Mr Paul Foster MP: votes, interests and costs
Mr Paul Foster (Labour) is the MP for South Ribble, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Mr Paul Foster as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 9 February 2026 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7affbe12adbf.
Register of interests
Mr Paul Foster has 13 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 22 July 2024 and the latest on 1 September 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (6), Shareholdings (3), Visits outside the UK (2), 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.
International visit to United States between 06 August 2026 and 11 August 2026
- Purpose of the visit: I was selected through the UK Parliamentary Knowledge Foundation (PKF) to participate in the 2026 Public Leadership Certificate in partnership with the Elected Official to Protect America (EOPA) and the University of San Francisco (USF). The first module of the course was in Washington DC 06-10 August 2026, with the remaining modules online.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-08-06
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-08-11
Rugby Football League (RFL) - £645.60
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets with hospitality for me and a guest at the RFL Challenge Cup Final on 30 May. The box we were in was hosted by the RFL with tickets not available to buy, however a comparable facility was priced at £322.80
- Value of the benefit: £645.60
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-30
- Name of the donor: Rugby Football League (RFL)
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Rugby Football League (RFL)
International visit to Albania between 13 February 2026 and 18 February 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Mentoring new Albanian MP's on behalf of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and then joining the cross party APPG delegation meeting members of the Kosovan Government for their Independence Day parade and celebrations.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-13
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-18
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Kosovo & Albania
Director, Trustee and Chair of Home Safe Veterans & Homeless Support Ltd. This entity was awarded charitable status on 26 March 2026. This role is unpaid.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-03-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in PFPM (Preston) Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: PFPM (Preston) Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Project & Development Management Consultancy
Unpaid Director of NWSD Professional Services Ltd.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Unpaid director of WT IP Ltd.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
A 10% shareholding in WT IP Ltd. The shareholding is below the threshold for registration.
- The type of interest: Other
Shares in NWSD Professional Services Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: NWSD Professional Services Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Social housing/student accommodation development consultancy
Shares in Project Furnishings Management Ltd (Dormant)
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Project Furnishings Management Ltd (Dormant)
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Supplies furniture
Unpaid Directorship of Project Furnishings Management Ltd.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in Preston
- Location of the land or property: Preston
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Unpaid Director of PFPM Preston Ltd
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Mr Paul Foster's 2024-25 staffing spend as £133,514 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £23,647 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 | £133,514.25 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,647.23 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,896.39 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £14,789.83 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: South Ribble CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker ×3 (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 492 votes by Mr Paul Foster in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 47 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 23 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mr Paul Foster has tabled 39 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and others.
Breakfast Clubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has considered providing an exemption to the new regulations for the Free Breakfast Clubs Programme for primary schools if provision is already in place.
Chorley and South Ribble Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the 24-hour opening of the accident and emergency department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.
Social Security Benefits: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16–24-year-olds in South Ribble are claiming unemployment benefits.
Nature Conservation: South Ribble
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (i) create more space for nature and (ii) protect natural wildlife in South Ribble constituency.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in response to the Government Internal Audit Agency’s finding of Limited Assurance for the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in FY 2024–25, particularly in relation to (a) internal c …
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many arms export licences in respect to Israel have been reviewed over the past 12 months, and of those reviewed, how many have been revoked or suspended/part suspended.
Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 16 November 2023.
Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers attended the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee on 25 March 2024.
Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 22 January 2024.
Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 19 December 2023.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 824ba008387d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Paul Foster.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,501 for Mr Paul Foster in South Ribble in July 2024, from 19,840 votes on a turnout of 63.6%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · South Ribble figures
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