Charlie Dewhirst, MP for Bridlington and The Wolds
Charlie Dewhirst has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Cabinet Office); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Northern Ireland); Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Northern Ireland) (Northern Ireland Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 2025 | |
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 2025 | |
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 2025 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2024 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.
Charlie Dewhirst has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Syria between 29 June 2026 and 02 July 2026 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Ascot Racecourse Limited - £590.00 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 14 September 2025 and 17 September 2025 | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in London | 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.
Charlie Dewhirst asked 753 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.
58 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
Charlie Dewhirst represents Bridlington and The Wolds. 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
Charlie Dewhirst won with 35% of the votes, and Sarah Carter (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dewhirst | Conservative | 14,846 | 34.6% |
| Sarah Carter | Labour | 11,721 | 27.3% |
| Maria Bowtell | Reform UK | 10,350 | 24.1% |
| Jayne Phoenix | Liberal Democrat | 3,097 | 7.2% |
| Gill Leek | Green Party | 1,595 | 3.7% |
| Tim Norman | The Yorkshire Party | 915 | 2.1% |
| Tom Cone | Independent | 309 | 0.7% |
| Carlo Verda | Social Democratic Party | 104 | 0.2% |
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 Charlie Dewhirst took part in 177 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way as their party in 174 of the 175 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
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 |
| 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
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec | Pensions: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 96% | 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