Rt Hon John Glen, MP for Salisbury
John Glen has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill; Public Accounts Commission; Treasury Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Cabinet Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2018 to 2022 | |
| Minister of State (Treasury) (City) (HM Treasury) | 2018 to 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2017 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Paymaster General (Cabinet Office) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Public Accounts Commission | 2024 to now | Now |
| Treasury Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 2021 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Defence Committee | 2010 to 2012 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2010 to 2012 |
Countries of interest
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.
John Glen has 14 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Shareholdings | Shares in Lockhouse Systems Limited | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Non Executive Director, Open Banking Limited - Open Banking Limited | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 09 February 2026 - £5,000.00 | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Alabare - homeless charity HQ in Salisbury but serving the south west and Wales. This is an unpaid role. | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs. This is an unpaid role. | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | I am unpaid Director of the Policy Research Unit Ltd ( PRU) | 14 Jul 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Blue International Holdings Limited | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Future Global Resources Ltd | 8 Jul 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Commissioner of the Financial Inclusion Commission. This an independent body made up of consumer and business representatives, together with policy experts in areas such as banking and payments, insurance and credit. As a commissioner I will attend monthly meetings and advise on specific issues. This is an unpaid role. | 7 Mar 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Patron of upReach. Supporting the charity's work through events, campaigns and strategic connections. | 7 Mar 2025 |
Show the other 4
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Shareholdings | Shares in CoffeeDrop Delivery Ltd | 26 Sep 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Blue Gold Ltd (BGL) | 12 Apr 2021 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Softiron | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Endava Ltd | 19 May 2015 |
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.
John Glen asked 64 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.
61 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
John Glen represents Salisbury. 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
John Glen won with 34% of the votes, and Matt Aldridge (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Glen | Conservative | 17,110 | 34.1% |
| Matt Aldridge | Labour | 13,303 | 26.5% |
| Victoria Charleston | Liberal Democrat | 11,825 | 23.6% |
| Julian Malins | Reform UK | 5,235 | 10.4% |
| Barney Norris | Green Party | 2,115 | 4.2% |
| Arthur Pendragon | Independent | 458 | 0.9% |
| Chris Harwood | Climate Party | 127 | 0.3% |
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 John Glen took part in 196 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
John Glen voted the same way as their party in 195 of the 195 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 |
| 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 |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | 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