Paul Holmes — Hear, Hear

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 Paul Holmes’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 95%

How often Paul Holmes 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

Government & opposition roles

Paul Holmes currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) — since 2026-08-31 Shadow

Previously held

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2024-11-08 to 2026-08-31) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2024-07-19 to 2024-11-06) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) — Northern Ireland Office (2024-07-19 to 2024-11-06) Shadow

Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2024-07-19 to 2026-08-31) Shadow

Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) (2024-04-25 to 2024-07-05) Government

Declared financial interests

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

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and hospitality, value £3,200
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Dates of visit: 4 January 2026 to 9 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact Finding political delegation
(Registered 26 January 2026)

Name of donor: ELNET UK
Address of donor: ELNET UK, 4th Floor, 6 Princes Street, London W1B 2LG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and meals, value £1,588.83
Destination of visit: Finland (Helsinki)
Dates of visit: 14 June 2026 to 17 June 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit to Helsinki, Finland, focusing on defence, resilience, shared threats and the strategic alliance.
(Registered 24 June 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
Date interest arose: 1 December 2024
(Registered 29 January 2025)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£252,267.13 paid out to or for Paul Holmes across 168 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 Paul Holmes’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 — £189,254.43 (3 claims)

Office Costs — £39,131.38 (105 claims)

Accommodation — £20,290.30 (50 claims)

MP Travel — £2,498.25 (4 claims)

Staff Travel — £1,092.77 (4 claims)

Miscellaneous — £0.00 (2 claims)

Most recent claims

Software & applications — £199.99, 2026-03-26 — CAPCUT [200013613-9013]

Equipment - purchase — £72.96, 2026-03-17 — Other office equipment

Equipment - purchase — £159.00, 2026-03-16 — Other office equipment

Equipment - purchase — £359.82, 2026-03-16 — Office furniture

Equipment - purchase — £447.38, 2026-03-16 — Office furniture

Utilities — £57.66, 2026-03-16 — Dual Fuel

Stationery & printing — £63.18, 2026-03-11 — Banner March 2026

Stationery & printing — £3,425.39, 2026-03-10 — Parliamentary Report

Every claim on file for Paul Holmes →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Paul Holmes is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Central South — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the South East — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blood Cancer — Officer

Declared funding: Blood Cancer Alliance (£28,501-30,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care — Officer

Declared funding: Hospice UK (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Qatar — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Saudi Arabia — Vice Chair

Declared funding: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (£76,501-78,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — about £77,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Saudi Arabia).

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — about £77,250.50, 1 group

Blood Cancer Alliance — about £29,250.50, 1 group

Hospice UK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Paul Holmes personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Paul Holmes is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.