Rebecca Smith MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for South West Devon is Rebecca Smith (Conservative). Current post: Shadow Minister (Education), held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
Rebecca Smith holds these 2 posts, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 31 August 2026 | Current |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 18 November 2024 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 8 September 2026 | Current |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 4 November 2024 | Current |
| Transport Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Railways Bill | 7 January 2026 | 10 February 2026 |
| Pension Schemes Bill | 15 July 2025 | 11 September 2025 |
| Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] | 24 June 2025 | 3 July 2025 |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 16 October 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e142431a694a.
Register of interests
Rebecca Smith has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 1 August 2024 and the latest on 7 July 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1), Miscellaneous (1), Employment and earnings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Silverstone Circuits Limited - £930.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for me and one guest at the British Grand Prix 2026
- Value of the benefit: £930.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-04
- Name of the donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Silverstone Circuits Limited
International visit to Poland between 12 April 2026 and 16 April 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Holocaust education visit to Poland. Visits to museums, historical sites and cultural centres, whilst attending the March of the Living 2026.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-04-12
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-16
Board member of the Policy Research Unit. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-06-20
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of Plymouth City Council - Plymouth City Council
- Type of work or service being provided: Member of Plymouth City Council
- Date the agreement ended: 2026-05-07
- Name of the payer: Plymouth City Council
- Agreement - £997.00
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Rebecca Smith's office spent £152,503 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £30,209 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 | £152,503.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,209.36 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,682.73 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,405.51 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £331.00 |
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: South West Devon CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Researcher (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Executive Officer (fixed term part time), Executive Office Manager (fixed term part time), Senior Administrative Officer (fixed term part time), Constituency Communications Manager (fixed term full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (fixed term full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Rebecca Smith is recorded voting in 447 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 50 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 20 October 2026 Rebecca Smith voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading No; Programme Motion No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye; New Clause 7 Aye; Amendment 32 Aye; Amendment 51 Aye; New Clause 21 Aye; Amendment 47 Aye; Amendment 4 Aye; Amendment 52 Aye; Amendment 23 Aye |
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: Aye |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax Teller for the Ayes; MoD Bicester and illegal migrants Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: Teller for the Noes |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 Teller for the Ayes; New Clause 25 Teller for the Ayes |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: No |
| 10 September 2026 | Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: Teller for the Ayes |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Teller for the Ayes; Report Stage: New Clause 143 Teller for the Ayes; Report Stage: New Clause 142 Teller for the Ayes; Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye; Amendment 199 Aye |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: Aye |
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
Since 4 July 2024, 304 written questions have been tabled by Rebecca Smith, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and 3 other departments.
Schools: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its proposed Management Information System procurement framework on the procurement freedoms conferred on schools and academy trusts by legisla …
Schools: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its proposed Management Information System procurement framework on (a) competition and choice in the schools information management market, (b …
Universal Credit: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of Universal Credit childcare cost attribution rules on working parents required to pay school holiday club fees more than three assessment perio …
Beer: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 81985, what the timetable is for completing the review of market access for small brewers and announcing subsequent measures.
Liver Diseases: Social Security Benefits and Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the relationship between liver disease, benefit claims, and unemployment rates; and what assessment she has made of how those rates correlate with t …
East West Rail Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, what works and assurance activities remain outstanding before Winslow Station can be fully handed over; and on what date she …
Road Works: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26241 on Road Works: Compensation, what data her Department holds on the number of defective street works reinstatements identified in each of the last fiv …
Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972 on Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reform of the Goods Vehicle Operator Lic …
Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider a coordinated programme combining large-scale vaccination, Culicoides surveillance and systematic genetic monitoring, similar to measures adopted in France, to tac …
Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's long-term education, vaccination and disease-control strategy is to prevent bluetongue virus serotype 3 becoming an annual cycle of infection, reproductive losses …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1c1f64aa65c6. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Rebecca Smith.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 2,112 for Rebecca Smith in South West Devon in July 2024, from 17,916 votes on a turnout of 67.3%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · South West Devon 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.