Mid Derbyshire / data
Jonathan Davies · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
423
of 504 possible
Attendance
84%
81 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
175
77 debates
Written Qs
120
120 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£159k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 143 claims
Interests
3
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 86 | |
| Taxation | 85 | |
| Employment | 51 | |
| Crime & Policing | 38 | |
| Education | 34 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 28 | |
| Housing | 24 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 28 | 6,717 |
| Culture Community | 7 | 6,169 |
| Education | 6 | 5,474 |
| Local Government | 11 | 3,729 |
| Health | 5 | 1,668 |
| Cost Of Living | 9 | 1,648 |
| Fiscal Policy | 8 | 1,578 |
| Other | 3 | 1,252 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organ… | Rebelled | No |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a s… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Rep… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Government Procurement StrategyI very much welcome what the Minister has said about the principles behind how we will use £400 billion of Government procurement to back companies up and down this country, and th… Economy JobsTechnologyDefence | 96 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | North Atlantic Submarine ActivityI join the Minister in thanking our armed forces personnel who identified this threat and allowed us to take the action he has described. I note that real-terms defence spending fe… DefenceEnergy | 152 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsT6. I have previously raised the case of the Ada Belfield care centre in Belper with my hon. Friend the Minister. At the moment, it has an uncertain future, because the Reform-led … HousingLocal Government | 73 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Rail Connections to London: Rural TownsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I am glad that the Government have begun to address this shortfall. The investment of £2 billion into the East Midlands combined authority … TransportEconomy JobsLocal Government | 228 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Rail Connections to London: Rural TownsI am pleased that my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) has secured this debate about connections between London and rural towns by rail because many of the issu… TransportEconomy JobsLocal Government | 392 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1656)Ella, a nine-year-old girl who died in 2013, was the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate, which was a shocking moment. I looked i… | 147 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1656)My worry is that these integrated care systems are going to be so big that it is very difficult to put your finger on specific hotspots, and they have been very busy dealing with, … | 121 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1656)I will take that one away. Thank you very much indeed. Ms Lockwood, I have seen some good initiatives locally in my constituency where there have been efforts to reduce the impact … | 170 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1656)I would like to tease out some more information, because it is an interesting point, although there are lots of points in what you have raised that we could explore further. We kno… | 173 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Middle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for her wide-ranging statement, including the support she outlined to protect British nationals in the region and to ensure that humanitarian aid gets… DefenceCost Of LivingOther | 133 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-17)It is certainly DCMS that would answer this. Unfortunately, the Minister for this specific issue is in the Lords, so you would probably get one of the other ones, but it is a great… | 42 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsThe hon. Member mentions the national insurance hike. I am disappointed about that, but would he be content to see public services—education, healthcare and public transport—contin… Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 41 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-17)I declare my interest as someone who likes beer. I have signed this application, and I am also the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on UNESCO world heritage sites. I thin… | 88 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. The east midlands has been a driver of Britain’s economic growth since at least the earliest days of the industrial revol… Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 588 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1750)How will that come through? Will it be DEFRA that needs to bring that through? | 15 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 27 | 22.5% |
| Department for Education | 18 | 15.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 13 | 10.8% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 12 | 10.0% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 | 8.3% |
| Treasury | 9 | 7.5% |
| Home Office | 6 | 5.0% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 6 | 5.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support local authorities in the provision of adult social care. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of producing guidance for local authorities on a) the opportunities to reallocate s.106 funding for… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in utilising unspent s.106 funds. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing for greater pooling of section 106 funds between local authorities to free up unspent funding. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the government is taking to (a) promote the use of recycled water, (b) support water companies to harvest the benefits of recycled water and (c) increase publ… | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of powers held by (a) Government and (b) local authorities to compel housing developers to complete works so that inf… | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to assist local authorities in adopting infrastructure on newly developed housing estates. | Answered |
| 06 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the contribution of the British Council’s delivery of the Cultural Protection Fund on the safeguarding and long-term preservation of… | Answered |
| 06 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the British Council in delivering the Cultural Protection Fund in support of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in conflict-affected a… | Answered |
| 06 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Council’s delivery of the Cultural Protection Fund on (a) strengthening support for communities connected to UNE… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the forthcoming Places of Worship Renewal Fund will be open to non-listed as well as listed buildings. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the forthcoming Places of Worship Renewal Fund will provide grants for adaptations, alteration and the addition of facilities alongside repairs. | Answered |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Women and Equalities | To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her Department provides to opposite-sex civil partners wishing to marry but unable to convert their civil partnership without first declaring an irretrievable breakdown of their re… | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress her Department has made towards the introduction of a new China Fast Stream. | Answered |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on appointing people or groups to develop curriculum content following the recent tender process. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 17 Nov 2025 | present |
| Backbench Business CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 03 Mar 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 | 82 | 19,961 | 12.6% |
| Accommodation | 38 | 14,866 | 9.4% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 9,891 | 6.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,456 | 2.8% |
| Staffing | 0 | 109,455 | 69.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 37 | 14,717 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 3 | 7,134 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 2 | 4,800 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 2,303 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 24 | 1,703 |
| Training - staff | Office Costs | 1 | 1,500 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 12 | 806 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 1 | 500 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 5 | 360 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 3 | 335 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 25 | 267 |
| Hotel - UK Not London | Accommodation | 1 | 149 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 99 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,146 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 89 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 30 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-8423] | 92 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Installation of glass dividing wall and door | 3,924 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-8895] | 419 | Paid |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***] [***] LONDON EU [200011725-9555] | 204 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-8776] | 206 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | 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 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | 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
05 Aug 2025
Name of donor: Motorsport UK
Address of donor: Bicester Motion, OX27 8FY.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Admission and hospitality for myself and a guest at the 2025 British Grand Prix alongside other MPs as part of my membership of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport. This would have cost £700 each if bought on the open market, value £1,400
Date received: 6 July 2025
Date accepted: 6 July 2025
Donor status: other (Motorsport UK is the national membership organisation and governing body for four-wheel motorsport in the UK, representing competitors, volunteers, clubs and fans.)
(Registered 24 July 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
21 Oct 2025
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights to Bahrain and back to London to visit the UK Maritime Component Command, value £606.32
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025
Purpose of visit: UK Maritime Component Command (UKMCC) is a Royal Navy Command located at HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
(Registered 14 October 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
08 Oct 2025
Chesterfield Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 11 September 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 18 March 2025
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 26 September 2025 and 6 October 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 12 wards, 30 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allestree | Ged Potter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,413 | 04 May 2023 |
| Allestree | Kieran Alexander Morgan-McGeehan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,992 | 04 May 2023 |
| Allestree | Steve Hassall | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,283 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alport South West Parishes | David Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 868 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alport South West Parishes | Jane Orton | Conservative and Unionist Party | 846 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper East | Fay Atkinson | Belper Independents | 890 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper East | John Porter | Labour Party | 928 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper East | Tracey Hill | Labour Party | 978 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper North | Ben Rupert Edward Bellamy | Belper Independents | 663 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper North | Emma Monkman | Labour Party | 783 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper South | Gez Kinsella | Green Party of England and Wales | 826 | 04 May 2023 |
| Belper South | Jamie Walls | Green Party of England and Wales | 790 | 04 May 2023 |
| Chaddesden North | Neil Wilson | Labour Party | 582 | 04 May 2023 |
| Chaddesden North | Richard Hudson | Liberal Democrats | 605 | 04 May 2023 |
| Duffield Quarndon | Alison Jane McDermott | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,685 | 04 May 2023 |
| Duffield Quarndon | Eva Long | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,580 | 04 May 2023 |
| Little Eaton Stanley | Bethan Sian Eddy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 600 | 04 May 2023 |
| Little Eaton Stanley | Sam Revill | Conservative and Unionist Party | 605 | 04 May 2023 |
| Oakwood | Freya Sylvia Rose Trewhella | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,075 | 04 May 2023 |
| Oakwood | Jamie Mulhall | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,919 | 04 May 2023 |
| Oakwood | Matthew James Eyre | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,287 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ockbrook Borrowash | Greg Maskalick | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 756 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ockbrook Borrowash | Jane Catherine White | Conservative and Unionist Party | 756 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ockbrook Borrowash | Richard Mark Locke | Conservative and Unionist Party | 767 | 04 May 2023 |
| Spondon | Chris Poulter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,611 | 04 May 2023 |
| Spondon | Jonathan Charles Smale | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,589 | 04 May 2023 |
| Spondon | Nicola Angela Roulstone | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,589 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hallam Dale Abbey | Carol Ann Hart | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,000 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hallam Dale Abbey | Robert Flatley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 768 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hallam Dale Abbey | Robert Mark Mee | Liberal Democrats | 1,030 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 80,166 | Electorate 69,917 (2024) |
| Median age | 47 | years |
| Degree-educated | 36.4% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 95.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 80.0% | households |
| Private-rented | 12.8% | households |
| Social-rented | 7.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 56.8% | 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.