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.

661

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

38

Oral Questions

356

Debates Spoken In

469

Speeches

339

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 AYE

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

2 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 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

Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out what (a) support and (b) safeguards are in place to assist adults with intellectual disabilities in completing benefit applicat

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions12 Jun 2025

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister of State for Care plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Honiton and Sidmouth dated 18 March 2025 on NHS de

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Jun 2025

Childminding: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the deadline for the national Childminder Start-Up Grant scheme.

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 May 2025

Driving Tests: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in rural Devon.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport1 May 2025

Water Companies: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of classifying water companies as public authorities for the purposes of the

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs24 Apr 2025

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to extend (a) bursaries and (b) other forms of financial support to trainee primary school teachers.

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Apr 2025

Agriculture: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on support for the farming industry.

AnsweredScotland Office8 Apr 2025

Social Security Benefits: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered changes to the benefits system to reflect increases in costs for (a) building and contents insurance, (b) home maintenan

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions3 Apr 2025

South West Water: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding South West Water was required to contribute to infrastructure to meet (a) environmental and (b) water quality st

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Apr 2025

Maternity Services: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to ensure that maternity hospitals are adequately staffed to ensure high quality care for pregnant women in D

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care26 Mar 2025
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