Alex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and Ongar
Alex Burghart has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) (Department for Education) | 2021 to 2022 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office) | 2024 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill | 2022 | |
| Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill | 2021 | |
| Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill | 2021 | |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
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.
Alex Burghart has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 24 August 2026 and 26 August 2026 | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | David Robert Meller - £2,000.00 | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | IPGL Ltd - £3,000.00 | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 17 April 2026 - £1,000.00 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to France between 15 January 2026 and 17 January 2026 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Cliveden Literary Festival - £2,302.00 | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Primary Access & Research Limited | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 26 September 2025 - £1,500.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 April 2025 - £200.00 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 February 2025 - £200.00 | 1 Sep 2025 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 July 2025 - £350.00 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing reviews - The Spectator | 1 Sep 2025 |
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.
Alex Burghart asked 379 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.
23 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
Alex Burghart represents Brentwood and Ongar. 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
Alex Burghart won with 37% of the votes, and Paul Godfrey (Reform UK) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Burghart | Conservative | 17,731 | 36.7% |
| Paul Godfrey | Reform UK | 11,751 | 24.3% |
| Gareth Barrett | Labour | 11,082 | 22.9% |
| David Kendall | Liberal Democrat | 5,809 | 12.0% |
| RJ Learmouth | Green Party | 1,770 | 3.7% |
| Robin Tilbrook | English Democrats | 189 | 0.4% |
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 Alex Burghart took part in 193 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Alex Burghart voted the same way as their party in 191 of the 191 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 |
| 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% |
| 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