Paul Davies MP: votes, interests and costs
Paul Davies represents Colne Valley in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Paul Davies sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 31 March 2025 | Current |
| Petitions Committee | 6 January 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7604e8075ab4.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Paul Davies when read on 27 October 2026.
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 £138,712 for Paul Davies in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £21,439 in the same year. 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 | £138,712.20 |
| Office costs: spent | £21,439.22 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,641.70 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £15,739.82 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
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: Colne Valley CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Intern ×2 (fixed term full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 586 votes by Paul Davies in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 59 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Paul Davies voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Since 4 July 2024, 356 written questions have been tabled by Paul Davies, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office and 2 other departments.
Vocational Guidance: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide targeted funding for sustained, independent careers guidance for students most at risk of becoming NEETs.
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of people with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis diagnosed following an A&E attendance, emergency hospital admission, or emergency su …
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delayed diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on A&E capacity over the past 12 months.
Breast Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will set out a timeline for the delivery of funding for the Lobular Moonshot Project.
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support Enhertu being made available in England.
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue police pensions.
Veterans: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to process compensation claims for veterans with (a) tinnitus and (b) hearing loss.
War Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays to the War Pension Scheme.
Bus Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to ensure national bus operators meet their contractual obligations.
Food: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products in smaller convenience stores.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 da11d8ac925c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Paul Davies.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Colne Valley returned Paul Davies with a majority of 4,963: 18,970 votes, 41.0% of those cast, against 14,007 for Jason McCartney. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Colne Valley 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.