Mims Davies MP: votes, interests and costs
Mims Davies represents East Grinstead and Uckfield in the House of Commons for Conservative and has done since 7 May 2015. Current post: Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, held since 5 November 2024.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Mims Davies, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Wales Office | 5 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 12 April 2024 | 5 July 2024 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 27 October 2022 | 12 April 2024 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) | Home Office | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 25 July 2019 | 6 July 2022 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 5 November 2018 | 25 July 2019 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office) | Wales Office | 26 July 2018 | 5 November 2018 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 9 January 2018 | 5 November 2018 |
| Shadow Minister (Women) | Department for Education | 6 November 2024 | 31 August 2026 |
| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | Department for Education | 8 July 2024 | 6 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 21 October 2024 | 9 December 2024 |
| Child Support (Enforcement) Bill | 22 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill | 7 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 6 November 2017 | 5 March 2018 |
| Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion | 15 November 2016 | 23 October 2018 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 9 November 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 6 July 2015 | 19 December 2016 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d8d7c609d2bb.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Mims Davies: Miscellaneous (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). The most recent was registered on 18 November 2021. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
A regular volunteer radio presenter of a retro weekend show for the local community radio station, Mid Sussex Radio (previously Burgess Hill Radio).
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-10-24
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in Mid-Sussex
- Location of the land or property: Mid-Sussex
- A description of the property: agricultural land/non-working smallholding with light industrial and storage units
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Part ownership with any income paid to my brother, who manages this as he has done for my parents before their deaths and he continues in day to day charge of any matters relating to this family asset.
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- Use of the land: Other
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 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 £238,787 for Mims Davies in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £218,872. IPSA lists office spending of £23,199 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 | £238,786.80 | £218,872.09 | £171,845.98 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,198.81 | £27,293.60 | £26,372.27 |
| Accommodation: spent | £1,428.00 | £3,435.00 | £3,215.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,516.44 | £6,872.37 | £7,196.59 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £930.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £39,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: East Grinstead and Uckfield CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mims Davies is recorded voting in 482 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. On 19 October 2026 Mims Davies voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 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 441 written questions from Mims Davies since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Cabinet Office, Department for Transport.
Intellectual Property Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the powers and statutory obligations of the Intellectual Property Office.
Intellectual Property: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protections and safeguards for the transfer of intellectual property rights in a digital setting.
Intellectual Property: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections available to registered owners, in regards to registered intellectual property, who say that a transfer was made witho …
Intellectual Property: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to support the Intellectual Property Office to improve safeguarding regarding the transfer of registered intellectual property via authenticato …
Intellectual Property: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure safeguards surrounding the transfer of registered intellectual property are enforced in a digital setting.
Cabinet Office: Members
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Govia Thameslink Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure adequate staffing levels on GTR services during peak commuting hours.
Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of electrifying the Uckfield rail line on train reliability.
Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of electrifying the Uckfield rail line on train reliability.
Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact of electrifying the Uckfield Line on the reliability and frequency of passenger services.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 45ee19b24cd5. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mims Davies.
2024 general election
Mims Davies won East Grinstead and Uckfield at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 19,319 votes (38.3%), a majority of 8,480 over Benedict Dempsey (Liberal Democrat). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · East Grinstead and Uckfield figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Mims Davies corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Mims Davies:
- Mims Davies corrected the Commons record on Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Employment Schemes
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Employment: Bolton
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Kickstart Scheme
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Kickstart Scheme
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Kickstart Scheme
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Kickstart Scheme
- Mims Davies corrected the Commons record on Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) etc. Regulations 2020
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Universal Credit: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Self-employed: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Self-employed: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Jobcentres: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Employment: Coronavirus
- Mims Davies corrected a written answer on Basic Income: Coronavirus
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.