Great Yarmouth / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 51 | |
| Economy | 45 | |
| Employment | 23 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 13 | |
| Crime & Policing | 13 | |
| Energy | 10 | |
| Education | 9 | |
| Business | 9 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Market | 2 | — |
| Crime | 11 | 2,775 |
| Immigration | 6 | 2,384 |
| Culture Community | 6 | 2,338 |
| Economy Jobs | 11 | 1,142 |
| Cost Of Living | 7 | 885 |
| Agriculture | 3 | 695 |
| Defence | 3 | 689 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsT3. Women all over Britain, including in my constituency of Great Yarmouth, primarily on King Street, feel intimidated, harassed and abused in their town centres. Disproportionatel… Culture CommunityLabour MarketMp Performance | 84 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)Jo, I think I am right in saying that you basically committed to undertaking a review of the rail infrastructure costs, which we have not yet seen—is that right? | 29 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)That may happen on Wednesday, so it is not far ahead. | 11 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)It is a quote from her in 2025—a direct quote. | 10 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)I think we would agree about that. Having run a Premier League football club, I know about the east-west rivalries—particularly the Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds rivalries, which… | 161 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)I have two more questions. You are probably aware that construction costs—I run construction businesses—have historically outstripped any form of inflation yardstick. Most Governme… | 47 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)But it will not be out for a bit? | 9 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)I read it more as a war on motorists, and perhaps the climate change agenda driving things. | 17 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)So no wolves in sheep’s clothing today. | 7 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)I will carry on, because I smelled what I considered to be possibly a wolf in sheep’s clothing when I read more deeply. On the face of it, it sounds good. The idea is to improve tr… | 226 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)I think I am right in saying, having read Gareth and his team’s excellent report as usual, that you are committed to a cap of £45 billion, plus RPI or CPI. I am not sure which of t… | 40 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsT6. A staggering £10.1 billion of the £61.2 billion spent on universal credit in 2024 was gifted to foreign nationals. Does the Minister agree that the solution is really quite str… Labour MarketSocial CareEconomy Jobs | 70 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)Right, okay. I then read little heffalump traps in figure 9 on page 36 of the Report: “Previous programmes have lacked budget discipline, with expectations that budgets could be in… | 140 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-27)This is a very important rail link across the north; it is almost more important, in my view, than the HS2 heffalump trap and vanity project. When I built the Southampton stadium, … | 100 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)But what is an inclusive national story? How do you create an inclusive national story? History is history, isn’t it? | 20 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Home Office | 822 | 34.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 266 | 11.1% |
| Ministry of Justice | 213 | 8.9% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 145 | 6.1% |
| Treasury | 122 | 5.1% |
| Department for Education | 121 | 5.1% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 119 | 5.0% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 108 | 4.5% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether records are held of discussions between Ministers and officials regarding the decisions to refuse entry to foreign nationals in connection with the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16… | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether refusals of entry relating to the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16 May 2026 were made on an individual basis. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of the application of the “not conducive to the public good” threshold across different immigration decision-making processes. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish (a) guidance and (b) criteria for future decisions on the entry of foreign nationals attending political demonstrations. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what routes of (a) appeal and (b) review were available to foreign nationals refused entry in connection with the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16 May 2026. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of decisions on refusing entry to foreign nationals attending political rallies. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the risk assessments underpinning decisions to refuse entry to foreign nationals intending to attend the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on 16 May 2026. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals refused entry to attend the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on 16 May 2026 were given prior notice of that decision. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses a formal appraisal or assessment framework when determining whether an individual’s presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to officials on the meaning of the term “not conducive to the public good” in decisions to refuse leave to enter or remain in the UK. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what engagement, if any, her Department had with foreign nationals prior to decisions to refuse their entry to the UK in connection with the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on 16 May 2026. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors are taken into account when assessing whether an individual’s presence is not conducive to the public good. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of the use of conditional entry, including restrictions on activity or location, as an alternative to refusing entry to foreign nationals intending t… | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of refusing entry to foreign nationals attending the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16 May 2026 on freedom of expression. | Pending |
| 13 May 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the risk assessments underpinning decisions to refuse entry to foreign nationals intending to attend the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on 16 May 2026. | Pending |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 9 | 132,111 | 89.7% |
| Office Costs | 133 | 12,693 | 8.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 729 | 0.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,694 | 1.2% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 9 | 21,562 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 97 | 4,779 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 3,150 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 1,623 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 1,056 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 5 | 816 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 6 | 702 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 6 | 367 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 2 | 76 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 57 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 1 | 54 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 13 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,623 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 450 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -450 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Supply and fit of blinds | 1,056 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 158 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Banner March 2025 | 66 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 47 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Banner March 2025 | 43 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 30 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 113 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 450 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,619 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 184 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 6 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 2,400 | Paid |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 182 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 17 wards, 36 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell North | Carl Smith | Conservative and Unionist Party | 888 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell North | Daniel Candon | Conservative and Unionist Party | 839 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell North | Graham Robert Plant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 815 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Antony Daniel Capewell | Labour Party | 738 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Carl Adrian Annison | Conservative and Unionist Party | 995 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradwell South Hopton | Katy Stenhouse | Conservative and Unionist Party | 740 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister North | Gary William Boyd | Conservative and Unionist Party | 582 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister North | Penny Carpenter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 606 | 04 May 2023 |
| Caister South | Jon Wedon | Great Yarmouth First | 866 | 07 May 2026 |
| Central Northgate | James Dwyer-McCluskey | Labour Party | 482 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Claydon | Bernard John Williamson | Labour Party | 767 | 04 May 2023 |
| Claydon | Carol Ann Borg | Labour Party | 810 | 04 May 2023 |
| Claydon | Jeanette McMullen | Labour Party | 775 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Flegg | James William Bensly | Conservative and Unionist Party | 755 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Flegg | Noel Douglas Galer | Conservative and Unionist Party | 573 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fleggburgh | Adrian David Thompson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,110 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gorleston | Emma Claire Flaxman-Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 685 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gorleston | Paul Anthony George Wells | Conservative and Unionist Party | 674 | 04 May 2023 |
| Lothingland | Graham Carpenter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 518 | 04 May 2023 |
| Lothingland | Ivan Murray-Smith | Conservative and Unionist Party | 508 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Alison Green | Labour Party | 691 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Brian Gordon Pilkington | Labour Party | 642 | 04 May 2023 |
| Magdalen | Trevor Wainwright | Labour Party | 786 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Kerry Susanne Robinson-Payne | Labour Party | 530 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Michael Thomas Jeal | Labour Party | 553 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nelson | Tony Wright | Labour Party | 515 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Geoff Freeman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 514 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Justin Paul Rundle | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 548 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southtown Cobholm | Jennifer Constance Newcombe | Labour Party | 402 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southtown Cobholm | Paula Waters-Bunn | Labour Party | 405 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Andrews | Barbara Ann Wright | Labour Party | 575 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Andrews | Ron Upton | Labour Party | 555 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Flegg | Andy Grant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 809 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Flegg | Leslie John Mogford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 798 | 04 May 2023 |
| Yarmouth North | Amy Louise Sharp | Labour Party | 453 | 04 May 2023 |
| Yarmouth North | Donna Kay Hammond | Conservative and Unionist Party | 470 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 99,746 | Electorate 73,317 (2024) |
| Median age | 46 | years |
| Degree-educated | 18.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 94.6% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 62.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 21.5% | households |
| Social-rented | 16.2% | households |
| Median weekly pay | £521 | ASHE |
| Employment rate | 49.7% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.