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

Staffing£121,857
Office£20,983
Accommodation£18,343
Travel£13,284

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 47,491 voters

Liberal Democrat
18,326 votes38.6%
Conservative
14,819 votes31.2%
Reform UK
7,787 votes16.4%
Labour
4,325 votes9.1%
Green Party
2,234 votes4.7%

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.

Voting Record

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1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jul 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill

2 votes · 1 Jul 2025

3 AYE3 NO

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

6 votes · 20 Jun 2025

3 AYE1 NO

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 18 Jun 2025

5 AYE1 NO

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

6 votes · 17 Jun 2025

1 AYE2 NO

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

3 votes · 13 Jun 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
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
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
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

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

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

Hill Farming: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to financially support upland farmers in areas such as Exmoor.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10 Feb 2026

Dental Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in urgent care Units of Dental Activity on trends in the level of the pro

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care5 Feb 2026

Brownfield Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support and encouragement the Government is giving to local authorities to fast-track planning applications for develo

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government19 Jan 2026

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes for 1950s-born women on woman in Tiverton and Minehead constitue

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions14 Jan 2026

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to schools who wish to decarbonise their buildings but who currently do not have the mean

AnsweredDepartment for Education9 Jan 2026

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals programme.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care8 Jan 2026

Rivers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest data on the ecological status of rivers across the UK.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10 Dec 2025

Family Courts: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the right of appeal escalatory route from the Family Court judges to the High Court on

AnsweredMinistry of Justice10 Dec 2025

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early cancer diagnosis rates.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care8 Dec 2025

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will commit to introducing Herbie's Law.

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology27 Nov 2025
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