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David Taylor, MP for Hemel Hempstead

David Taylor has been an MP since 2024. Currently: International Development Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

Committees

PostWhen
Crime and Policing Bill2025
International Development Committee2024 to nowNow

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.

David Taylor has 6 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Japan between 05 March 2026 and 16 March 202610 Sep 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPThe Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £8,700.009 Sep 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPLondon Northwestern Railway - £720.0022 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPThe Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £3,900.0025 Mar 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Japan between 09 October 2025 and 19 October 202513 Nov 2025
MiscellaneousVice Chair, Labour Campaign for International Development. This is an unpaid role.19 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.

David Taylor asked 27 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office8
Home Office5
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government4
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 4
Department for Education2

Latest questions

7 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 24 Sep 2026
7 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 24 Sep 2026
7 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 24 Sep 2026
7 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 10 Sep 2026
7 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 9 Sep 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£38,388
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,564
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£20,050
Miscellaneous · other claims£775

90 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

David Taylor represents Hemel Hempstead. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
David Taylor

Labour

MAJORITY
4,857

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

David Taylor won with 38% of the votes, and Andrew Williams (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 16,844
Conservative27% · 11,987
Reform UK17% · 7,689
Liberal Democrat12% · 5,096
Green Party6% · 2,492
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David TaylorLabour16,84438.2%
Andrew WilliamsConservative11,98727.2%
Noel WillcoxReform UK7,68917.4%
Sammy Barry-MearsLiberal Democrat5,09611.6%
Sherief HassanGreen Party2,4925.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£796 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months David Taylor took part in 198 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

David Taylor voted the same way as their party in 196 of the 196 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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
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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