John Glen MP: votes, interests and costs
John Glen (Conservative) is the MP for Salisbury, in the seat since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records John Glen as a current member of these 3 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 18 June 2025 | Current |
| Public Accounts Commission | 17 December 2024 | Current |
| Treasury Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office | Cabinet Office | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 25 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) | HM Treasury | 9 January 2018 | 6 July 2022 |
| Minister of State (Treasury) (City) | HM Treasury | 9 January 2018 | 6 July 2022 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 3 July 2017 | 9 January 2018 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 14 June 2017 | 3 July 2017 |
| Shadow Paymaster General | Cabinet Office | 8 July 2024 | 8 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 8 June 2021 | 15 June 2021 |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 8 July 2015 | 19 December 2016 |
| Defence Committee | 12 July 2010 | 5 November 2012 |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 12 July 2010 | 8 November 2012 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4724d7d9ab38.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 13 entries for John Glen: Shareholdings (7), Miscellaneous (5), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 17 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Lockhouse Systems Limited
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2026-06-17
- Name of the company or partnership: Lockhouse Systems Limited
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Lockhouse Systems Limited is an active UK-registered company (Company No. 16772680) specializing in intelligence software for policing and national security.
Non Executive Director, Open Banking Limited - Open Banking Limited
- Type of work or service being provided: Non Executive Director, Open Banking Limited
- Date the agreement started: 2026-02-09
- Date the agreement ended: 2027-02-08
- Name of the payer: Open Banking Limited
- Brief description of the payer's business: Open Banking Limited (OBL) – the Implementation Entity described in the CMA Order – built the UK’s world-leading Open Banking Standard and industry guidelines to drive competition, innovation and transparency in UK retail banking.
- Agreement starting 09 February 2026 - £5,000.00
Trustee of Alabare - homeless charity HQ in Salisbury but serving the south west and Wales. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-09-25
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-04-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
I am unpaid Director of the Policy Research Unit Ltd ( PRU)
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-09
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Blue International Holdings Limited
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2025-06-26
- Name of the company or partnership: Blue International Holdings Limited
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Blue International Holdings is an integrated mining and energy company focused on owning and operating strategic and impactful projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company is registered in the UK and is owned by UK and US based private investors and has been operating in sub Saharan Africa since 2011.
Shares in Future Global Resources Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2025-06-26
- Name of the company or partnership: Future Global Resources Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Future Global Resources is an owner and operator of long-life gold mines which it is developing into high quality and sustainable producers of gold at an attractive All in Sustaining Cost.
Patron of upReach. Supporting the charity's work through events, campaigns and strategic connections.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-11-29
- The type of interest: Other
Commissioner of the Financial Inclusion Commission. This an independent body made up of consumer and business representatives, together with policy experts in areas such as banking and payments, insurance and credit. As a commissioner I will attend monthly meetings and advise on specific issues. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-02-28
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in CoffeeDrop Delivery Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2024-09-24
- Name of the company or partnership: CoffeeDrop Delivery Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A start up coffee delivery business
Shares in Blue Gold Ltd (BGL)
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2021-04-05
- Name of the company or partnership: Blue Gold Ltd (BGL)
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Natural resources business operating in Sub Saharan Africa. Listed on NASDAQ on 26 June 2025.
Shares in Softiron
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2019-11-25
- Name of the company or partnership: Softiron
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Design and development of application software for data storage.
Shares in Endava Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2015-05-08
- Name of the company or partnership: Endava Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: IT services and consultancy
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 John Glen's 2024-25 staffing spend as £236,755 (budget £250,820). In 2023-24 it was £196,152. Office costs came to £25,936 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 | £236,754.82 | £196,152.25 | £171,702.96 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,936.28 | £26,565.47 | £26,766.06 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,789.48 | £19,089.55 | £17,838.90 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,386.01 | £4,261.60 | £6,301.63 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £449.00 | £0.00 | £1,440.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £19,940 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Salisbury CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Intern ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
John Glen is recorded voting in 431 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
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, 847 written questions have been tabled by John Glen, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; Department for Business and Trade; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has costed compensation for victims of sodium valproate.
Multinational Companies: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of whether the UK's tax treaty arbitration arrangements allow multinational companies to delay the collection of UK tax in transfer pricing and Diverted Profits Tax disputes; and w …
Energy Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14817, what specific representations his Department made on behalf of the vending industry to the Department for Health and Social Care.
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in each of the past three financial years, how much Housing Benefit has been paid to providers of Supported Accommodation.
Laos: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Laotian counterpart on the protection of Christian converts and other religious minority communities in that country.
Homelessness: Charities and Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the thematic Value for Money Review of homelessness will include an analysis of value added by charitable and not-for-profit homelessness services which do not currently …
Energy Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer to question 11397, what representations his Department made to the Department for Health and Social Care on the vending machine industry and the proposed ban on the sale of energ …
Energy Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the proposals to ban the sale of energy drinks to under-16s.
Qatar: Baha'i Faith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Qatar on due process and freedom of religion or belief for members of the Bahá’í community.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Hughes Report, what estimate he has made of the timescale for the relevant department to reach conclusions and decisions on the report's recommendations.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 805129067f46. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by John Glen.
2024 general election
John Glen won Salisbury at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,110 votes (34.1%), a majority of 3,807 over Matt Aldridge (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Salisbury figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which John Glen corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to John Glen:
- John Glen corrected the Commons record on Civil Service Staff Turnover
- John Glen corrected the Commons record on Treasury
- Victoria Atkins corrected a written answer on PAYE
- John Glen corrected a written answer on National Savings and Investments: Cheques
- John Glen corrected the Commons record on Household Debt
- John Glen corrected a written answer on Sanctions
- John Glen corrected a written answer on Freezing of Assets: Democratic Republic of Congo
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.