David Davis MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Goole and Pocklington is David Davis (Conservative), MP there since 10 July 2008.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for David Davis; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | Department for Exiting the European Union | 13 July 2016 | 8 July 2018 |
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Duchy of Lancaster Office) | Duchy of Lancaster Office | 27 May 1993 | 19 July 1994 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 3 December 1990 | 27 May 1993 |
| Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office) | 10 November 2003 | 12 June 2008 | |
| Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (also Shadow Minister for London) | Ministry of Justice | 23 July 2002 | 10 November 2003 |
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | HM Official Opposition | 18 September 2001 | 23 July 2002 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 1 May 2024 | 8 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 30 October 1997 | 11 May 2001 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 25 July 1997 | 11 May 2001 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 996494ed28ea.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 8 entries for David Davis: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (5), Miscellaneous (2), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Member of the Advisory Board of THI Holdings GmbH, Eberhardstrasse 65, 70173 Stuttgart
- Name of the payer: THI Investments UK Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: an investment company
- Agreement starting 01 December 2019 - £33,900.00
Trailfinders Ltd - £55,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £55,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-22
- Name of the donor: Trailfinders Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Allamhouse Limited - £25,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £25,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-07
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-07
- Name of the donor: Allamhouse Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
Flowidea Limited - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-15
- Name of the donor: Flowidea Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
IPGL Ltd - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-10
- Name of the donor: IPGL Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Neil Record - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For campaigning purposes
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-10
- Name of the donor: Neil Record
- Status of the donor: Individual
Director of Big Brother Watch Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-01-13
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Unremunerated board member, New City Network (London) Ltd; a not-for-profit think tank aiming to develop ideas and research on financial services policy.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 24 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 David Davis's office spent £212,267 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £173,208. Office costs came to £29,462 of a £33,020 budget. 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 | £212,267.22 | £173,207.74 | £205,836.80 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,461.88 | £18,823.61 | £27,611.57 |
| Accommodation: spent | £29,289.98 | £26,839.98 | £25,080.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,586.52 | £5,395.17 | £6,091.35 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £581.39 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Goole and Pocklington CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×3 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How David Davis voted in the House of Commons: 299 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 31 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading No; Programme Motion No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye; New Clause 7 Aye; Amendment 32 Aye; Amendment 51 Aye; New Clause 21 Aye; Amendment 47 Aye; Amendment 4 Aye; Amendment 52 Aye; Amendment 23 Aye |
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye; Amendment 199 Aye |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: Aye |
| 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1: No |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye; New Clause 4 Aye |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day: Puberty blockers: Aye |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment: No |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye; New Clause 11 Aye; New Clause 4 Aye |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Aye; Amendment 13 Aye; Amendment 8 Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 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, 141 written questions have been tabled by David Davis, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: House of Commons Commission; Ministry of Justice; Treasury; Home Office; and others.
Parliamentary Estate: Security
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes to the parliamentary estate were granted in each calendar year between 2015 and 2025, broken down by (a) Members of the House of Commons, ( …
Parliamentary Estate: Security
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes to the parliamentary estate were active at the end of each calendar year between 2015 and 2025, broken down by (a) Members of the House of …
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 2 of the Police Accountability Rapid Review published by Sir Adrian Fulford and Tim Godwin, what progress his Department has made on launching a public consultation on the standar …
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to raise the standard of proof required for conclusions of unlawful killing at inquests from the civil standard back to the criminal standard.
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of specific licences granted by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation under the category of legal fees that permitted the use of frozen assets to (a) in …
Arrests: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested and charged in the UK on the basis of information provided from European law enforcement databases in each year between 2010 and 2019.
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of electronic waste generated annually by the premature withdrawal of software and cloud infrastructure support for functional hardw …
Consumer Goods: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will introduce mandatory minimum service and functionality periods for smart home devices to prevent sudden product obsolescence.
Consumer Goods: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protection legislation regarding forced obsolescence where manufacturers intentionally terminate (a) software and (b) cloud infrastructure requir …
Jonathan Lofthouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public body is paying the salary of Jonathan Lofthouse, director of turnaround and recovery for NHS England’s North East and Yorkshire region; and what salary is being paid to Mr Lofthouse.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 64ec333d502d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by David Davis.
2024 general election
David Davis won Goole and Pocklington at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,981 votes (38.2%), a majority of 3,572 over Liam Draycott (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Goole and Pocklington 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.