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Chris Hinchliff

Labour North East Hertfordshire

Voting record

4
Voted for
2
Voted against
3
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.

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Whip meter Estimate 81%

How often Chris Hinchliff voted the same way as most of the Labour 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 Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye 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

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Chris Hinchliff — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

8. Miscellaneous

Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 July 2025
(Registered 8 September 2025)

Environment & climate

I was elected as an Officer of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role. As an Officer, I am involved in the direction of the group and contribute to its work and engagements.
Date interest arose: 12 January 2026
(Registered 27 January 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£196,512.12 paid out to or for Chris Hinchliff across 221 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 Chris Hinchliff’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 — £136,072.59 (14 claims)
Office Costs — £43,782.77 (191 claims)
Accommodation — £14,820.41 (9 claims)
MP Travel — £1,148.25 (2 claims)
Staff Travel — £688.10 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £115.69, 2026-04-23 — Electricity
Bought-in services — £2,535.00, 2026-03-27 — Professional & consultancy
Training - staff — £138.00, 2026-03-26 — AirTable Training
Training - staff — £138.00, 2026-03-26 — AirTable Training
Stationery & printing — £1,577.00, 2026-03-25 — Printing of direct mail [200013550-36]
Postage & couriers — £3,406.34, 2026-03-25 — Postage cost for direct mail [200013635-135]
Utilities — £241.95, 2026-03-17 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £403.20, 2026-03-17 — Printing of MP contact posters

Every claim on file for Chris Hinchliff →

Early Day Motions

Chris Hinchliff has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 38 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Chris Hinchliff personally tabled — not motions Chris Hinchliff may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Migratory birds — tabled 2026-06-29, 12 sponsors
World Curlew Day — tabled 2026-04-20, 26 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Chris Hinchliff is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Council and Social Housing — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Shelter (£63,001-64,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Shelter — about £63,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Council and Social Housing).

Shelter — about £63,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Chris Hinchliff personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Chris Hinchliff 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.

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