Mr Paul Foster, MP for South Ribble
Paul Foster has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Immigration and Asylum Bill; Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
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 Foster has 13 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 06 August 2026 and 11 August 2026 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Rugby Football League (RFL) - £645.60 | 10 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Albania between 13 February 2026 and 18 February 2026 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director, Trustee and Chair of Home Safe Veterans & Homeless Support Ltd. This entity was awarded charitable status on 26 March 2026. This role is unpaid. | 30 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director of WT IP Ltd. | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of NWSD Professional Services Ltd. | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in PFPM (Preston) Ltd | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Project Furnishings Management Ltd (Dormant) | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Directorship of Project Furnishings Management Ltd. | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in NWSD Professional Services Ltd | 23 Jul 2024 |
Show the other 3
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A 10% shareholding in WT IP Ltd. The shareholding is below the threshold for registration. | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of PFPM Preston Ltd | 22 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Preston | 22 Jul 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.
Paul Foster asked 6 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.
55 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 Foster represents South Ribble. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Paul Foster won with 42% of the votes, and Katherine Fletcher (Conservative) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Foster | Labour | 19,840 | 42.5% |
| Katherine Fletcher | Conservative | 13,339 | 28.6% |
| Andy Hunter | Reform UK | 8,995 | 19.3% |
| Ange Turner | Liberal Democrat | 2,972 | 6.4% |
| Stephani Mok | Green Party | 1,574 | 3.4% |
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 Paul Foster took part in 196 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Paul Foster voted the same way as their party in 194 of the 194 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 | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | 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% | 99% |
| 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