Rebecca Harris, MP for Castle Point
Rebecca Harris has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Opposition Chief Whip (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2018 to 2022 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2017 to 2018 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 2024 | |
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 2024 | |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 2024 | |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 2022 | |
| Shark Fins Bill | 2022 | |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Bill | 2021 | |
| Elections Bill | 2021 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 2019 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2012 to 2015 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2010 to 2015 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
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.
Rebecca Harris has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris & Mark Skelton - £5,000.00 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Datchet Women’s Institute (this is an unpaid role). | 4 Jul 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of the Policy Research Unit, a not-for-profit pooled research service which assists Conservative MPs with their Parliamentary duties. This is an unpaid role. | 25 Nov 2021 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Unspecified | 14 May 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.
Rebecca Harris asked 13 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
7 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Rebecca Harris represents Castle Point. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Rebecca Harris won with 38% of the votes, and Keiron McGill (Reform UK) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Harris | Conservative | 15,485 | 38.1% |
| Keiron McGill | Reform UK | 12,234 | 30.1% |
| Mark Maguire | Labour | 9,455 | 23.3% |
| Bob Chapman | Green Party | 2,118 | 5.2% |
| James Willis | Liberal Democrat | 1,341 | 3.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Rebecca Harris took part in 228 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Rebecca Harris voted the same way as their party in 226 of the 226 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this