Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson, MP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Gavin Williamson has been an MP since 2010. Currently: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee); Procedure Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister without Portfolio) (Cabinet Office) | 2022 | |
| Secretary of State for Education (Department for Education) | 2019 to 2021 | |
| Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Procedure Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2010 to 2011 |
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.
Gavin Williamson has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Chairman of Somaliland IRI (a not for profit organisation designed to help and assist Somaliland). This is an unpaid role. | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 24 February 2026 and 28 February 2026 | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 15 September 2025 - £4,000.00 | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Consultant - Odysight AI | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Oberons Petroleum Limited | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the advisory board for Restore Britain. This is an unpaid role. | 19 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid member of the advisory board of Buenassa SARL. | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Ravenscar Group | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 21 February 2023 - £60,000.00 | 15 Mar 2023 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Gratton Lansdowne | 19 Nov 2021 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Carlton Club - £760.00 | 25 Mar 2019 |
| Employment and earnings | Adviser | – |
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.
Gavin Williamson asked 47 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.
103 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
Gavin Williamson represents Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. 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
Gavin Williamson won with 46% of the votes, and Jacqueline Brown (Labour) came second with 34%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williamson | Conservative | 19,880 | 46.5% |
| Jacqueline Brown | Labour | 14,414 | 33.7% |
| Sam Harper-Wallis | Liberal Democrat | 2,952 | 6.9% |
| Janice MacKay | UK Independence Party | 2,638 | 6.2% |
| Danni Braine | Green Party | 2,236 | 5.2% |
| Alexander Bramham | Social Democratic Party | 650 | 1.5% |
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 Gavin Williamson took part in 176 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gavin Williamson voted the same way as their party in 174 of the 174 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 |
| 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 |
| 7 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% |
| 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