Rebecca Harris MP: votes, interests and costs
Rebecca Harris (Conservative) is the MP for Castle Point, in the seat since 6 May 2010. Current post: Opposition Chief Whip (Commons), held since 3 November 2024.
Offices and committees
Rebecca Harris holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 3 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) | HM Household | 7 July 2022 | 5 July 2024 |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) | Whips Office (Commons) | 9 January 2018 | 7 July 2022 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 15 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 8 July 2024 | 3 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 30 July 2024 | 18 November 2024 |
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 13 March 2024 | 18 March 2024 |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 7 February 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 31 January 2024 | 7 February 2024 |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 7 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 |
| Shark Fins Bill | 9 November 2022 | 15 November 2022 |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Bill | 24 November 2021 | 28 November 2021 |
| Elections Bill | 22 September 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
| Committee of Selection | 4 September 2019 | 6 November 2019 |
| Regulatory Reform | 12 October 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Regulatory Reform | 3 December 2012 | 30 March 2015 |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 12 July 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 06a0888a3d91.
Register of interests
Rebecca Harris has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 14 May 2019 and the latest on 3 September 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (2), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (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.
Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris & Mark Skelton - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: campaigning
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris & Mark Skelton
- Status of the donor: Individual
Trustee of Datchet Women’s Institute (this is an unpaid role).
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director of the Policy Research Unit, a not-for-profit pooled research service which assists Conservative MPs with their Parliamentary duties. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-11-24
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Residential in Unspecified
- Date on which the land or property was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2019-04-01
- Location of the land or property: Unspecified
- A description of the property: family holiday home
- Details about the ownership arrangements: A third share
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: France
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 24 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Rebecca Harris's 2024-25 staffing spend as £200,154 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £185,799. IPSA lists office spending of £10,631 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 | £200,153.71 | £185,799.46 | £193,025.46 |
| Office costs: spent | £10,631.02 | £9,044.89 | £10,576.15 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £221.40 | £74.60 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £0 (Standard non-London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Castle Point BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Communications Manager (fixed term part time), Researcher (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Rebecca Harris voted in the House of Commons: 496 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Rebecca Harris voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 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 21 written questions from Rebecca Harris since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Transport, Department for Education and 2 other departments.
Health Services: Castle Point
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether provision for capital investment in (a) new and (b) updated healthcare facilities in Castle Point constituency is being made available over the next five years.
c2c
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of changes in passenger numbers on c2c rail services in each of the next ten years.
c2c
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the payments her Department will receive from c2c rail services in each of the next five years.
c2c
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what performance targets she has set for c2c rail services since nationalisation.
Schools: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional costs incurred by each school in Castle Point constituency as a result of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions in 2026/27.
Special Educational Needs: Castle Point
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pupils in Castle Point constituency that will have an EHCP in each of the next five years.
Flood Control: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Castle Point constituency and (b) Essex.
Business Rates: Castle Point
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the amount of business rates to be paid by businesses in the retail, leisure, and hospitality sector in Castle Point constituency in 2026/27.
General Practitioners: Castle Point
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in Castle Point constituency over each of the next five years.
A13: Road Traffic
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a estimate of levels of congestion on the A13/A130 junction at Sadler’s Farm (a) now and (b) in each of the next 20 years.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 281088dc82ee. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Rebecca Harris.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 3,251 for Rebecca Harris in Castle Point in July 2024, from 15,485 votes on a turnout of 57.2%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Castle Point 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.