Richard Foord

MP since 23 Jun 2022

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Richard Foord is the Liberal Democrat MP for Honiton and Sidmouth, and has been an MP continually since 23 June 2022.

651

Votes Cast

£302,531

Expenses 2024-25

6,700

Majority

45.4%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£302,531

Staffing£229,531
Accommodation£32,822
Office£32,452
Travel£7,725

Year-on-Year

2024-25£302,531
2023-24£290,101
2022-23£180,351

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 50,655 voters

Liberal Democrat
23,007 votes45.4%
Conservative
16,307 votes32.2%
Reform UK
6,289 votes12.4%
Labour
2,947 votes5.8%
Green Party
1,394 votes2.8%
Independent
467 votes0.9%
Party of Women
244 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

76

Written Questions

34

Oral Questions

341

Debates Spoken In

450

Speeches

329

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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2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

3 AYE1 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

2 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
23 May 2023

Registered 9 June 2023

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Richard in Parliament

Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK Resilience Academy's Exercising Best Practice Guidance, whether external expert observers and evaluators have been in

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Nov 2025

M48: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 2022 South Wales Trunk Road Agent review finding on the M48 central safe

AnsweredDepartment for Transport20 Nov 2025

Ministry of Defence: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure complaints in his Department exceeded the required 50-working-day timeframe for issuing an outcome i

AnsweredMinistry of Defence18 Nov 2025

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) communication in cases of alleged armed forces pension overpayments.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence5 Nov 2025

Countryside: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that section 245 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 is not amended to reduce the level of protectio

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs27 Oct 2025

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care27 Oct 2025

Energy Performance Certificates: Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support self-catering businesses in making changes to properties to comply with Minimum Energy Efficiency Sta

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero23 Oct 2025

National Parks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 245 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, what steps she is taking to ensure compliance with t

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14 Oct 2025

Additional Voluntary Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether pension increases resulting from voluntary National Insurance contributions are backdated to the date HMRC received payment in cases where processing de

AnsweredTreasury10 Oct 2025

Travel: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support families in rural areas with the cost of transport to schools.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport10 Sept 2025
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