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How Charlie Dewhirst votes

Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way as their party in 99% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 1 of those 175 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
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: 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.

Charlie Dewhirst has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Syria between 29 June 2026 and 02 July 202616 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesAscot Racecourse Limited - £590.0015 Jul 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Israel between 14 September 2025 and 17 September 202510 Oct 2025
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in London1 Aug 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.

Charlie Dewhirst asked 753 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Treasury97
Cabinet Office78
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs62
Department of Health and Social Care51
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero46

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2 Oct 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 2 Oct 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 1 Oct 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 1 Oct 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 1 Oct 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
£28,109
Office costs · claims for running an office£24,516
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,476
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,117

58 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

Charlie Dewhirst represents Bridlington and The Wolds. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,125

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Charlie Dewhirst won with 35% of the votes, and Sarah Carter (Labour) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Conservative35% · 14,846
Labour27% · 11,721
Reform UK24% · 10,350
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,097
Green Party4% · 1,595
The Yorkshire Party2% · 915
Everyone else1% · 413
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charlie DewhirstConservative14,84634.6%
Sarah CarterLabour11,72127.3%
Maria BowtellReform UK10,35024.1%
Jayne PhoenixLiberal Democrat3,0977.2%
Gill LeekGreen Party1,5953.7%
Tim NormanThe Yorkshire Party9152.1%
Tom ConeIndependent3090.7%
Carlo VerdaSocial Democratic Party1040.2%

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
£672 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
2.9%
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
This MPParty average
View data table
MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 2596%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 26100%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 26100%100%
Sep 26100%100%

Source: Commons Votes API

Times they voted against their party (1)
DateVoteThey votedMost of their party
3 DecPensions: a proposed changeAgainstFor

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this