Rachel Gilmour
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Rachel Gilmour is the Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Minehead, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
250
Votes Cast
£174,467
Expenses 2024-25
3,507
Majority
38.6%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£174,467
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 47,491 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
277
Written Questions
13
Oral Questions
161
Debates Spoken In⚑
219
Speeches⚑
250
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.
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3 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2025
3 AYE3 NORenters’ Rights Bill
6 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill
6 votes · 8 Sept 2025
3 AYEHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
1 AYE1 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2 votes · 2 Sept 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2 votes · 2 Sept 2025
2 AYEUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee
2 votes · 9 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee
2 votes · 9 Jul 2025
Financial Interests(5)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The National Liberal Club
Free membership of TNLC for 18 months
9 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
£1,676
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The National Liberal Club
Free membership of TNLC for 18 months
9 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Name of donor
- The National Liberal Club
- Address of donor
- 1 Whitehall Place SW1
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Free membership of TNLC for 18 months, value £1,675.85
- Date received
- 9 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Date accepted
- 20 July 2024
- Donor status
- other (Members' Club)
Registered 3 October 2024
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
£768
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
- Name of donor
- UK Friends of Ukraine
- Address of donor
- 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3BL
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- YES Conference pass, accommodation, internal travel and meals, value £768.04
- Destination of visit
- Ukraine
- Dates of visit
- 10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Parliamentary delegation to attend YES Conference and build relationship with Ukrainian allies.
Registered 27 October 2025
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
£128
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
- Name of donor
- UK Friends of Ukraine
- Address of donor
- 62 Lots Road, London SW10 0DQ
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Meals and hospitality (£127.81), excursion (£46.15) and rail transfers (£224.03), value £398
- Destination of visit
- Ukraine (Kyiv, Odessa, Pripyat, Chisinau (Moldova))
- Dates of visit
- 19 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
- Purpose of visit
- Attend the Yalta European Strategy Conference, fostering good relations between UK and Ukraine MPs.
Registered 13 March 2026
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
—
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- District Councillor
- Until
- 14 March 2025.
- Payer
- Mid Devon District Council (Local Government), Phoenix House, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton, Devon EX16 6PP
Registered 24 July 2024; updated 13 November 2025
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
17 May 2025
Rental income: from 27 May 2025
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Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
17 May 2025 Rental income: from 27 May 2025
- Type of land/property
- Residential property (Semi detached cottage)
- Number of properties
- 1
- Location
- Bampton
- Interest held
- from 17 May 2025
- Rental income
- from 27 May 2025
Registered 1 October 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Rachel in Parliament
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to cap the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on children in ad
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the match-funding provision through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund o
Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will meet with Ofgem to discuss poor practice in the recouping of (a) missed and (b) underpaid payments in the energy
GP Surgeries and Hospitals: Power Failures
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of emergency back up generators in rural (a) hospitals and (b) GP surgeries.
Public Houses: Exmoor
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Exmoor National Park Authority on the suitability of change of use applications for pubs on
Gaza and Occupied Territories: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 20 May 2025 on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Official Report
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the (a) length in number of applicants and (b) duration of time of the backlog in Personal Independence Payment awa
Education: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support rural (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges to recruit (i) sust
Gwyn Jenkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make an assessment of the suitability of the appointment of General Sir Gwyn Jenkins as First Sea Lord.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of (a) children and adolescent mental health services and (b) other services to support adopted and
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