Andrew Griffith, MP for Arundel and South Downs
Andrew Griffith has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) (Department for International Trade) | 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Policy and Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit) (Cabinet Office) | 2022 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Department for Business and Trade) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill | 2022 | |
| UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] | 2022 | |
| Financial Services and Markets Bill | 2022 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2021 |
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.
Andrew Griffith has 16 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Limited - £1,860.00 | 25 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | J C Bamford Excavators Ltd - £4,181.00 | 25 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lloyds Banking Group plc - £919.50 | 27 May 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Switzerland between 30 March 2026 and 04 April 2026 | 5 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 27 March 2026 - £1,000.00 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Non-recurring podcast guest - The Rigby Foundation | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Henry Jackson Society - £349.91 | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | James Mellon - £5,000.00 | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | RCL Partners Ltd - £5,000.00 | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd - £25,000.00 | 16 Nov 2025 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Taiwan between 27 September 2025 and 03 October 2025 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Chichester District | 10 Oct 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of Wilton Park Advisory Council, a not-for-profit executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which organises events that bring together leading representatives from politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and the media. This is an unpaid role. | 6 Jul 2020 |
| Miscellaneous | In recognition of my previous 20 years' service, Sky Subscriber Services Ltd has provided me with an open-ended subscription to Sky television and telecommunication packages. Annual value for 2022-2023, approx. £500. | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Cornwall | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in London | 10 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.
Andrew Griffith asked 168 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.
112 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
Andrew Griffith represents Arundel and South Downs. 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
Andrew Griffith won with 40% of the votes, and Richard Allen (Liberal Democrat) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Griffith | Conservative | 22,001 | 40.2% |
| Richard Allen | Liberal Democrat | 9,867 | 18.0% |
| Christopher Philipsborn | Labour | 9,782 | 17.9% |
| David Thomas | Reform UK | 7,391 | 13.5% |
| Steve McAuliffe | Green Party | 5,515 | 10.1% |
| Mike Smith | Social Democratic Party | 184 | 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 Andrew Griffith took part in 162 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andrew Griffith voted the same way as their party in 161 of the 161 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 |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: 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