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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4 NOVictims and Courts Bill
4 votes · 25 Mar 2026
Victims and Courts Bill
4 votes · 25 Mar 2026
3 AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
4 AYE2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
3 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in the forthcoming spending review.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with which organisations her Department held discussions on changes to the level of funding provided through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
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
Water: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time was between a pollution discharge notification and a public bathing water quality warning being issued duri
Water: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on confirmed cases of waterborne illness linked to exposure to (a) Salmonella and (b) Leptospira at UK bathing
Beaches: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of beach closures caused by pollution on tourism in coastal communities.
Water Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with water companies on expanding the usage of community testing.
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help increase social housing supply through the Spending Review.
Temporary Accommodation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost of temporary accommodation for local authorities through the Spending Review.
Food Supply and Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of (a) food insecurity and (b) economic hardship.
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