Mr Jonathan Brash MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Hartlepool is Mr Jonathan Brash (Labour).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Mr Jonathan Brash as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 22 June 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Victims and Courts Bill | 17 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2c21cbbd9571.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Mr Jonathan Brash: Shareholdings (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). The most recent was registered on 25 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Hargreaves Brash Property Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Hargreaves Brash Property Ltd
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: Jointly with my spouse
Property in Spennymoor
- Location of the land or property: Spennymoor
- A description of the property: Bungalow with pool
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with a family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Business
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Mr Jonathan Brash's office spent £114,030 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £23,099 of a £30,426 budget. 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 | £114,030.10 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,098.74 |
| Accommodation: spent | £23,578.96 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,322.66 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Hartlepool CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Mr Jonathan Brash voted in the House of Commons: 454 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 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 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Mr Jonathan Brash has tabled 40 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Education; Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what targets are being included in the National Plan for Physical Activity.
Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what industry bodies have been engaged with to create the National Plan for Physical Activity.
Exercise: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what engagement she has had with the physical activity sector; and how regularly that engagement takes place.
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS mental health services are required to record a patient's disability-related inability to attend appointments before discharging that patient for (a) non-attendance and (b) non-engageme …
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of patients discharged from NHS mental health services for non (a) attendance and (b) engagement in each of the last 5 years.
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on outcomes for patients discharged from NHS mental health services for non (a) attendance and (b) engagement, including crisis presentations, detentions under the Me …
Swimming Pools: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of swimming pools closing due to high operating costs.
Children: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address the declining number of children who can swim confidently.
Further Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the current VAT arrangements for further education colleges.
Arts: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on economic growth in the North East generated by the creative industries following the BBC’s recent announcement of a cut of £500m in its bud …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 caee9f7be440. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Jonathan Brash.
2024 general election
Mr Jonathan Brash won Hartlepool at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,414 votes (46.2%), a majority of 7,698 over Amanda Napper (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Hartlepool figures
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