Paul Holmes, MP for Hamble Valley
Paul Holmes has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) (Northern Ireland Office) | 2024 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 2025 | |
| Rare Cancers Bill | 2025 | |
| Committee of Selection | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 2025 | |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 2024 | |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 2024 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 2024 |
Show the other 7
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill | 2023 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 | |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 2021 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2020 to 2024 |
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.
Paul Holmes has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Finland between 14 June 2026 and 17 June 2026 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 04 January 2026 and 09 January 2026 | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme | 29 Jan 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.
Paul Holmes asked 209 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.
72 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
Paul Holmes represents Hamble Valley. 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
Paul Holmes won with 36% of the votes, and Prad Bains (Liberal Democrat) came second with 28%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Holmes | Conservative | 19,671 | 36.4% |
| Prad Bains | Liberal Democrat | 14,869 | 27.5% |
| Devina Paul | Labour | 8,753 | 16.2% |
| Caroline Gladwin | Reform UK | 8,216 | 15.2% |
| Kate Needham | Green Party | 2,310 | 4.3% |
| Binka Griffin | Hampshire Independents | 185 | 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 Paul Holmes took part in 197 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Paul Holmes 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 |
| 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