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Last 12 months

How Paul Holmes votes

Paul Holmes voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 195 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
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree 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

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.

Paul Holmes has 3 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Finland between 14 June 2026 and 17 June 202624 Jun 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Israel between 04 January 2026 and 09 January 202626 Jan 2026
MiscellaneousTrustee of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme29 Jan 2025

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.

Paul Holmes asked 209 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government133
Treasury24
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission20
Department of Health and Social Care15
Cabinet Office4

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
3 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 20 Jul 2026
3 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 20 Jul 2026
3 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 17 Jul 2026
3 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 15 Jul 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
£15,817
Office costs · claims for running an office£12,052
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,765

72 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

Paul Holmes represents Hamble Valley. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Paul Holmes

Conservative

MAJORITY
4,802

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Paul Holmes won with 36% of the votes, and Prad Bains (Liberal Democrat) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Conservative36% · 19,671
Liberal Democrat28% · 14,869
Labour16% · 8,753
Reform UK15% · 8,216
Green Party4% · 2,310
Hampshire Independents0% · 185
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paul HolmesConservative19,67136.4%
Prad BainsLiberal Democrat14,86927.5%
Devina PaulLabour8,75316.2%
Caroline GladwinReform UK8,21615.2%
Kate NeedhamGreen Party2,3104.3%
Binka GriffinHampshire Independents1850.3%

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
£877 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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