | 3 | 4.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 2 | 2.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure consistent standards for lipid testing and reporting across England. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support the delivery of cardiovascular prevention services within neighbourhood health settings. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to publish a national strategy on HGV parking and welfare facilities. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school leavers have progressed to (a) employment and (b) economic inactivity by type of establishment in each year since September 2020. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school leavers progressed onto apprenticeships at (a) Level 3, (b) Level 4 and (c) above by type of establishment in each year since September 2020. | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the vape excise tax will be evaluated to ensure that it reduces youth vaping, maintains smoker switching and reduces the illicit market. | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review taxes across the tobacco and nicotine category in the context of regulation changes to the tobacco and nicotine market via the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the pl… | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts. | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tobacco companies on (a) AI summaries on topics of commercial interest, including the size of the illic… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people experiencing suicidality or who have attempted suicide receive sustained, trauma-informed and long-term support beyond… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the annual cost of evidential drink-driving testing to the police budget from (a) blood and (b) urine tests. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of people screened for drink-driving with a breath alcohol content of (i) 9–21, (ii) 22–34 and (iii) higher than 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 mi… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the average individual cost of an evidential drink-driving test for (a) blood and (b) urine alcohol content. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to research from the University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, published on 29 Septem… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to research from The University of Manchester entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all schools… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Oct 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 117 | 32,374 | 18.8% |
| Staffing | 2 | 139,452 | 81.0% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 78 | 0.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 182 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 24 | 10,109 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 63 | 3,842 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 5 | 1,583 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 8 | 1,562 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 5 | 602 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 590 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 4 | 304 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 1 | 300 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 96 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 6 | 36 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Correcting duplicate claim 60299982:1 [200012824-1] | -28 | Paid |
| 20 May 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [***] 60287503:1 is a duplicate of 60287490:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 501 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 334 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | WWW.THEHILLHUB.COM [200011725-8655] | 590 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 6,383 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 191 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | INSTANTPRINT [200011725-8989] | 142 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | VISTAPRINT [200011725-8988] | 126 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-7496] | 112 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | NISBETS LTD [200011725-7976] | 376 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Television | 180 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 174 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 26 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,0001 entry
16 Aug 2024
Name of company or organisation: Four Communications
Nature of business: Public Relations
(Registered 1 August 2024)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
02 Oct 2024
Councillor, London Borough of Lambeth. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 17 March 2025
(Registered 16 September 2024; updated 29 April 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 18 wards, 37 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Village Park | David Hammock | Conservative and Unionist Party | 392 | 04 May 2023 |
| Brent | Peter Whapshott | Conservative and Unionist Party | 718 | 04 May 2023 |
| Brent | Rosanna Marina Currans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 840 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bridge | Clement Quaqumey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 316 | 04 May 2023 |
| Burnham | Matthew John Davis | Conservative and Unionist Party | 358 | 04 May 2023 |
| Darenth | Paul Michael Denman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 215 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ebbsfleet | Danny Nicklen | Conservative and Unionist Party | 615 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ebbsfleet | Jonathon Simon Hawkes | Labour Party | 535 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ebbsfleet | Victoria Akintomide-Akinwamide | Labour Party | 507 | 04 May 2023 |
| Greenhithe Knockhall | Carol Mary Gale | Conservative and Unionist Party | 359 | 04 May 2023 |
| Greenhithe Knockhall | David Mote | Conservative and Unionist Party | 499 | 04 May 2023 |
| Greenhithe Knockhall | Peter Martin Harman | Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association | 623 | 04 May 2023 |
| Heath | Andy Lloyd | Conservative and Unionist Party | 910 | 04 May 2023 |
| Heath | Patsy Thurlow | Conservative and Unionist Party | 837 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longfield New Barn Southfleet | Jeremy Kite | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,431 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longfield New Barn Southfleet | Roger Stephen Leonard Perfitt | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,317 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longfield New Barn Southfleet | Steve Brown | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,406 | 04 May 2023 |
| Maypole Leyton Cross | Kyle Stealey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 435 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newtown | Debbie Ann Graham | Labour Party | 528 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newtown | Laura Edie | Green Party of England and Wales | 509 | 04 May 2023 |
| Princes | Alina Maria Vaduva | Labour Party | 395 | 04 May 2023 |
| Princes | Ricky Anthony Steve Jones | Labour Party | 490 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stone Castle | John Burrell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 440 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stone Castle | Lucy Alison Canham | Conservative and Unionist Party | 491 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stone Castle | Paul Cutler | Conservative and Unionist Party | 518 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stone House | Rachael Anne Anne | Labour Party | 556 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stone House | Tom Oliver | Conservative and Unionist Party | 667 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanscombe | Claire Pearce | Labour Party | 476 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanscombe | Emma-Louise Helena Ben Moussa | Labour Party | 732 | 04 May 2023 |
| Temple Hill | Alina Gaskin | Labour Party | 737 | 04 May 2023 |
| Temple Hill | Darren Anthony Povey | Labour Party | 704 | 04 May 2023 |
| Temple Hill | Kelly Grehan | Labour Party | 796 | 04 May 2023 |
| Town | Chris Shippam | Conservative and Unionist Party | 544 | 04 May 2023 |
| Town | Richard John Wells | Conservative and Unionist Party | 530 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hill | Denzil Reynolds | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,062 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hill | Drew Swinerd | Conservative and Unionist Party | 969 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hill | Julie Ozog | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,096 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 110,770 | Electorate 75,426 (2024) |
| Median age | 36 | years |
| Degree-educated | 32.7% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 73.6% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 67.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 14.1% | households |
| Employment rate | 65.3% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.