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
Civil Service: Unpaid Work
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025,
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what is the cash terms, monetary value of the Defence
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether his Department's spending on the deal will co
Employment Rights Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the planned (a) commencement and (b) implementation dates are for each substantive policy provision of the Employment Rights Bill.
Department for Business and Trade: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Business Secretary announces new DBT non-executive directors, published on 17 December 2
Treasury: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a target for the number of staff it plans to employ over the period of the Spending Review.
Sovereignty: Chagos Islands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what proportion of the costs will come from the (a) Mini
National Security: Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Minister for the Cabinet Office's Oral Statement of 24 June 2025 on the National Security Strategy, Official Report, columns 974-76, what esti
Ethics and Integrity Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of the (a) chair and (b) members of the Ethics and Integrity Committee will be (i) a regulated public appointment and (ii) subject t
Cabinet Office: Correspondence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the standard template for submissions to (a) Cabinet Office Ministers and (b) the Cabinet Office Permanent Secreta
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