At a glanceSir Geoffrey Cox is a Conservative MP for Torridge and Tavistock, and has represented the seat for 21 years, 2 months. They have cast 246 votes in Commons divisions (43% attendance), tabled 178 written questions and registered 20 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Geoffrey Cox did not vote in 329. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Torridge and Tavistock Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 5 May 2005
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 245 of 245 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 239 of 239 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 238 of 238 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 237 of 237 shared votes
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Joe Robertson
Conservative
100.0% · 236 of 236 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sonia Kumar
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 196 shared votes
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Sarah Edwards
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 171 shared votes
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James Murray
Labour (Co-op)
0.0% · 0 of 168 shared votes
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Heidi Alexander
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 161 shared votes
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Simon Lightwood
Labour (Co-op)
0.0% · 0 of 156 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings3
- Legal services - Janes Solicitors (registered 7 May 2026)
- Legal services - ABH Holdings SA (registered 9 Mar 2026)
- Legal services - Al Daar Al Mihnia Accounting and Legal Consultation LLC (registered 23 Feb 2026)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments17
- Payment received on 15 June 2026 - £11,050.00 (registered 8 Jul 2026)
- Payment received on 15 May 2026 - £12,500.00 (registered 9 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 15 May 2026 - £12,500.00 (registered 9 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 15 May 2026 - £11,050.00 (registered 9 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 15 May 2026 - £60,000.00 (registered 10 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £5,000.00 (registered 7 May 2026)
- Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £11,050.00 (registered 7 May 2026)
- Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £10,000.00 (registered 7 May 2026)
- Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £60,000.00 (registered 7 May 2026)
- Payment received on 02 April 2026 - £25,625.00 (registered 27 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 16 March 2026 - £11,050.00 (registered 8 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 16 March 2026 - £20,000.00 (registered 8 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 16 March 2026 - £60,000.00 (registered 8 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 15 February 2026 - £33,000.00 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 15 February 2026 - £5,000.00 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 15 February 2026 - £23,000.00 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 15 February 2026 - £50,000.00 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
Written questions
Falkland Islands: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has undertaken a recent review of the security and defence of the Falkland Islands; and what steps he plans to take to improve the adequacy of the preparedness of the UK to defend them.
Answer · 29 Apr 2026
The United Kingdom’s position on the Falkland Islands is long‑standing - sovereignty rests with the UK, and the Islanders’ right of self‑determination is paramount. As the Strategic Defence Review set out, a core role for Defence is the protection of the ...
Holiday Accommodation: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural and coastal self-catering and tourism businesses in Devon are adequately supported in the context of (a) increased business rates, (b) rising energy
Answer · 14 Apr 2026
DCMS recognises the vital contribution that rural and coastal self-catering and tourism businesses make to the economy of Devon.On business rates, the Government has introduced a support package worth £4.3 billion, to protect against ratepayers seeing lar...
Holiday Accommodation: Torridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with rural and coastal self-catering and tourism businesses in Torridge on promoting the sector.
Answer · 17 Apr 2026
DCMS recognises the vital contribution that tourism and self-catering businesses make to the UK economy, particularly in rural and coastal constituencies such as Torridge.DCMS regularly engages with representatives from across the tourism sector, includin...
Agriculture: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussion she has had with Natural England and the Environment Agency to enable Catchment Sensitive Farming teams in Devon and Cornwall to process applications expeditiously.
Answer · 14 Apr 2026
Following the closure of the 2025 Environmental Land Management Capital Grant, Catchment Sensitive Farming have worked with farmers and land managers to prepare for the 2026 Capital Grants round. Catchment Sensitive Farming advice is very popular and ther...
Agriculture: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the number of Catchment Sensitive Farming grant applications in Devon and Cornwall applied for in 2025 that are still to be processed.
Answer · 14 Apr 2026
Catchment Sensitive Farming acts as an advisory and endorsement route for relevant Farming Grants and includes Capital Grants and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier where applications have included specific items. In the 2025 scheme year, the Rural Payme...
Phlebotomy: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable and terminally ill residents in rural communities in Devon can rely on the provision of daily phlebotomy services within a reasonable travelling di
Answer · 18 Mar 2026
It is important that people have access to the services they need, and, especially for vulnerable and terminally ill patients, for them to be located in the community, where possible.Community diagnostic centres (CDCs), such as the Devon and Torbay CDC in...
Dartmoor
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will (a) hold discussions with stakeholders on Dartmoor and (b) attend the forthcoming annual Dartmoor Forum this spring.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
The Government is committed to supporting our Protected Landscapes, including Dartmoor, recognising their vital importance to national priorities. The Secretary of State will continue to engage with a wide range of partners and stakeholders on Dartmoor as...
Bus Services: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her timetable is for notifying local authorities of their multi-year allocations for the Local Authority Bus Grants.
Answer · 27 Feb 2026
Multi-year allocations of the Local Authority Bus Grant allocations were published on GOV.UK on 5 December 2025.
Speeches in the chamber
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
Once upon a time, it would not have been necessary for a Secretary of State for farming to come to the House to say that the primary purpose of farming was food production. The central recommendation of Minette Batters’ report was to make …
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
The other logical absurdity is that, under the Government’s proposed reforms, somebody with a previous conviction may well go above the three-year threshold, so those who have a string of previous convictions will get a right to jury trial…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
No, I am not giving way. Let me make that clear now. I want to finish in a moment. The reality is that jury trial is too precious a thing to lose. We are faced with a question of principle here. The savings that the Government claim wil…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I will not take interventions now, and certainly not if they are of the quality that we have had up till now. The reality is that jury trial is the cornerstone of our justice system. Do away with it and we are in trouble. Let us look at…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
No, I am not giving way. I am mindful of time and I must complete what I have to say. This is a time when not just this House but the judiciary and the courts are under attack. The unprecedented attacks upon the judiciary and the legal …
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. Postmasters, postmistresses, postmen—those whose honesty and integrity are integral to their employment and who, for a breach of trust, would not receive three years’ imprisonment—would all be depr…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
Not just now. I say to the House, in all conscience, that jury trial is precious. Why? It is precious because it unites all parts of the political spectrum. It is precious because it allows the people of this country to be directly enga…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
There has always been a summary jurisdiction—invariably never for offences of dishonesty, and invariably never for offences that might lead to the destruction of the reputation of those who are facing it. If one Member of this House, wh…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I will give way to the hon. Member for Colchester first.
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I will give way to the hon. Member for Colchester (Pam Cox) first, if she can give me just two seconds. I want to develop this theme, because it is very important to me. There are some things that have to be above politics. If there are…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
Not now—later. I will. I want to appeal to Labour Members. We are engaged in ideological strife. But in the Venn diagram that any society depends upon for the sustaining of sufficient points of common ground to keep a society together, …
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
Not just now, but I will come back to the hon. Member. We in this House are engaged in ideological strife. Every day of our lives we are engaged in a political battle, and frankly, sometimes we do not always live up to the highest stand…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I should declare an interest at the beginning. I am a member of the Bar—that is not uncommonly known—I still practise at the Bar, and I have the honour to be a criminal barrister and a member of the Criminal Bar Association. I have spent 4…
21 Jan 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
It seems to me that the Secretary of State is adopting a highly technical and extremely unmeritorious argument. He says that because the declaration of incompatibility is not the subject of the intervention of the veterans, that gives him…
17 Dec 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
I wonder whether the Secretary of State can assist me with this problem. The Supreme Court is at the moment seized of the issue as to the lawfulness of the declaration of incompatibility. The fact that the Government have withdrawn their a…
28 Oct 2025 China Spying Case
The Attorney General’s Office has nothing to do with foreign policy.
28 Oct 2025 China Spying Case
Why was the Attorney General’s Office represented and present? If the meeting had nothing to do with the case, why was the Attorney General’s Office present through its representative?
28 Oct 2025 China Spying Case
Will the Minister give way on the question of who was present?
28 Oct 2025 China Spying Case
The Minister did say he would give way to me.
28 Oct 2025 China Spying Case
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Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Attorney General · Attorney General's Office 9 Jul 2018 – 13 Feb 2020
Committee memberships
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill 17 Apr 2024 – 24 Apr 2024
- Committee on Standards 9 Sep 2015 – 28 Oct 2015
- Committee on Standards 7 Jan 2013 – 30 Mar 2015
- Committee of Privileges 7 Jan 2013 – 30 Mar 2015
- Standards and Privileges 26 Jul 2010 – 7 Jan 2013
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee 11 Dec 2006 – 6 May 2010
Previous seats
- Torridge and West Devon · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Torridge and West Devon · Elected 1 time 5 May 2005 – 6 May 2010
Elections contested
- Torridge and West Devon 7 Jun 2001
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 4719
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
First Floor, Lockyer House, Paddons Row, Tavistock, PL19 0HF
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sir Geoffrey Cox, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sir Geoffrey Cox?
Sir Geoffrey Cox is a Member of Parliament representing Torridge and Tavistock in the House of Commons. See Sir Geoffrey Cox's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sir Geoffrey Cox represent?
Sir Geoffrey Cox sits as Conservative. See Sir Geoffrey Cox's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sir Geoffrey Cox represent?
Sir Geoffrey Cox is the Member of Parliament for Torridge and Tavistock. See Sir Geoffrey Cox's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sir Geoffrey Cox been an MP?
Sir Geoffrey Cox has served in the House of Commons for 21 years, 2 months. See Sir Geoffrey Cox's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sir Geoffrey Cox?
Sir Geoffrey Cox has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Geoffrey Cox's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.