Mike Tapp

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Mike Tapp is the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office).

441

Votes Cast

£191,918

Expenses 2024-25

7,585

Majority

39.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£191,918

Staffing£155,859
Accommodation£21,658
Office£10,075
Travel£4,086
Other£240

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 47,775 voters

Labour
18,940 votes39.6%
Reform UK
11,355 votes23.8%
Conservative
10,370 votes21.7%
Green Party
3,106 votes6.5%
Liberal Democrat
2,595 votes5.4%
Independent
485 votes1.0%
English Democrats
185 votes0.4%
Heritage Party
168 votes0.3%
Workers Party of Britain
98 votes0.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

10

Written Questions

14

Oral Questions

62

Debates Spoken In

161

Speeches

441

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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3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

4 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(2)

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Dog Day Care service

Name of company or organisation
Monki Dog Care
Nature of business
Dog Day Care service
Held jointly with or on behalf of
Wife

Registered 26 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Director of Monki Dog Care Ltd. (Registered 26 July 2024)

Registered 26 July 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Mike in Parliament

Cybersecurity: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have been subject to ransomware attacks in the last 12 months; and how much has been spent on re

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government21 Jul 2025

Undocumented Migrants: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which database systems are the people who have arrived via small boat crossing checked against for (a) criminal and (b) counter-terrorism informa

AnsweredHome Office20 May 2025

Police: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent the police from charging victims of theft whose cars have been stolen for the cost of holding or releas

AnsweredHome Office2 Apr 2025

Ferries: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to ensure the Port of Dover has sufficient energy supply to the Port to implement electric ferry charg

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero2 Apr 2025

Heat Pumps: Dover and Deal

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using disused mine shafts for clean energy creation using heat

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero2 Apr 2025

West Bank: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the level of terrorist activity in th

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office1 Apr 2025

Police: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent the police from charging people whose cars have been stolen for the cost of holding those vehicles for

AnsweredHome Office13 Mar 2025

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the maximum daily spend on hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers between July (a) 2021 and (b) 2024; and in which (i) month and (ii) ye

AnsweredHome Office29 Nov 2024

Foreign Relations: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Turkish counterpart on a cooperation and security agreement; and whether she plans to hold such discussi

AnsweredHome Office21 Nov 2024

Iran: Hamas and Hezbollah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help disrupt Iran’s support for (a) Hamas, (b) Hezbollah and (c) the Hout

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office18 Oct 2024

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