Clive Jones MP: votes, interests and costs
Clive Jones represents Wokingham in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers), held since 5 October 2026.
Offices and committees
Clive Jones holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers) | Opposition Department | 5 October 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Trade) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | 5 October 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rare Cancers Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | 5 February 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b64307448c7b.
Register of interests
Clive Jones has 11 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 11 July 2024 and the latest on 21 April 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (7), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Shareholdings (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Frank Julian Brooks - £1,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: donation for campaigning.
- Value of the benefit: £1,000.00
- Name of the donor: Frank Julian Brooks
- Status of the donor: Individual
Patrick Foster and Ann Foster - £3,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning, this donation is paid as a regular amount of £250 a month and will continue until the end of the year
- Value of the benefit: £3,000.00
- Name of the donor: Patrick Foster and Ann Foster
- Status of the donor: Individual
Frank Julian Brooks - £1,380.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: this donation is paid as a regular amount of £115 a month and will continue until the end of the year.
- Value of the benefit: £1,380.00
- Name of the donor: Frank Julian Brooks
- Status of the donor: Individual
Simon Curtis and Ruth Talbot - £1,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Donation for campaigning.
- Value of the benefit: £1,000.00
- Name of the donor: Simon Curtis and Ruth Talbot
- Status of the donor: Individual
Simon Curtis and Ruth Talbot - £3,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: This donation is paid as a regular amount of £250 a month and will continue until the end of the year.
- Value of the benefit: £3,000.00
- Name of the donor: Simon Curtis and Ruth Talbot
- Status of the donor: Individual
Gary Grant - £2,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: Gary Grant
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dinesh Dhamija - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Name of the donor: Dinesh Dhamija
- Status of the donor: Individual
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Subscription for 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Other
National Liberal Club - £983.90
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Subscription for 2025 from Jan 1st to 31st December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £983.90
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-10-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-10-14
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Company
Shares in Lloyds bank plc
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Name of the company or partnership: Lloyds bank plc
Governor of the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- 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)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £150,888 for Clive Jones in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £27,352 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 | £150,888.20 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,351.81 |
| Accommodation: spent | £20,995.45 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,016.96 |
| 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: Wokingham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant/Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Clive Jones is recorded voting in 425 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 34 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Clive Jones 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
Since 4 July 2024, 521 written questions have been tabled by Clive Jones, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Transport, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Ministry of Defence and 5 other departments.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the correspondence from the Hon. Member for Wokingham sent to the Department on 12th February 2026, reference number MC-00061684, will receive a response.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the correspondence from the Hon. Member for Wokingham sent to the Department on 21st May 2026, with Member's reference number CJ11274, will receive a response.
Falkland Islands: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of the Falkland Islands.
Reservoirs: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of deploying shade balls in reservoirs to conserve water supplies during periods of extreme heat.
Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials and Ministers in his Department have had with the Care Quality Commission on reviewing academic literature about a) best practice in services and accommodation for autist …
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the detection and diagnosis of cancer in children and young people.
Sports: Clubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots sports clubs.
Renters’ Rights Act 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2026 on existing tenants whose fixed-term agreements were close to expiry when the Act came into …
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals with liabilities relating to Loan Charge schemes have a) been offered an opportunity to settle those liabilities , b) have accepted an invitation to settle those liabilities, and c) have settled …
Red Arrows: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for procuring replacement aircraft for the Hawk T1 Trainer to be used by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0118a8951ac1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Clive Jones.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,345 for Clive Jones in Wokingham in July 2024, from 25,743 votes on a turnout of 71.9%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Wokingham figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.