Andrew George MP: votes, interests and costs
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for St Ives, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Andrew George sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Department for International Development | 10 May 2005 | 4 March 2006 |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 June 2002 | 1 June 2005 |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2001 |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 June 1997 | 1 June 2005 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 12 July 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 19 November 2007 | 6 May 2010 |
| Agriculture | 14 July 1997 | 1 November 1999 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f57dc01335ee.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Andrew George, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (3). Latest registration 4 August 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Volunteer Board member of the Cornwall Community Land Trust (CCLT). This is an unpaid role. (My role as Chief Executive of CCLT ended on 1 September 2024 and was previously registered under Category 1).
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-09-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Treasurer, Leedstown Cricket Club. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of Friends of the Towans, Hayle. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Andrew George's 2024-25 staffing spend as £130,869 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £26,474 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £130,869.32 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,474.16 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,325.94 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £13,976.49 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: St Ives CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (casual), Administrative Officer (casual), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Andrew George voted in the House of Commons: 418 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Andrew George voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 193 written questions from Andrew George since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Work and Pensions and 2 other departments.
Anti-Muslim Hostility
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the department has made of how anti-Muslim hostility falling below the criminal threshold is now recognised or recorded by police forces, following the abolition of non-crime hate inci …
Demonstrations: Anti-Muslim Hostility
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the department has issued to police forces in England on the policing of anti-Muslim chants, placards and slogans at demonstrations.
Demonstrations: Anti-Muslim Hostility
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to ask police forces to publish the standards and criteria they apply when assessing anti-Muslim speech at demonstrations.
Mining: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the responsibilities of the Mining Remediation Authority, (a) how many claims relating to abandoned metal mines have been received by the Authority in each year since 2020, broken …
Demonstrations: Anti-Muslim Hostility
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many religiously aggravated offences under sections 4A and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, aggravated under section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 by hostility towards Muslims, have been re …
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all Child Maintenance Service paying parents paid (a) 100% of their assessed child maintenance liability, (b) part of their assessed liability and (c) none of their assessed liability …
Droughts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the financial impact of drought conditions during summer 2026 on farmers; what support is available to assist affected farmers with additiona …
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the reasons why assessed child maintenance liabilities are not paid in full, broken down by (a) deliberate non-payment, (b) affordability concerns, (c) dis …
Pensioners: Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the freezing of the personal income tax allowance since 2021 on pensioners’ disposable incomes; what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners broug …
Bluetongue Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of the recent outbreak of bluetongue virus on livestock farmers; what financial support is available to affected farmers; whether h …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e0d6eff524ce. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Andrew George.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election St Ives returned Andrew George with a majority of 13,786: 25,033 votes, 52.0% of those cast, against 11,247 for Derek Thomas. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · St Ives figures
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