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How Damian Hinds votes

Damian Hinds voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 211 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Damian Hinds has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Hampshire7 Mar 2019

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Damian Hinds asked 171 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Education52
Department of Health and Social Care30
Treasury28
Department for Culture, Media and Sport16
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11

Latest questions

9 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 18 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 9 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 7 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 7 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 3 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£2,923
Office costs · claims for running an office£2,923

31 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Damian Hinds represents East Hampshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Damian Hinds

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,275

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
71%

of people who could vote did

Damian Hinds won with 37% of the votes, and Dominic Martin (Liberal Democrat) came second with 34%.

Votes for each party

Conservative37% · 18,509
Liberal Democrat34% · 17,234
Reform UK13% · 6,476
Labour10% · 4,867
Green Party5% · 2,404
Hampshire Independents1% · 364
Everyone else0% · 152
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Damian HindsConservative18,50937.0%
Dominic MartinLiberal Democrat17,23434.5%
Matthew KellermanReform UK6,47613.0%
Lucy SimsLabour4,8679.7%
Richard KnightGreen Party2,4044.8%
Jim MakinHampshire Independents3640.7%
Sara SmithSocial Democratic Party1520.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£896 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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