Sir Gavin Williamson MP: votes, interests and costs
Sir Gavin Williamson represents Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge in the House of Commons for Conservative and has done since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
Sir Gavin Williamson sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 30 June 2025 | Current |
| Procedure Committee | 30 June 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister without Portfolio) | Cabinet Office | 25 October 2022 | 8 November 2022 |
| Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 |
| Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 2 November 2017 | 1 May 2019 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 14 July 2016 | 2 November 2017 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 26 July 2010 | 28 November 2011 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b9f593f8c5b4.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Sir Gavin Williamson, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (3), Shareholdings (3), Employment and earnings (2), Visits outside the UK (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). Latest registration . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Adviser
- Date the agreement started: 2023-02-21
- Name of the payer: RTC Education Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: A provider of undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes to UK and international students.
- Agreement starting 21 February 2023 - £60,000.00
Chairman of Somaliland IRI (a not for profit organisation designed to help and assist Somaliland). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-05-18
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
International visit to United States between 24 February 2026 and 28 February 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To speak at the Hudson Institute
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-28
Consultant - Odysight AI
- Type of work or service being provided: Consultant
- Date the agreement started: 2025-09-15
- Name of the payer: Odysight AI
- Agreement starting 15 September 2025 - £4,000.00
Shares in Oberons Petroleum Limited
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2025-08-12
- Name of the company or partnership: Oberons Petroleum Limited
Member of the advisory board for Restore Britain. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-31
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-03-13
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Unpaid member of the advisory board of Buenassa SARL.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-02
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Ravenscar Group
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2024-11-22
- Name of the company or partnership: Ravenscar Group
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A company set up to manage my financial affairs and investments.
Shares in Gratton Lansdowne
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2021-10-25
- Name of the company or partnership: Gratton Lansdowne
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A company set up to manage my financial affairs and investments.
Carlton Club - £760.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Honorary membership for life (value provided is that in 2024)
- Value of the benefit: £760.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2016-09-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2016-09-30
- Name of the donor: Carlton Club
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Carlton Club
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 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 £198,304 for Sir Gavin Williamson in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £193,845. IPSA lists office spending of £34,601 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 | £198,303.69 | £193,844.70 | £185,482.97 |
| Office costs: spent | £34,601.40 | £30,271.12 | £23,707.84 |
| Accommodation: spent | £26,941.67 | £25,595.51 | £27,011.42 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £18,018.76 | £16,833.92 | £8,331.48 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £950.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £39,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £35,970 (Standard non-London area budget, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Administrative Manager (permanent part time), Secretary (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Constituency Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Sir Gavin Williamson voted in the House of Commons: 417 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Sir Gavin Williamson voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Sir Gavin Williamson has tabled 117 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of the rapists and child groomers released early under the scheme were notified in advance through the Victim Contact Scheme in the constituency of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are excluded from eligibility for the early release scheme.
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people convicted of (a) rape and (b) sexual offences involving children that will be released under the early release scheme in the next five years in Stone, Great Wyrle …
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 24 June 2026 on Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services, Official Report, column 346, if he will make it his policy to set a target response time for NHS …
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 24 June 2026 on Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services, Official Report, column 346, whether the extension of Martha’s Rule to maternity services will be …
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 24 June 2026 on Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services, Official Report, column 346, whether second opinions requested under Martha’s Rule in maternity s …
Freeview Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to households on fixed incomes of switching from Freeview to broadband television.
Freeview Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending licenses for digital terrestrial television in 2034 on people who rely on Freeview as their primary means of accessing te …
Freeview Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to extend the Freeview contract beyond 2034.
Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to correspondence from the Chair of the Maternity and Neonatal Investigation confirming that the Investigation is not limited to 37 weeks’ gestation and considers stillbirth from 24 …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bd48318b93cc. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir Gavin Williamson.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge returned Sir Gavin Williamson with a majority of 5,466: 19,880 votes, 46.5% of those cast, against 14,414 for Jacqueline Brown. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Sir Gavin Williamson corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Sir Gavin Williamson:
- Sir Gavin Williamson corrected the Commons record on Education Settings: Autumn Opening
- Sir Gavin Williamson corrected the Commons record on Children with Higher Needs: Stoke-on-Trent
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.