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Alex Burghart

Conservative Brentwood and Ongar

Voting record

1
Voted for
7
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Alex Burghart’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 95%

How often Alex Burghart voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Alex Burghart currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster — Cabinet Office — since 2024-11-05 Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland Office — since 2024-07-08 Shadow
Previously held
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2022-10-27 to 2024-07-05) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions (2022-09-20 to 2022-10-27) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) — Department for Education (2021-09-16 to 2022-07-06) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Alex Burghart →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Writing reviews
Payer: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £200
Received on: 30 April 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £200
Received on: 28 February 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimated.
(Registered 1 September 2025)
Payment: £350
Received on: 31 July 2025. Hours: 10 hrs estimate.
(Registered 1 September 2025)

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Primary Access & Research Limited (Political analysis), 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2AA
(Registered 30 September 2025)
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 26 September 2025. Hours: 4.5 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)
Payment: £1,000 Paid for a speaking engagement.
Received on: 17 April 2026. Hours: 3 hrs.
(Registered 29 April 2026)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: IPGL Ltd
Address of donor: 3rd Floor, 39 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9LP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: company, registration 2011009
(Registered 21 August 2026)

Name of donor: David Robert Meller
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 September 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Cliveden Literary Festival
Address of donor: SRE Hotels (Cliveden) Ltd 8th Floor South Block, 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights), value £2,302
Date received: 10 October 2025
Date accepted: 10 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07844715
(Registered 4 November 2025)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food, accommodation and transfers to/from the hotel, value £920.80
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Attending the Franco-British Colloque 2026 at the Trianon Palace, Versailles, a private forum for facilitating closer and more effective engagement between the UK and France.
(Registered 11 February 2026)

Name of donor: News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd
Address of donor: 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Outbound flight from Rome to Athens and inbound flight from Athens to London (£2000), ground transportation and transfers (£876.25), accommodation (£1212.72). These costs are for myself, value £4,088.97
Destination of visit: Italy and Greece
Dates of visit: 24 August 2026 to 26 August 2026
Purpose of visit: Off-site meetings with Mr K R Murdoch and other senior executives from News Corp and News UK.
(Registered 18 September 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Alex Burghart yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Alex Burghart has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£207,554.97 paid out to or for Alex Burghart across 68 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Alex Burghart’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £195,561.21 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £11,993.76 (66 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £106.48, 2026-03-17 — XMA March 2026
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £103.02, 2026-02-16 — WWW.CELLHIRE.COM
Software & applications — £738.00, 2026-02-10 — Caseworker software upgrade
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £103.02, 2026-01-13 — WWW.CELLHIRE.COM
Software & applications — £738.00, 2026-01-05 — Caseworker software renewal - 2026
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £103.02, 2025-12-10 — WWW.CELLHIRE.COM
Stationery & printing — £70.07, 2025-11-24 — Banner December 2025
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £103.02, 2025-11-12 — WWW.CELLHIRE.COM

Every claim on file for Alex Burghart →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Alex Burghart — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Alex Burghart’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Alex Burghart isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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