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How Matt Vickers votes

Matt Vickers voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 190 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 debateAgainstFree vote
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.

Matt Vickers has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJohn James - £16,000.009 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPStuart Leach Associates Limited - £12,000.001 Jun 2026
MiscellaneousMember of the Thornaby Town Deal Fund Board. This is an unpaid role.11 Dec 2024
MiscellaneousTrustee of Friends of Fairfield Play Park, a registered charity that is seeking to establish a play park in the Fairfield Community for the benefit of residents and their children. This is an unpaid role.9 May 2024

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.

Matt Vickers asked 566 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care110
Home Office65
Department for Education46
Department for Culture, Media and Sport44
Department for Work and Pensions41

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
11 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 21 Sep 2026
11 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 15 Sep 2026
11 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet

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
£20,032
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,309
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,723

71 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

Matt Vickers represents Stockton West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Matt Vickers

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,139

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Matt Vickers won with 42% of the votes, and Joe Dancey (Labour) came second with 37%.

Votes for each party

Conservative42% · 20,372
Labour37% · 18,233
Reform UK14% · 6,833
Green Party3% · 1,477
Liberal Democrat2% · 1,203
Independent1% · 475
Everyone else0% · 45
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Matt VickersConservative20,37241.9%
Joe DanceyLabour18,23337.5%
Steve MatthewsReform UK6,83314.0%
Anna-Maria TomsGreen Party1,4773.0%
Nigel BoddyLiberal Democrat1,2032.5%
Mohammed ZaroofIndependent2630.5%
Niko OmilanaIndependent1060.2%
Vivek ChhabraIndependent1060.2%
Monty BrackIndependents for Direct Democracy450.1%

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
£771 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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