Damian Hinds MP: votes, interests and costs
Damian Hinds (Conservative) is the MP for East Hampshire, in the seat since 6 May 2010. Current post: Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Damian Hinds, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Department of Health and Social Care | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Education) | Department for Education | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) | Home Office | 13 August 2021 | 7 July 2022 |
| Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 15 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 |
| Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) | HM Treasury | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 15 July 2014 | 30 March 2015 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education | 8 July 2024 | 4 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 4 June 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 15 January 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 9 December 2024 | 15 September 2026 |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 24 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 |
| Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill | 1 February 2023 | 8 February 2023 |
| National Security Bill | 29 June 2022 | 11 July 2022 |
| Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation | 10 March 2020 | 19 October 2021 |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2 March 2020 | 19 October 2021 |
| Education Committee | 12 July 2010 | 5 November 2012 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 58513729d78b.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Damian Hinds: Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). The most recent was registered on 7 March 2019. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Residential in Hampshire
- Date on which the land or property was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2019-01-01
- Location of the land or property: Hampshire
- A description of the property: annex to residential property
- Date on which the property began generating rental income: 2019-01-01
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
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 Damian Hinds's 2024-25 staffing spend as £177,198 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £181,506. IPSA lists office spending of £4,819 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £177,197.57 | £181,505.76 | £157,001.50 |
| Office costs: spent | £4,818.99 | £4,822.39 | £3,611.46 |
| Accommodation: spent | £33,323.01 | £29,382.62 | £27,522.32 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,286.90 | £3,589.31 | £2,570.89 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £42,650 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: East Hampshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Policy Researcher (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Damian Hinds is recorded voting in 476 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 37 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 15 October 2026 Damian Hinds voted Aye on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 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 573 written questions from Damian Hinds since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Transport and 3 other departments.
Keep Britain Working Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on his Department's workstreams arising from the Mayfield Keep Britain Working Review.
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124063 on General Practitioners, what proportion of Speciality Trainee Year 3 GPs were not seen in the National Workforce Reporting Service …
Neighbourhood Health Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her department gives for determining neighbourhood health centre catchment/geographical areas.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to align support provided to housing associations with support provided to local authorities to enable them to provide people with low-cost access to EV charging.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to expand the terms of reference of the Cost of public EV charging review, published on 9 June 2026, to include VAT levied on public EV charging.
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the membership and remit of the water delivery taskforce.
Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) total and (b) per-pupil primary school revenue funding earmarked for sport and physical education in Hampshire in (i) 2023/4, (ii) 2024/5, (iii) 2025/6 and (iv) 2026/7.
Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) total and (b) per-pupil primary school revenue funding earmarked for sport and physical education in England in (i) 2023/4, (ii) 2024/5, (iii) 2025/6 and (iv) 2026/7.
Gold: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring transparent display of price paid per gramme among (a) over-the-counter and (b) online operators in the gold-buying …
Special Educational Needs: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to support the recruitment of more Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists, pursuant to her reforms in SEND provision.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7a47c52384ac. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Damian Hinds.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,275 for Damian Hinds in East Hampshire in July 2024, from 18,509 votes on a turnout of 70.8%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · East Hampshire figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Damian Hinds corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Damian Hinds:
- Damian Hinds corrected a written answer on Universal Credit
- Damian Hinds corrected a written answer on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
- Damian Hinds corrected a written answer on Universal Credit
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.