Mike Tapp MP: votes, interests and costs
Mike Tapp represents Dover and Deal in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Mike Tapp; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) | Home Office | 6 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Justice Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 27259826325a.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Mike Tapp when read on 28 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 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 £155,859 for Mike Tapp in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £10,075 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 | £155,859.24 |
| Office costs: spent | £10,074.93 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,658.41 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,086.09 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £239.55 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (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).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Dover and Deal CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mike Tapp is recorded voting in 472 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 51 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 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mike Tapp has tabled 15 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Home Office; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; and others.
Russia: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK has the capability to respond swiftly if Belarus and Kaliningrad attempt to close the Suwalki pass.
Russia: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has assessed the threat of Belarus and Kaliningrad closing the Suwalki pass.
Russia: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a NATO troop mobility plan to repel any attack from Russia on the eastern flank.
Russia: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of troops and equipment to repel an attack from Russia on a NATO ally on the eastern border with Russia.
Russia: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to move troops to the eastern border with Russia if required to repel a Russian attack.
Cybersecurity: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have been subject to ransomware attacks in the last 12 months; and how much has been spent on recovering public data from those attacks.
Undocumented Migrants: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which database systems are the people who have arrived via small boat crossing checked against for (a) criminal and (b) counter-terrorism information; and how long does it take on average for full che …
West Bank: Terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the level of terrorist activity in the West Bank and (b) Iran's support for terrorism in the …
Heat Pumps: Dover and Deal
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using disused mine shafts for clean energy creation using heat pump technology in Dover and Deal constituency.
Ferries: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to ensure the Port of Dover has sufficient energy supply to the Port to implement electric ferry charging points.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d1f50840c6dd. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mike Tapp.
2024 general election
Mike Tapp won Dover and Deal at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,940 votes (39.6%), a majority of 7,585 over Howard Cox (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Dover and Deal 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.