Alex Burghart
MP since 8 Jun 2017
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Alex Burghart is the Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
1805
Votes Cast
£203,620
Expenses 2024-25
5,980
Majority
36.7%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£203,620
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 48,332 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
537
Written Questions
0
Oral Questions
91
Debates Spoken In⚑
313
Speeches⚑
406
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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1805 votes — page 7 of 73
1 AYE1 NORailways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
Railways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
5 NOEmployment Rights Bill
5 votes · 8 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill
5 votes · 8 Dec 2025
2 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 25 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 25 Nov 2025
2 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 24 Nov 2025
1 AYE1 NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
2 votes · 18 Nov 2025
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
2 votes · 18 Nov 2025
2 NOPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
2 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Financial Interests(6)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
the Leader of the Opposition and others
Provision of work space, accommodation and associated hospitality for a work residential for the Leader of the Opposition, attended by the Leader of the Opposition and others (total 16)
18 February 2025 to 20 February 2025
£14,350
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
the Leader of the Opposition and others
Provision of work space, accommodation and associated hospitality for a work residential for the Leader of the Opposition, attended by the Leader of the Opposition and others (total 16)
18 February 2025 to 20 February 2025
- Name of donor
- Neil Record
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Provision of work space, accommodation and associated hospitality for a work residential for the Leader of the Opposition, attended by the Leader of the Opposition and others (total 16), value £14,350.38
- Date received
- 18 February 2025 to 20 February 2025
- Date accepted
- 18 February 2025
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 17 March 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Cliveden Literary Festival
Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights)
10 October 2025
£2,302
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Cliveden Literary Festival
Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights)
10 October 2025
- 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
Visits outside the UK
the hotel
£921
Visits outside the UK
the hotel
- 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
Visits outside the UK
Charles McDowell
£731
Visits outside the UK
Charles McDowell
- Name of donor
- Charles McDowell
- Address of donor
- private
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- £731 (Flight (£531), hotel (£200))
- Destination of visit
- United States (Washington)
- Dates of visit
- 25 April 2025 to 27 April 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Visit to Washington DC for White House Correspondents' Dinner
Registered 19 May 2025
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
—
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- Writing reviews
- Payer
- The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP
Registered 1 September 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Alex in Parliament
Bank Notes: Design
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions with the Bank of England on the potential impact of the removal of historic British figures from the new series of ba
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 17 of the Civil Service Recruitment Framework, updated 2022, whether the appointment of a Senior Civil Servant SCS3 (a) on tempo
Ian Horobin
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 115872, on Peerages, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the r
Life Peers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling announced life peerages to be withdrawn before Letters Patent.
Jeffrey Epstein
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether Jeffery Epstein was (a) passing information to the Russian Government and (b) was otherwise compromised
Ministers: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference 23 February 2026, Official Report, Column 29, on Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review, whether the Government is able to
Labour Together
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards’ review into Labour Together is being assisted by the Propriety and Ethics Team.
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has provided (a) guidance and (b) advice on
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Questions 261-263 of the oral evidence session of the Foreign Affairs Committee entitled Oral evidenc
Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will place a copy in the Library of the most recent guidance on undertaking due diligence for a (a) regulated public appointment, (b) direct ministeri
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