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.
Voting Record
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5 NOPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
5 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
5 votes · 13 Nov 2025
4 NOEmployment Rights Bill
4 votes · 5 Nov 2025
Employment Rights Bill
4 votes · 5 Nov 2025
3 AYESentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
4 AYEVictims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
4 AYE1 NOSentencing Bill Committee
5 votes · 21 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Committee
5 votes · 21 Oct 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
Palm Oil: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to promote the awareness and use of sustainable palm oil.
Health and Leisure Centres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of funding for leisure and health centres and (b) potential impact of those funding levels
Robots: Regulation and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, further to the research and analysis entitled Rapid Technology Assessment: Humanoids, published on 10 March 2025, whether her Depa
NHS Trusts: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help ensure trusts have sufficient access to operational capital funding to repair buildings, replace o
Countryside: Walking
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) Health and Safety Executive regulations on the interaction between walkers and cattle and (b)
Driving Licences: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing re-applications to the DVLA following the voluntarily surrender of driving licence
Community Care: VAT Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending VAT exemption to include essential (a) day care and (b) respite services for people with (i) d
Regional Planning and Development: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to the Great South West Partnership after April 2026.
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount paid by his Department in clinical negligence costs.
Hospices: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS contracts with hospices reflect the (a) cost of the services provided and (b) the needs of local po
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