Hastings & Rye / data
Helena Dollimore · Labour and Co-operative Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
390
of 504 possible
Attendance
77%
114 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
195
49 debates
Written Qs
41
41 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£222k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 85 claims
Interests
3
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 80 | |
| Economy | 72 | |
| Employment | 52 | |
| Crime & Policing | 40 | |
| Education | 33 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 25 | |
| Energy | 19 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1 | — |
| Economy Jobs | 17 | 6,088 |
| Environment | 9 | 5,358 |
| Transport | 5 | 4,156 |
| Utilities | 7 | 2,586 |
| Education | 7 | 2,144 |
| Culture Community | 4 | 1,702 |
| Local Government | 15 | 1,547 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situa… | Free vote | Aye |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion A vote on whether to allow a Bill to be introduced that would replace the current first-past-the-post voting system with proportional repres… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseWe have a pothole epidemic in Hastings, Rye and the villages, and that is why the Government gave East Sussex county council a record £21 million to tackle it—more money than ever … DefenceLocal GovernmentHealth | 124 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Dualling of the A21I thank the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Dr Mullan) for securing this important debate about improving the A21. This is an issue that we work on together and with colleagues… TransportEconomy JobsLocal Government | 633 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseThe Queensway Gateway Road works were a shambles from start to finish. They were meant to last weeks, but dragged on for almost a year, causing gridlock and losing local businesses… EnergyEconomy JobsLocal Government | 111 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Use of Biobeads in Wastewater TreatmentI present this petition on behalf of the 9,915 people who have supported my campaign calling on the water companies to end the use of plastic beads in wastewater treatment. A few m… EnvironmentUtilities | 179 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Student LoansI must declare an interest as someone in the first year group to have a plan 2 student loan under the broken system introduced by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats that w… EducationEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 71 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Student LoansThe Opposition talk about amnesia. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is they who have collective amnesia about the system they created? My generation certainly do not have amnesia … EducationEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 85 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Student LoansThe right hon. Lady talks about making the system fair. Will she comment on what her party did in government? The Conservatives abolished the maintenance grant, which means that lo… EducationEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 56 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | GP ContractIt has been really hard to get a GP appointment in Hastings and Rye, so I welcome the bold action that this Government are taking to tackle that 8 am scramble to get a GP appointme… HealthEconomy Jobs | 151 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Extreme Climate and Weather Events: National ResilienceMy hon. Friend and I worked together on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to push for the inquiry on extreme weather events to which her debate refers. The fire ser… EnvironmentUtilitiesTransport | 81 |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Business of the HouseWe have a pothole epidemic in Hastings, Rye and the villages. After years of the Conservatives slashing council budgets, this Labour Government have given Conservative-run East Sus… Local GovernmentCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 160 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Bayeux Tapestry ExhibitionThe hon. Member is right that schoolchildren must be able to access the exhibition. They should not be put off by the price of a ticket to the exhibition or a train ticket—or even … Culture CommunityEducationTransport | 389 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Bayeux Tapestry ExhibitionI thank my hon. Friend. Indeed, we have many replicas of the tapestry. There is the one he mentioned in Reading museum. There is also one that Hastings borough council has in stora… Culture CommunityEducationTransport | 212 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Bayeux Tapestry ExhibitionNo other work of art is as entwined with our island’s story as the Bayeux tapestry, which quite literally wove my constituency of Hastings, Rye and the villages into our national h… Culture CommunityEducationTransport | 714 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Bayeux Tapestry ExhibitionI thank the Minister for his commitment to helping the children of Hastings to get to see this exhibition. Does he recognise that schools that are not as well off need help getting… Culture CommunityEducationTransport | 77 |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Russian Influence on UK Politics and DemocracyI want to raise a case in Hastings, where £150,000 of levelling-up money was given to Lubov Chernukhin, the Conservatives’ biggest female donor, who is married to a former Finance … DefenceCrimeTechnology | 96 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 9 | 22.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8 | 19.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 6 | 14.6% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 9.8% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 3 | 7.3% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 3 | 7.3% |
| Ministry of Justice | 1 | 2.4% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 1 | 2.4% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) aid workers are protected and (b) UK humanitarian aid is able to reach those in conflict zones in Sudan. | Answered |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of sexual violence in the conflict in Sudan. | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of UK water companies. | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase awareness to ensure that women with the NF1 gene undergo the breast cancer screening to which they are entitled. | Answered |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the British Museum will retain the ticketing revenue from the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. | Answered |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to increase its grant in aid funding for the Bayeux Tapestry display at the British Museum. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 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 tackle shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP services in coastal communities. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS (a) treatment for and (b) diagnosis of keratoconus. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Plan for Neighbourhoods on Hastings. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support community ownership of local assets. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of international rail travel from Ashford International on economic growth. | Answered |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the length of the statute of limitations for medical devices as specified under the Consumer Protection Act 1987. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations on the adequacy of levels of playground provision to meet children’… | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children have access to (a) safe and (b) well-maintained playgrounds. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)Select | Member | Commons | 02 Jun 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 | 66 | 24,468 | 11.0% |
| Accommodation | 8 | 10,213 | 4.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,330 | 0.6% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 448 | 0.2% |
| Staffing | 0 | 185,538 | 83.5% |
| Miscellaneous | 0 | 167 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 33 | 9,564 |
| Rent | Accommodation | 3 | 8,443 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 4 | 4,119 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 3,138 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 2,949 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 1,197 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 3 | 480 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 7 | 409 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 402 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Accommodation | 3 | 332 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 1 | 241 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Pipers News [200011792-349] | 7 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | [200011793-95] | 2,850 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 173 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs TV licence | TVLICENSING.CO.UK [200011725-7663] | 170 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Television | 165 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 424 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | STAPLES [200011725-9221] | 370 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Correspondence with Constituents [200011792-342] | 5,155 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 3,347 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | Correspondence with Constituents [200011792-343] | 2,949 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Quadient Folder Service Agreement [200011792-338] | 28 | Paid |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Pipers News [200011793-520] | 13 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 69 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 30 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 63 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 40 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 21 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 15 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 13 | 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.
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation1 entry
24 Feb 2026
Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 support towards my annual Christmas card printing / postage costs
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 January 2026)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)1 entry
20 Feb 2026
Name of donor: GMB Southern Region
Address of donor: Mary Turner House, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Support for a constituency office, estimated value £550 per calendar month, value £6,600
Date received: 7 November 2025
Date accepted: 7 November 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 January 2026)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Army Reservist. I have not received any earnings since being elected.
(Registered 4 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 19 wards, 22 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown | Sorrell Marlow-Eastwood | Conservative and Unionist Party | 470 | 02 May 2024 |
| Baird | Yunis Smith | Green Party of England and Wales | 387 | 02 May 2024 |
| Braybrooke | Mark Richard Etherington | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,001 | 02 May 2024 |
| Castle | Becca Horn | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,108 | 02 May 2024 |
| Central St Leonards | Adele Judith Bates | Green Party of England and Wales | 820 | 02 May 2024 |
| Conquest | Paul Foster | Conservative and Unionist Party | 491 | 02 May 2024 |
| Eastern Rother | Lizzie Hacking | Conservative and Unionist Party | 605 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eastern Rother | Paul Norman Osborne | Conservative and Unionist Party | 578 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gensing | Paula Vanessa Warne | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,073 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hollington | Danuta Kean | Labour Party | 395 | 02 May 2024 |
| Maze Hill | Darren Buist MacKenzie | Green Party of England and Wales | 590 | 02 May 2024 |
| Old Hastings | Julia Jane Hilton | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,123 | 02 May 2024 |
| Ore | Jo Walker | Green Party of England and Wales | 763 | 02 May 2024 |
| Rye Winchelsea | Cheryl Creaser | Labour Party | 608 | 04 May 2023 |
| Rye Winchelsea | Simon Bede McGurk | Labour Party | 606 | 04 May 2023 |
| Silverhill | Billie Blue Ann Mary Barnes | Labour Party | 643 | 02 May 2024 |
| Southern Rother | Andrew Stanley Mier | Liberal Democrats | 770 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southern Rother | Tim Oliver Grohne | Conservative and Unionist Party | 645 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Helens | David Edgar Whitehill | Labour Party | 503 | 02 May 2024 |
| Tressell | Natalie Sophia Rayner Gaimster | Green Party of England and Wales | 817 | 02 May 2024 |
| West St Leonards | Trevor Edward Webb | Labour Party | 441 | 02 May 2024 |
| Wishing Tree | Helen Louise Kay | Labour Party | 603 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 98,591 | Electorate 75,939 (2024) |
| Median age | 44 | years |
| Degree-educated | 28.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 91.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 57.8% | households |
| Private-rented | 27.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 14.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 54.2% | 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.