Witham / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 81 | |
| Economy | 68 | |
| Employment | 36 | |
| Education | 28 | |
| Crime & Policing | 28 | |
| Housing | 19 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 18 | |
| Pensions | 18 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | 1 | — |
| Local Government | 1 | — |
| Defence | 59 | 38,722 |
| Immigration | 20 | 12,067 |
| Economy Jobs | 17 | 10,884 |
| Fiscal Policy | 7 | 10,790 |
| Other | 15 | 7,327 |
| Culture Community | 13 | 6,321 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Iran: Human RightsThe barbaric regime in Tehran has murdered tens of thousands of its own people. It remains the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism and is responsible for appalling antisemi… DefenceCulture Community | 112 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsLike the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary will be aware that Peter Mandelson was on the board of Sistema alongside Russian spies. Has she now checked whether the concerns rais… DefenceEconomy JobsImmigration | 96 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsThis morning, we heard Sir Olly Robbins say that there was a “dismissive attitude” and an atmosphere of pressure from No. 10 towards security vetting due to its desire to get Mande… DefenceEconomy JobsImmigration | 67 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillLet me start my remarks by saying that the Minister has done the right thing by coming to the House to give this statement, rather than being dragged here through an urgent questio… DefenceFiscal Policy | 823 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Local Government ReorganisationThank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to speak from the Back Benches on this issue, which has profound consequences for my county and my constituency. I am appalled by the Gov… Local GovernmentHousingEconomy Jobs | 196 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Middle EastI want to put on the record the thanks of the Opposition to our brave armed forces in the region and to those en route, as well as our thanks to the diplomatic and consular staff f… DefenceCost Of LivingOther | 866 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Strait of HormuzThis is a moment for Britain to stand tall and work intensively with our allies. With the despotic Iranian regime continuing to attack international shipping in the strait of Hormu… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 381 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Strait of Hormuz(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the steps she is taking to secure the reopening o… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 35 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Consular AssistanceI put on record the Opposition’s thanks to officials working to get British nationals home and to our partners in the region for their exceptional support and the assistance they a… DefenceCost Of LivingOther | 803 |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeWe have had a wide-ranging debate. I will not touch on all the areas mentioned, but I will add a few others. While the debate focuses on budgets and all the other issues around the… DefenceEconomy JobsEnvironment | 2,098 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsThe Government’s indecision on how to deal with Iran has left the UK weaker and has undermined our own security, but, as the House has already started to discuss, proscribing the I… DefenceOther | 137 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsEvents in the middle east remind us how important to our collective defence and security the Diego Garcia base and the whole of the Chagos archipelago are, and nothing should be do… DefenceOther | 88 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Hong Kong: Human Rights SituationLast month, the Foreign Secretary held an unpublicised meeting in Munich with Wang Yi, which we only know about because the Chinese Communist party boasted that the Foreign Secreta… DefenceCulture CommunityImmigration | 128 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Hong Kong: Human Rights SituationClearly, the Minister is desperate, and is having to go backwards, rather than moving forwards to address the situation. For her information, China oppresses Hongkongers, refuses t… DefenceCulture CommunityImmigration | 119 |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Jimmy Lai: Prison SentenceI commend my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this important urgent question. Today Jimmy Lai, and the democracy a… DefenceCulture Community | 398 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 407 | 68.6% |
| Department for Transport | 76 | 12.8% |
| Treasury | 27 | 4.6% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 18 | 3.0% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 18 | 3.0% |
| Department for Education | 12 | 2.0% |
| Home Office | 10 | 1.7% |
| Ministry of Defence | 7 | 1.2% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a process has been initiated to provide the Mauritius Government with notifications of military activities on Diego Garcia. | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she, (b) her ministers and (c) her officials have received communications from the Government of Mauritius on its financial position. | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered making payments to Mauritius in advance of the UK-Mauritius Treaty being ratified. | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her (a) Mauritian and (b) US counterpart on changes to the representation and voting rights on the Joint Commission propos… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Article 7 of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, what her expected timetable is for the (a) implementation plan to be confirmed a… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to (a) Article 8(2) of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, (i) what assessment she has made of the legal impact of this measure on (… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Articles 10(2)(a) and 10(3) of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, (a) what assessment she has made of the legal impact of this m… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has undertaken an economic impact assessment on potential changes to trade flows between the UK and Gibraltar as a consequence of the draft UK-EU T… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Article 13 of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, how do these provisions differ from those contained in (a) the Trade and Cooper… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Pursuant to Article 121 of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, if she will provide a definition for a ‘political offence’ | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the provisions of Article 274 of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, (a) what her planned timetable is for when the joint venture compa… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the taxation provisions of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, if she will provide an economic impact assessment on changes to taxation… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the provisions of Article 247(1) of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, if she has a timetable for when a decision will be adopted by t… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the provisions of Article 248 of the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, if she has undertaken an economic impact assessment of the introdu… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the draft UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar, if she will publish a list of the UK domestic legislation which will require amending to comp… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 53 | 16,670 | 6.8% |
| Staffing | 1 | 223,467 | 91.3% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,698 | 1.9% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 5,553 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 9 | 3,445 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 2,976 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 38 | 2,499 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 1,196 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 1 | 720 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 281 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 1 | 159 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 191 | Paid |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 191 | Paid |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 191 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 01 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.priti4witham.co.uk | 355 | Paid |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner January 2025 | 67 | Paid |
| 01 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.priti4witham.co.uk | 355 | Paid |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 1 | Paid |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 1 | Paid |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Policy Research Unit (Conservative) | 2,976 | Paid |
| 06 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 21 | Paid |
| 06 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 14 | Paid |
| 01 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.priti4witham.co.uk | 355 | Paid |
| 01 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.priti4witham.co.uk | 485 | Paid |
| 18 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 191 | Paid |
| 02 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.priti4witham.co.uk | 355 | Paid |
| 02 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 105 | Paid |
| 02 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 25 | Paid |
| 02 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 8 | Paid |
| 02 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 4 | 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 — 16 wards, 28 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggeshall | Dennis John Abram | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 928 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coggeshall | Tom Walsh | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 981 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Totham | Jade Claire Hughes | The Maldon District Independent Group | 591 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Totham | Richard Henry Siddall | The Maldon District Independent Group | 670 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hatfield Peverel Terling | Charley Dervish | Conservative and Unionist Party | 877 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hatfield Peverel Terling | James William Coleridge | Conservative and Unionist Party | 855 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kelvedon Feering | Camilla Jane Finch | Green Party of England and Wales | 940 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kelvedon Feering | Paul Thorogood | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,096 | 04 May 2023 |
| Marks Tey Layer | Kevin Paul Bentley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,176 | 02 May 2024 |
| Silver End Cressing | Bob Wright | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,017 | 04 May 2023 |
| Silver End Cressing | James Abbott | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,198 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stanway | Jeremy Hagon | Conservative and Unionist Party | 847 | 02 May 2024 |
| The Colnes | Gabrielle Ann Spray | Conservative and Unionist Party | 707 | 04 May 2023 |
| The Colnes | George Courtauld | Conservative and Unionist Party | 724 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tiptree | Roger Joseph Mannion | Conservative and Unionist Party | 971 | 02 May 2024 |
| Tollesbury | Emma Louise Stephens | The Maldon District Independent Group | 468 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tolleshunt Darcy | Clive Peter Morley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 581 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tolleshunt Darcy | Maddie Thompson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 607 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wickham Bishops Woodham | Mark Durham | Conservative and Unionist Party | 644 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wickham Bishops Woodham | Simon John Neville Morgan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 635 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham Central | Sindhu Rajeev | Conservative and Unionist Party | 510 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham Central | Toby Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 486 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham North | Billy Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 568 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham North | Ethan Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 543 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham South | Jacqueline Suzanne Marie Martin | Labour Party | 473 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham South | Paul Alan Thomas Heath | Labour Party | 501 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham West | Jon Hayes | Conservative and Unionist Party | 533 | 04 May 2023 |
| Witham West | Ronald Philip Ramage | Conservative and Unionist Party | 520 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 115,495 | Electorate 78,991 (2024) |
| Median age | 44 | years |
| Degree-educated | 27.5% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 94.5% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 73.3% | households |
| Private-rented | 12.8% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.8% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.3% | 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.