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David Taylor · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
428
of 504 possible
Attendance
85%
76 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
148
60 debates
Written Qs
96
93 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£182k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 231 claims
Interests
3
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 85 | |
| Economy | 82 | |
| Employment | 50 | |
| Crime & Policing | 39 | |
| Education | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Defence | 15 | 5,258 |
| Economy Jobs | 14 | 2,873 |
| Culture Community | 6 | 2,471 |
| Crime | 10 | 2,143 |
| Social Care | 8 | 1,990 |
| Fiscal Policy | 5 | 1,824 |
| Health | 4 | 1,681 |
| Local Government | 5 | 1,006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Antisemitic AttacksThis is not a series of isolated crimes; this is a pattern of frequent and repeated targeting of Jewish sites and communities across London, designed to intimidate and make people … CrimeDefenceCulture Community | 150 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1330)I am very sympathetic to what you have just said, and I have been less concerned about the prospect of bilateral cuts, based on the argument that $1 into the World Bank equals $4 o… | 106 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1330)My question is related to the community of experts. Forgive me if I misheard the question, Chair, but the question I was going to ask is around the community of experts. Can I ask … | 73 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)I know that you are keen for the future of Syria to be inclusive, representative and non-sectarian, and for the rights of women and girls to be protected. Could you give an assessm… | 57 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)I have a very quick question. Najat, you said Syria account for 30% of the casualty rate last year. Roughly, what is that in actual numbers? I am not aware of the overall casualty … | 35 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)On that issue of sectarian risks and sectarian violence, not just in the north-east but across the country, one thing the Syrian British Consortium has told me it thinks would be h… | 92 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Yes. My question follows on from that, but is specifically about education. A lot of kids have, hopefully, been getting some education—Education Without Borders, for example, was d… | 77 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Could you reflect on the disinformation campaigns that targeted the White Helmets, and perhaps on what lessons there might be for other conflicts going on in the world? At the root… | 50 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Thank you. | 2 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)I just want to ask specifically about Hezbollah, with this offensive going on at the moment. Do you have a particular worry that Hezbollah fighters fleeing the Israeli offensive mi… | 61 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Yes, thank you. Minister, I am getting quite emotional listening to you speak, because I never thought I would see the day when the White Helmets were part of the Syrian Government… | 294 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Thank you. | 2 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)Yes. My question follows on from that, but is specifically about education. A lot of kids have, hopefully, been getting some education—Education Without Borders, for example, was d… | 77 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)I know that you are keen for the future of Syria to be inclusive, representative and non-sectarian, and for the rights of women and girls to be protected. Could you give an assessm… | 57 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | International Development Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1773)On that issue of sectarian risks and sectarian violence, not just in the north-east but across the country, one thing the Syrian British Consortium has told me it thinks would be h… | 92 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 26 | 27.1% |
| Home Office | 13 | 13.5% |
| Department for Transport | 12 | 12.5% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 10 | 10.4% |
| Ministry of Defence | 9 | 9.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 9 | 9.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 5 | 5.2% |
| Treasury | 3 | 3.1% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard women and children at risk of sexual violence in Sudan. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to maintain the flow of aid from Chad to Darfur. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of poor HGV facilities on the incidence of fuel theft from commercial vehicles; and what steps she is taking to protect UK hauliers… | Pending |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will mandate British International Investment, as a Government-owed body, to recognise a trade union. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will mandate British International Investment, as a Government-owned body, to provide salary transparency when advertising roles. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that financial services firms operating within the defence supply chain, and their employees, are adequately protected from th… | Answered |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made a decision on how much ODA will be allocated to Education Cannot Wait for their replenishment in 2026. | Answered |
| 03 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to shorten the time between a child’s SEND diagnosis and them receiving their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in Hertfordshire. | Answered |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the national speed limit of 60 mph on unlit single-track rural lanes. | Answered |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding saved by reducing the cost of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK will be given to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to spend on international aid overseas. | Answered |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using automated parking systems to help tackle (a) congestion and (b) parking issues. | Answered |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department's atrocity prevention specialists have taken in Sudan; and whether they have been surged to the region. | Answered |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the time taken for processing of Disclosure and Barring Service checks. | Answered |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is working with (a) EU and (b) G7 partners to coordinate the release of (i) frozen Russian-linked assets and (ii) the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club; and which… | Answered |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) safety and (b) wellbeing of penguins housed in (i) zoos and (ii) aquariums. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Development CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | 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 breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 190 | 26,911 | 14.8% |
| Accommodation | 28 | 13,742 | 7.6% |
| Staffing | 3 | 137,690 | 75.8% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,076 | 1.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,118 | 0.6% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 28 | 13,742 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 10,752 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 14 | 6,334 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 88 | 4,290 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 33 | 2,073 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 2 | 1,369 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 2 | 1,321 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 14 | 468 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 1 | 340 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 4 | 290 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 3 | 226 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Partial repayment of 60267108 | 0 | Repaid |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 63 | Paid |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 7 | Paid |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Repayment of 60279233:4 | 0 | Repaid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,583 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-8265] | 617 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,583 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | FACEBK [***] [200011726-9581] | 504 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | FACEBK [***] [200011726-9580] | 500 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | GOOGLE [***] [200011725-7667] | 100 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 66 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 35 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 18 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 18 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 18 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 7 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 2,520 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011726-9053] | 630 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | AGA PRINT LTD [200011725-7461] | 99 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 40 | 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.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)1 entry
14 Apr 2026
Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a policy advisor for one day per week, value £3,900
Date received: 10 March 2026 to 9 June 2026
Date accepted: 10 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration Not-for-profit company, registration 10894509
(Registered 25 March 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
02 Dec 2025
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Japan
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2,911.52), accomdation (£1,943.14), hospitality and food (£574.65), transport (£364.97), value £5,794.28
Destination of visit: Japan
Dates of visit: 9 October 2025 to 19 October 2025
Purpose of visit: The purpose of the trip to Japan was to foster a deeper understanding between the British and Japanese parliaments and cultures, while also promoting trade between the two countries. The group of MPs worked cross-party to develop and improve links between the two parliaments and encourage economic ties.
(Registered 13 November 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Vice Chair, Labour Campaign for International Development. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 19 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 14 wards, 33 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adeyfield East | Andrew Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 434 | 04 May 2023 |
| Adeyfield East | Barbara Brucelia Pesch | Labour Party | 423 | 04 May 2023 |
| Adeyfield West | Adrian England | Liberal Democrats | 654 | 04 May 2023 |
| Adeyfield West | Ron Tindall | Liberal Democrats | 612 | 04 May 2023 |
| Apsley Corner Hall | Carrie Link | Liberal Democrats | 978 | 04 May 2023 |
| Apsley Corner Hall | David Deacon | Liberal Democrats | 1,053 | 04 May 2023 |
| Apsley Corner Hall | Toni Cox | Liberal Democrats | 990 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bennetts End | John Birnie | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 483 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bennetts End | Pete Hannell | Labour Party | 500 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bovingdon Flaunden Chipperfield | Gbola Adeleke | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,070 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bovingdon Flaunden Chipperfield | Philip Anthony Walker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,026 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bovingdon Flaunden Chipperfield | Stewart Riddick | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,116 | 04 May 2023 |
| Boxmoor | Claire Hobson | Liberal Democrats | 1,563 | 04 May 2023 |
| Boxmoor | Simy Dhyani | Liberal Democrats | 1,451 | 04 May 2023 |
| Boxmoor | William Allen | Liberal Democrats | 1,668 | 04 May 2023 |
| Chaulden Warners End | Fiona Guest | Conservative and Unionist Party | 923 | 04 May 2023 |
| Chaulden Warners End | Graeme Elliot | Conservative and Unionist Party | 835 | 04 May 2023 |
| Chaulden Warners End | Nigel Durrant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 828 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gadebridge | Angela Margaret Mitchell | Labour Party | 451 | 04 May 2023 |
| Gadebridge | Heather Pound | Conservative and Unionist Party | 421 | 04 May 2023 |
| Grovehill | Alex Bhinder | Conservative and Unionist Party | 689 | 04 May 2023 |
| Grovehill | Goverdhan Silwal | Conservative and Unionist Party | 606 | 04 May 2023 |
| Grovehill | Julie Banks | Conservative and Unionist Party | 708 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hemel Hempstead Town | Sadie Katherine Hobson | Liberal Democrats | 621 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hemel Hempstead Town | Victoria Elizabeth Santamaria | Liberal Democrats | 555 | 04 May 2023 |
| Highfield | Brenda Link | Liberal Democrats | 464 | 04 May 2023 |
| Highfield | Sammy Barry-Mears | Liberal Democrats | 450 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leverstock Green | Catherine Ann McArevey | Liberal Democrats | 966 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leverstock Green | Jonathan Gale | Liberal Democrats | 1,060 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leverstock Green | Robin Bromham | Liberal Democrats | 1,098 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nash Mills | Jan Maddern | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 578 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodhall Farm | Belinda Ann Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 576 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodhall Farm | Colette Wyatt-Lowe | Conservative and Unionist Party | 614 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 103,297 | Electorate 71,035 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 33.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 83.4% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 59.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 15.1% | households |
| Social-rented | 25.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 62.9% | 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.