East Hampshire / data
Damian Hinds · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 06 May 2010 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
5833days
from 06 May 2010
Divisions
402
of 504 possible
Attendance
80%
102 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
752
101 debates
Written Qs
488
483 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£220k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 132 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 93 | |
| Economy | 82 | |
| Employment | 49 | |
| Crime & Policing | 43 | |
| Education | 27 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 24 | |
| Housing | 21 | |
| Pensions | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 21 | 11,889 |
| Fiscal Policy | 11 | 9,437 |
| Education | 19 | 8,374 |
| Local Government | 14 | 8,197 |
| Social Care | 16 | 7,651 |
| Technology | 9 | 4,769 |
| Housing | 6 | 4,374 |
| Labour Market | 8 | 4,194 |
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.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2025 | Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill aims to create a 'smokefree generation' by graduall… | Free vote | Aye |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second ReadingMPs voted on whether to give the Tobacco and Vapes Bill its Second Reading, advancing legislation that would create a 'smoke-free generation… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Contaminated Blood: Compensation12. What recent steps he has taken to ensure that people infected and affected by contaminated blood are compensated. HealthSocial Care | 19 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Contaminated Blood: CompensationI thank the Paymaster General for his personal work in this area. The increase in the unethical research award is a material improvement, and I am particularly thinking of the form… HealthSocial Care | 83 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to have heard the last few speeches, which made very important points, but even with five minutes, time is still short for me. I w… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 836 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think that would try Madam Deputy Speaker’s patience. Today is the day that we can take action on those two points. EducationTechnologySocial Care | 22 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Falling School RollsIt is true that the effects of the falling birth rate have been felt most so far in places such as Hackney, but it is coming to many more places, and the effect will be felt in a m… EducationLocal GovernmentHousing | 80 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThere are unanswered questions about definitions, what should be in and what should be out, and exactly where the boundary lines are. Parents sometimes talk about social media in a… EducationTechnologyHealth | 133 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister give way? EducationTechnologyHealth | 5 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think I just heard the Minister say, “We have already solved this problem.” I do not know if any other colleagues heard that. She said that she has written to every headteacher i… EducationTechnologyHealth | 112 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Ian, you have referred a number of times to the changing viewing habits of children, without being explicit about what those changing habits are. In the last session we had YouTube… | 171 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Louise, you run channels. Give us a good defence of channels. | 11 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Are channels worth having? Are they worth defending? In a world where you can do video on demand, even if it is a parent with a child under seven and the parent can set the control… | 52 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)But you have a product that presents a curated set of content, with some variety and balance. Do you think there is a benefit to that compared with a totally self-selected world? | 32 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I realise that you are a TV guy and not a doctor, but in your professional judgment, you spend a lot of time thinking about children and what children watch and consume. You have b… | 74 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)You say it is not on Instagram or TikTok? | 9 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I appreciate that. I know why. I am trying to gauge, and not just about your programme— | 17 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 254 | 52.0% |
| Treasury | 73 | 15.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 54 | 11.1% |
| Ministry of Justice | 25 | 5.1% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 18 | 3.7% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 15 | 3.1% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 14 | 2.9% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 | 2.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the specialist provision packages mentioned in the SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First consultation on children with compl… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of inbound international visitors to the UK economy in the five most recent years for which data are available. | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of inbound international visitors to Exchequer receipts in the five most recent years for which data are available. | Pending |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion GPs were not in General Practice in England one year after receipt of their Certificate of Completion of Training in each of the most recent five years f… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue to local planning authorities guidance on the recommended mix of dwelling sizes in new housing developments in light of recent changes in… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the change in business rates liability for the university sector in 2026/7 relative to 2024/5. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 104726 on Department for Education: Business Rates, what estimate she has made of the change in business rates liability for the 2026-27 fina… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the change in business rates liability for the further education college sector in 2026/7 relative to 2024/5. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 104726 on Department for Education: Business Rates, what was the level of (a) payment and (b) reimbursement of business rates in (a) he… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are any changes of circumstances or residency, other than moving to secondary school or college, which could trigger the ‘change of educational phase’ provisions in the EHCP reforms… | Pending |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether in areas with middle schools, a pupil transitioning to Middle school or from Middle school will count as a change in phase of education for the purposes of the EHCP reforms she outlined i… | Pending |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the effect of the changes outlined in the February 2026 white paper to the school funding formula on average per-pupil funding in (a) Hampshire (b) the East Hampshir… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total historic SEND deficits accrued in local authorities in England up to the end of (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2025/6; and what estimate she has made of the level of f… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's estimate of local authorities’ projected SEND deficits in 2028/29 assumes that 6.8% of pupils will have an EHCP in the academic year 2027/8, 7.3% in academic year 2028/9… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of currently-projected local authorities’ SEND deficits she expects to be covered from the central government funds when the Statutory Override ends at the end of 2027-28. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 09 Dec 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 2 | 177,198 | 80.6% |
| Office Costs | 114 | 4,980 | 2.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,476 | 1.1% |
| Accommodation | 0 | 33,323 | 15.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,810 | 0.8% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 2 | 5,265 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 41 | 2,279 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 32 | 1,599 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 6 | 847 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 29 | 136 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 3 | 98 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 3 | 21 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [***] 60288786:1 is a duplicate of 60286996:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 38 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Havant Thicket survey | 444 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 5 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Constituency Poster | 62 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 72 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 72 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Mailchimp fee - February 2025 | 25 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 250 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 346 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Alton Herald February 2025 subscription | 6 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Petersfield Post February 2025 subscription | 6 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 70 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 69 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA February 2025 | 133 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Mailchimp monthly fee January 2025 | 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.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1 entry
29 Apr 2025
Name of donor: Google UK Ltd
Address of donor: Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9QT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by Demos and Google, value £435, value £435
Date received: 3 April 2025
Date accepted: 3 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 17 April 2025)
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 year1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Type of land/property: Residential property (annex to residential property)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Hampshire
Interest held: from 1 January 2019
Rental income: from 1 January 2019
(Registered 7 March 2019)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 24 wards, 28 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Amery | Steve Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 395 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Ashdell | Suzie Burns | Liberal Democrats | 418 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Eastbrooke | Barbara Tansey | Labour Party | 202 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Holybourne | Graham Edward Hill | Conservative and Unionist Party | 343 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Westbrooke | Emily Catherine Young | Liberal Democrats | 334 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Whitedown | Ginny Boxall | Liberal Democrats | 547 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alton Wooteys | Warren Timothy Jerome Moore | Liberal Democrats | 234 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bentworth Froyle | Tony Costigan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 590 | 04 May 2023 |
| Binsted Bentley Selborne | David Arnold Ashcroft | Conservative and Unionist Party | 917 | 04 May 2023 |
| Binsted Bentley Selborne | Phillip Davies | Conservative and Unionist Party | 878 | 04 May 2023 |
| Buriton East Meon | Rob Mocatta | Conservative and Unionist Party | 475 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clanfield | Christopher William James Tonge | Liberal Democrats | 813 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clanfield | John David Smart | Liberal Democrats | 862 | 04 May 2023 |
| Four Marks Medstead | Roland Edwin Richardson | Liberal Democrats | 1,212 | 15 Feb 2024 |
| Froxfield Sheet Steep | Nick Drew | Conservative and Unionist Party | 644 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horndean Catherington | Sara Elizabeth Schillemore | Conservative and Unionist Party | 469 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horndean Downs | James Edward Hogan | Green Party of England and Wales | 480 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horndean Kings Blendworth | Christopher David John Hatter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 587 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horndean Kings Blendworth | David Edward Evans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 671 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horndean Murray | Elaine Woodard | Liberal Democrats | 340 | 04 May 2023 |
| Liss | Ian James | Green Party of England and Wales | 844 | 04 May 2023 |
| Liss | Roger Arthur Mullenger | Liberal Democrats | 883 | 04 May 2023 |
| Oakley The Candovers | Julian Greenwood Jones | Basingstoke & Deane Independents | 1,359 | 02 May 2024 |
| Petersfield Bell Hill | Jamie Matthews | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 393 | 04 May 2023 |
| Petersfield Causeway | John Francis Hutchinson | Liberal Democrats | 408 | 04 May 2023 |
| Petersfield Heath | Louise Bevan | Liberal Democrats | 423 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ropley Hawkley Hangers | Charles George Louisson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 650 | 04 May 2023 |
| Rowlands Castle | Charlene Jeanette Maines | Conservative and Unionist Party | 529 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 87,923 | Electorate 70,659 (2024) |
| Median age | 47 | years |
| Degree-educated | 39.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.0% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 74.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.3% | households |
| Social-rented | 12.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 58.2% | 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.