Sir Julian Smith MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon is Sir Julian Smith (Conservative), MP there since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Sir Julian Smith; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Office | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 2 November 2017 | 24 July 2019 |
| Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) | HM Household | 13 June 2017 | 2 November 2017 |
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) | HM Household | 17 July 2016 | 13 June 2017 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 13 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill | 20 March 2024 | 17 April 2024 |
| Committee of Selection | 12 September 2017 | 14 November 2017 |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 12 July 2010 | 29 November 2010 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3b5228932077.
Register of interests
Sir Julian Smith has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 23 April 2013 and the latest on 7 September 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (1), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Employment and earnings (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE, Mediation and Facilitation Initiative based in the Centre for Analysis for Risk and Regulation (CARR). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-09-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Wenningdale Leisure Ltd - £2,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: Wenningdale Leisure Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Wenningdale Leisure Ltd
- Company registration number: 06993978
- Source of company identifier: Companies House
Chair - International Finance Facility for Education
- Type of work or service being provided: Chair
- Date the agreement started: 2025-01-28
- Name of the payer: International Finance Facility for Education
- Brief description of the payer's business: IFFED is a Geneva-based foundation providing a financing engine for global education.
- Payment received on 16 September 2026 - £449.37
- Payment received on 01 September 2026 - £6,223.45
- Payment received on 15 May 2026 - £6,738.28
- Payment received on 17 December 2025 - £1,049.41
- Payment received on 14 January 2026 - £489.20
- Payment received on 08 December 2025 - £385.51
- Payment received on 05 November 2025 - £1,127.38
- Payment received on 17 October 2025 - £90.62
- Payment received on 01 October 2025 - £964.25
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: 2017-12-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2018-01-18
- Name of the donor: Carlton Club
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Carlton Club
Property in London
- Date on which the land or property was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2016-08-04
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: A second property was sold on 14 February 2025 and a third property was sold on 28 February 2025).
- Details about the ownership arrangements: co-owned with a family member
- Details of any other recipients of rental income: rental income is paid to my partner and I
- Date on which the property began generating rental income: 2016-08-04
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sir Julian Smith's office spent £224,087 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £191,164. IPSA lists office spending of £19,127 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 | £224,086.94 | £191,164.39 | £184,586.04 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,126.69 | £14,014.09 | £12,776.01 |
| Accommodation: spent | £3,845.23 | £2,540.40 | £2,766.02 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £12,564.88 | £6,467.58 | £9,271.38 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £6,630 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for an MP who owns their property and is claiming the associated costs only (such as utilities)).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Skipton and Ripon CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Sir Julian Smith voted in the House of Commons: 455 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 42 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 Julian Smith voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 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 341 written questions from Sir Julian Smith since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Ministry of Justice and 2 other departments.
Cancer: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 25 of the National Cancer Plan, which NHS trusts have been identified as requiring additional oncology training places; and what proportion of those areas are in rural vers …
Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund funding allocated to each region in England.
Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of successful Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund grant applicants were located in rural areas.
Civil Proceedings: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals on litigation funding agreements.
Smoking: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data sources her Department is using to assess whether smoking prevalence among people aged 14 to 30 years is on track to reach the modelled level of near-zero by 2050; and whether she has pla …
Patients: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in …
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including controlled burning for wildfire prevention as part of the definition of favourable conservation status for blanket b …
Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of the availability of statutory sick pay from the first day of sickness absence on trends in the levels of employment, specific …
Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the availability of statutory sick pay from the first day of sickness absence on costs to businesses, particularly those relyin …
Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory sick pay rebate for businesses.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e8c85ddb0a2c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir Julian Smith.
2024 general election
Sir Julian Smith won Skipton and Ripon at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,833 votes (35.2%), a majority of 1,650 over Malcolm Birks (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Skipton and Ripon figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Julian Smith corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Julian Smith:
- Julian Smith corrected a written answer on Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Julian Smith corrected a written answer on Northern Ireland Office: Travel
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