Labour Forest of Dean
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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Every Commons division on file for Matt Bishop — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 312 of 590 (53%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Matt Bishop — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Matt Bishop →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: HM Government of Gibraltar
Address of donor: Gibraltar House, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£700), accommodation (£660) and meals (£400) for me and a staff member, value £1,760
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 8 September 2025 to 10 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Gibraltar National Day, as well as associated meetings and briefings
(Registered 15 September 2025)
Trustee of Earlybirds Playgroup. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 31 December 2025
(Registered 10 July 2024; updated 27 November 2025)
Trustee of Harry's Pals charity. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 29 October 2025
(Registered 2 November 2025)
Director of PATA Nurseries. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 February 2026
Date interest ended: 16 September 2026
(Registered 11 February 2026; updated 17 September 2026)
Committee Member for NARPO - Gwent Police Branch. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 May 2026
(Registered 27 May 2026)
Honorary Member of Daffodil Court Residents Association, Newent. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 June 2025
(Registered 9 June 2026)
No written questions on file for Matt Bishop yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Matt Bishop has ever tabled.
£176,539.58 paid out to or for Matt Bishop across 287 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 Matt Bishop’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.
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Matt Bishop — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Matt Bishop’s full record.
Matt Bishop is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Ranelagh Ltd — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Matt Bishop personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Matt Bishop 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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