James Wild, MP for North West Norfolk
James Wild has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Education) (Department for Education) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2026 | |
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Finance Bill | 2025 | |
| Employment Rights Bill | 2024 | |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2024 | |
| Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill | 2024 | |
| Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Charities Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 2022 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2020 to 2022 |
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.
James Wild has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Ltd - £1,100.00 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Ascot Racecourse Limited - £590.00 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Australia between 26 December 2025 and 06 January 2026 | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor, King Edward VII Academy. This is an unpaid position on the Academy Committee. | 8 Nov 2021 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the King’s Lynn Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role. | 30 Jan 2020 |
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.
James Wild asked 278 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.
67 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
James Wild represents North West Norfolk. 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
James Wild won with 36% of the votes, and Tim Leaver (Labour) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Wild | Conservative | 16,097 | 36.1% |
| Tim Leaver | Labour | 11,143 | 25.0% |
| Phil Walton | Reform UK | 8,697 | 19.5% |
| Rob Colwell | Liberal Democrat | 6,492 | 14.6% |
| Michael de Whalley | Green Party | 2,137 | 4.8% |
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 James Wild took part in 195 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
James Wild voted the same way as their party in 193 of the 193 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | 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