Great Yarmouth / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 51 | |
| Economy | 45 | |
| Employment | 23 | |
| Crime & Policing | 13 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 12 | |
| Energy | 10 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 9 | |
| Education | 9 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Culture Community | 6 | 3,073 |
| Crime | 12 | 2,846 |
| Immigration | 6 | 2,384 |
| Economy Jobs | 11 | 1,877 |
| Other | 4 | 1,053 |
| Cost Of Living | 7 | 885 |
| Agriculture | 3 | 695 |
| Defence | 3 | 689 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Apr 2025 | The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 MPs voted on whether to approve new government regulations amending the rules around motor vehicle driving licences in Great Britain. These … | Rebelled | No |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27MPs voted on whether to approve the government's local government finance settlement for England for 2026-27, which sets out how much fundin… | Free vote | No |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27MPs voted on the government's proposed principles for determining whether council tax increases in England in 2026-27 require a local refere… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)Are they clear on what they need to do? Presumably, you will skew your grant funding towards those who deliver on your objectives. You are, after all, the master and they are, ulti… | 49 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)But what is an inclusive national story? How do you create an inclusive national story? History is history, isn’t it? | 20 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)That is quite important, because it might be her intention but they need to understand how to deliver against that intention. It is all very well to have intentions, but you are as… | 135 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)Let us at them. “Growth and good jobs in every place” is verbal baby food. What does “Richer lives with choices and opportunities for all” mean? Does that mean you are going to hir… | 159 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)First, I agree that it is a cracking Report from Gareth and his team. | 14 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I am delighted to see that your visitor numbers, both domestic and overseas, are rising after some terrible decision making during covid, which affected everybody in the country, s… | 118 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)It came from the Secretary of State. You hand out £484 million to these 15 institutions, or you did in ’24-25, and I think I am right in saying—unless you tell me differently—that … | 61 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I could not help asking because I think it is quite important. | 12 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I would be careful not to damage a model that, as you said earlier, is very successful. | 17 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)How much are you factoring in AI, which is, in all likelihood, going to reduce the number of staff that MPs need rather than increase it? There will likely be less demand for offic… | 49 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)I must confess that I am quite bemused about this whole thing. I want to ask a few questions—ostensibly about cost, although I think that cost is pretty irrelevant at this stage. I… | 74 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)For failure to deliver accounts on time. | 7 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)I want to understand this. Is the IAAP made up of people with construction experience? There does not seem to be much construction experience on the two guiding boards. | 29 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)Morning, James. Do you subscribe to the view that the state should be as accountable to the taxpayer as the taxpayer is to the state? Do you start from that premise? | 31 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-19)I listen in horror. I built the stadium at Southampton, which was not as big a project as this, but we built it on budget and on time. The only way we did that was by identifying w… | 184 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Home Office | 802 | 34.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 257 | 10.9% |
| Ministry of Justice | 208 | 8.8% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 145 | 6.1% |
| Treasury | 122 | 5.2% |
| Department for Education | 121 | 5.1% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 119 | 5.0% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 108 | 4.6% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to (a) approved driving instructors and (b) driving examiners; and whether her Department or the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency h… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employment and apprenticeship reforms announced on 16 March 2026 include measures to reduce the number of young men not in education, employment or training. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to (a) Border Force officers and (b) immigration enforcement staff; and whether her Department has conducted any audits or a… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of disparities in rates of males and females not being in education, employment or training on boys and young men. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to local licensing authorities on minimum English language proficiency requirements for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers; and whether her Department has c… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to frontline adult social care workers in England; and whether his Department, or any relevant regulator, has conducted a… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to frontline rail staff responsible for passenger information and safety-critical communications; and whether her Department or the Of… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in England and Wales; and whether her Department, or any re… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish gender-disaggregated monitoring data on the potential impact of the 200,000-job employment and apprenticeship programme announced on 16 March 2026… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for (a) Education and (b) Business and Trade to reduce the number of young men not in education, employment or training. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to Jobcentre Plus work coaches and other frontline staff; and whether his Department has conducted any audits or assessments i… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to bus drivers and other frontline bus staff; and whether her Department or relevant regulators have conducted any audits or assessmen… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to probation officers and probation services staff; and whether his Department or HM Prison and Probation Service has conducted any audi… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to prison officers in England and Wales; and whether his Department or HM Prison and Probation Service has conducted any audits or asses… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that boys and young men receive targeted support to improve education, employment and training outcomes. | Pending |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 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 | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 9 | 132,111 | 89.7% |
| Office Costs | 133 | 12,693 | 8.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 729 | 0.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,694 | 1.2% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 9 | 21,562 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 97 | 4,779 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 3,150 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 1,623 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 1,056 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 5 | 816 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 6 | 702 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 6 | 367 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 2 | 76 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 57 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 1 | 54 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 13 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,623 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 450 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -450 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Supply and fit of blinds | 1,056 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 158 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Banner March 2025 | 66 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 47 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Banner March 2025 | 43 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 30 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 113 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 450 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,619 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 184 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 6 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,400 | Paid |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 182 | 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.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 17 wards, 37 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell North | Carl Smith | Conservative and Unionist Party | 888 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell North | Daniel Candon | Conservative and Unionist Party | 839 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell North | Graham Robert Plant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 815 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Antony Daniel Capewell | Labour Party | 738 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Carl Adrian Annison | Conservative and Unionist Party | 995 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Katy Stenhouse | Conservative and Unionist Party | 740 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister North | Gary William Boyd | Conservative and Unionist Party | 582 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister North | Penny Carpenter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 606 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister South | Brian Alfred Lawn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 604 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister South | Malcolm Dudley Bird | Conservative and Unionist Party | 570 | 04 May 2023 |
| Central Northgate | James Dwyer-McCluskey | Labour Party | 482 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Claydon | Bernard John Williamson | Labour Party | 767 | 04 May 2023 |
| Claydon | Carol Ann Borg | Labour Party | 810 | 04 May 2023 |
| Claydon | Jeanette McMullen | Labour Party | 775 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Flegg | James William Bensly | Conservative and Unionist Party | 755 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Flegg | Noel Douglas Galer | Conservative and Unionist Party | 573 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fleggburgh | Adrian David Thompson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,110 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gorleston | Emma Claire Flaxman-Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 685 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gorleston | Paul Anthony George Wells | Conservative and Unionist Party | 674 | 04 May 2023 |
| Lothingland | Graham Carpenter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 518 | 04 May 2023 |
| Lothingland | Ivan Murray-Smith | Conservative and Unionist Party | 508 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Alison Green | Labour Party | 691 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Brian Gordon Pilkington | Labour Party | 642 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Trevor Wainwright | Labour Party | 786 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Kerry Susanne Robinson-Payne | Labour Party | 530 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Michael Thomas Jeal | Labour Party | 553 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Tony Wright | Labour Party | 515 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Geoff Freeman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 514 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Justin Paul Rundle | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 548 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southtown Cobholm | Jennifer Constance Newcombe | Labour Party | 402 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southtown Cobholm | Paula Waters-Bunn | Labour Party | 405 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Andrews | Barbara Ann Wright | Labour Party | 575 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Andrews | Ron Upton | Labour Party | 555 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Flegg | Andy Grant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 809 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Flegg | Leslie John Mogford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 798 | 04 May 2023 |
| Yarmouth North | Amy Louise Sharp | Labour Party | 453 | 04 May 2023 |
| Yarmouth North | Donna Kay Hammond | Conservative and Unionist Party | 470 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 99,746 | Electorate 73,317 (2024) |
| Median age | 46 | years |
| Degree-educated | 18.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 94.6% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 62.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 21.5% | households |
| Social-rented | 16.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 49.7% | 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.