Matt Turmaine MP: votes, interests and costs
Matt Turmaine represents Watford in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Matt Turmaine as a current member of these 4 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting Events Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 17 June 2026 | Current |
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 18 March 2026 | Current |
| Public Accounts Committee | 1 December 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 fb6d89646e3b.
Register of interests
Matt Turmaine has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 30 July 2024 and the latest on 30 July 2024. By category: Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Elected Councillor, Watford Borough Council. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
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 £118,116 for Matt Turmaine in 2024-25 against a budget of £198,653. Office costs came to £32,503 of a £33,037 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 | £118,116.46 |
| Office costs: spent | £32,502.57 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Watford BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time), Office Manager (fixed term full time), Senior Press Officer (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Caseworker (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Matt Turmaine is recorded voting in 570 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 65 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 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Since 4 July 2024, 9 written questions have been tabled by Matt Turmaine, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 9: Cabinet Office; Women and Equalities; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Northern Ireland Office; and others.
National School of Government and Public Services
What progress he has made on establishing the National School of Government and Public Services.
Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle pay disparities for ethnic minority people.
Renewable Energy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 on energy security.
Film: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on support for the film industry in Northern Ireland.
Equal Pay: Disability
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle pay disparities for disabled people.
Temporary Accommodation: Children
What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation.
Israel: Hamas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help restore the ceasefire in Gaza.
Public Sector: Fraud
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.
Crossbows
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward further regulation of the sale of (a) crossbows and (b) crossbow arrow heads.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 caea60815547. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Matt Turmaine.
2024 general election
Matt Turmaine won Watford at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 15,708 votes (35.3%), a majority of 4,723 over Dean Russell (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Watford 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.