Lincoln Jopp, MP for Spelthorne
Lincoln Jopp has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill; Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill; Defence 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 (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 2025 | |
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 2024 | |
| Defence 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.
Lincoln Jopp has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Informa Connect Holdings Ltd - £1,666.50 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 24 August 2025 and 29 August 2025 | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in London | 7 Aug 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Oxfordshire | 11 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.
Lincoln Jopp asked 25 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.
15 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
Lincoln Jopp represents Spelthorne. 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
Lincoln Jopp won with 30% of the votes, and Claire Tighe (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Jopp | Conservative | 14,038 | 30.4% |
| Claire Tighe | Labour | 12,448 | 27.0% |
| Harry Boparai | Liberal Democrat | 8,710 | 18.9% |
| Rory O'Brien | Reform UK | 8,284 | 17.9% |
| Manu Singh | Green Party | 2,413 | 5.2% |
| Alistair Miller | Social Democratic Party | 273 | 0.6% |
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 Lincoln Jopp took part in 133 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Lincoln Jopp voted the same way as their party in 132 of the 132 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 |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | 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 |
| 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