Nick Timothy, MP for West Suffolk
Nick Timothy has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Secretary of State for Justice.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Employment Rights Bill | 2024 to 2025 |
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.
Nick Timothy has 23 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Andrew Law - £6,250.00 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | IPGL Ltd - £10,000.00 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Ascot Racecourse - £590.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Beacon Rock Limited - £25,000.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Aston Villa Football Club Ltd - £520.00 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Andrew Law - £6,250.00 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Jockey Club Rooms - £800.00 | 11 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Keith Black - £5,000.00 | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | High Street Deal Ltd - £3,000.00 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Georgina Black - £73,500.00 | 9 Apr 2026 |
Show the other 13
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | JC Bamford Excavators Ltd - £25,000.00 | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Jockey Club - £560.00 | 8 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Tattersalls Ltd - £25,000.00 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Oluwole Kolade - £5,000.00 | 1 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Andrew Sells - £5,000.00 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Hilton Nathanson - £5,000.00 | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Tattersalls Ltd - £10,000.00 | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | I publish a Substack Newsletter consisting of weekly essays and columns for paid subscribers. | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Andrew Law - £3,744.00 | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Jockey Club Rooms - £780.00 | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Index on Censorship. This is an unpaid role. | 2 Jan 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Columnist - Daily Telegraph | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement - £145,000.00 | 1 Aug 2024 |
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.
Nick Timothy asked 586 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.
70 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
Nick Timothy represents West Suffolk. 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
Nick Timothy won with 34% of the votes, and Rebecca Denness (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Timothy | Conservative | 15,814 | 34.3% |
| Rebecca Denness | Labour | 12,567 | 27.2% |
| David Bull | Reform UK | 9,623 | 20.8% |
| Henry Batchelor | Liberal Democrat | 4,284 | 9.3% |
| Mark Ereira | Green Party | 2,910 | 6.3% |
| Katie Parker | Independent | 485 | 1.1% |
| Luke O'Brien | Independent | 345 | 0.7% |
| Ivan Kinsman | Social Democratic Party | 133 | 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 Nick Timothy took part in 158 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Nick Timothy voted the same way as their party in 156 of the 156 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% |
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| 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