Tom Gordon MP: votes, interests and costs
Tom Gordon represents Harrogate and Knaresborough in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Tom Gordon as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2 December 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 28 October 2024 | 13 November 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 87c049145be9.
Register of interests
Tom Gordon has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 16 October 2025 and the latest on 29 April 2026. By category: Visits outside the UK (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
London Marathon Events Ltd - £350.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Start and finish line hospitality at the London Marathon, value is an estimated cost
- Value of the benefit: £350.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-04-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-26
- Name of the donor: London Marathon Events Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: London Marathon Events Ltd
International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Parliamentary delegation to attend 4th anniversary of the full scale invasion, and build relationship with Ukrainian allies.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-19
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-25
International visit to Brunei between 25 May 2025 and 29 May 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To undertake a visit as part of my participation in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-05-25
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-05-29
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 £155,802 for Tom Gordon in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £29,044 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 | £155,801.57 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,043.72 |
| Accommodation: spent | £20,440.94 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £12,046.77 |
| 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: Harrogate and Knaresborough CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Press Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term full time), Executive Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Tom Gordon is recorded voting in 408 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 13 October 2026, was a No on "Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading".
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
The Written Questions API lists 212 written questions from Tom Gordon since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Education; Treasury; Department for Transport.
Respiratory Diseases: Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Harrogate and Knaresborough constitu …
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of student loan borrowers in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland whose outstanding loan balance increased despite making regular repayments, broken down b …
Preventive Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she intends to further the prevention agenda as set out by the ten-year health plan.
Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her department’s priorities are for this parliamentary session.
Stamp Duty Land Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered options for replacing Stamp Duty Land Tax with an alternative that creates fewer disincentives to move home.
Stamp Duty Land Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential property transactions on the economy.
Stamp Duty Land Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the structure of Stamp Duty Land Tax to support mobility throughout the housing market.
Mortgages: Advisory Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with the Financial Conduct Authority to make mortgage advice and guidance available earlier in the journey towards homeownership.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for cross-pavement electric vehicle charging infrastructure in enabling households without off-street parking to access home charging.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities declined to apply for the Electric Vehicle Pavement Channels Grant in the 2025–26 financial year, and what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for non-participation.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d55808b330b5. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Tom Gordon.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Harrogate and Knaresborough returned Tom Gordon with a majority of 8,238: 23,976 votes, 46.1% of those cast, against 15,738 for Andrew Jones. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Harrogate and Knaresborough 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.