Portrait of Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Member of Parliament

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative MP for North Cotswolds

At a glanceSir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown is a Conservative MP for North Cotswolds, and has represented the seat for 34 years, 3 months. They have cast 377 votes in Commons divisions (66% attendance), tabled 185 written questions and registered 9 financial interests.

Votes cast377
Attendance66%
Voted Aye179
Voted No198
Voted with party100%
Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown did not vote in 198. 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.

Biographyfrom Parliament
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown is the Conservative MP for North Cotswolds, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.
Current roles5 held
Voting recordlatest 15 shown
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots No
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 No
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 No
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 No
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 No
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 No
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 No
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 No
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 No
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 No

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

  • Alan Mak Conservative 100.0% · 330 of 330 shared votes
  • Jesse Norman Conservative 100.0% · 296 of 296 shared votes
  • Sir Roger Gale Conservative 100.0% · 281 of 281 shared votes
  • Wendy Morton Conservative 100.0% · 248 of 248 shared votes
  • George Freeman Conservative 100.0% · 244 of 244 shared votes

Votes least like

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Register of financial interests9 entries

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1
  • Partner - East Beckham partnership (registered 1 May 2015)
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1
  • Agreement - £15,000.00 (registered 1 May 2015)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
  • Jockey Club Racecourses Limited - £560.00 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
Visits outside the UK1
  • International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 (registered 26 Mar 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)2
  • Residential in London
  • Agricultural in Norfolk
Shareholdings1
  • Shares in Gresham Hall Glamping Ltd (registered 9 Jan 2023)
Miscellaneous2
  • Director of Gresham Hall Glamping Ltd (unremunerated). (registered 9 Jan 2023)
  • Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (unremunerated).

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions185 tabled
Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release 1 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Government's early release scheme, (a) which categories of serious offenders are eligible for release and (b) how many offenders convicted of rape and other serious violent or sexual offences have

Answer · 14 Jul 2026

First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with all victims of these appalling crimes. This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public ...

Countryside: Conservation 13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure public authorities are aware of and comply with Section 245 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

Answer · 19 May 2026

The Government has published guidance on the Protected Landscapes duty to ensure public bodies operating in these areas deliver better environmental outcomes working together with Protected Landscape organisations, and will consider what further support t...

Floods: Risk Assessment 13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to Lead Local Flood Authorities on the application of Section 245 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 when assessing Flood Ri

Answer · 26 May 2026

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (LURA) 2023 amended Section 85 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act to create a new duty for relevant authorities to ‘seek to further’ the statutory purposes of Protected Landscapes.In December 2024, the governmen...

Tofersen 8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure tofersen can be administered to MND patients under the early access programme.

Answer · 19 Jan 2026

Companies may put in place Early Access Programmes (EAPs) to allow early access to new medicines which have been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, but which do not yet have National Institute for Health and Care Excellen...

Tofersen 8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with SOD 1 MND are currently unable to access tofersen.

Answer · 19 Jan 2026

Companies may put in place Early Access Programmes (EAPs) to allow early access to new medicines which have been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, but which do not yet have National Institute for Health and Care Excellen...

Tourism: VAT 16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR has reviewed the Treasury’s 2020 forecast of the fiscal impact of extending the VAT RES to EU residents.

Answer · 22 Dec 2025

The OBR’s estimate is that the withdrawal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme will save the Exchequer around £540 million per year by 2025-26. The Government has also noted recent external data, which shows that tourism numbers and spending for the UK has r...

Tourism: VAT 16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has reviewed its 2020 forecast of the fiscal impact of extending the VAT RES to EU residents.

Answer · 22 Dec 2025

The OBR’s estimate is that the withdrawal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme will save the Exchequer around £540 million per year by 2025-26. The Government has also noted recent external data, which shows that tourism numbers and spending for the UK has r...

Parliamentary Estate: Repairs and Maintenance 16 Dec 2025 · Restoration and Renewal Client Board

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the budget is for the restoration and renewal of the parliamentary estate in the next financial year.

Answer · 12 Jan 2026

The funding for work related to Restoration and Renewal comes from several budgets.The majority of R&R funding is provided through the R&R Delivery Authority’s Main Estimate which is subject to various stages of parliamentary scrutiny and approval...

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Early day motions17 tabled
Speeches in the chamber2,055 on record

16 Jul 2026   Local Government Reorganisation

If we had to have change, I thank the Secretary of State for listening to the vast majority of people Gloucestershire and coming up with the best proposal that was on the table. However, my real worry about all this—we have done a lot of w…

2 Jul 2026   National Audit Office

I thank the Prime Minister very much for making this appointment. As Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and the appointments panel, I warmly welcome the motion to appoint Michael Jary CBE as the next chair of the National Audit Office.…

30 Jun 2026   Department for Work and Pensions

Will my hon. Friend give way?

30 Jun 2026   Defence Investment Plan

It would appear that this defence investment plan is unaffordable, but the Public Accounts Committee will be examining that. Deep in the plan is an old accountant’s trick: a vast efficiency savings figure of £10.7 billion. Does the plan r…

29 Jun 2026   Home Office and Ministry of Justice

This has been a constructive debate, and everybody has aired the themes that I raised throughout the debate. The Minister has outlined one or two areas where things are going a little better, namely perhaps a reduction in some of the Crown…

29 Jun 2026   Home Office and Ministry of Justice

The Minister is absolutely right: it is necessary to have confidence in our criminal justice system. Will she therefore answer the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Dr Mullan)? Will the Government be letting o…

29 Jun 2026   Home Office and Ministry of Justice

As my hon. Friend and the House will know, the reoffending rate is around 50%. Given the numbers he has just announced, it is inevitable that serious crimes will be committed. If the Government are committed to this policy, which I hope th…

29 Jun 2026   Home Office and Ministry of Justice

The hon. Member makes an interesting point, and the Government must consider in the round how they can give people useful training, work and leisure in prison, so that they come out with some skills. Where people go, how they are housed an…

29 Jun 2026   Home Office and Ministry of Justice

I thank the Backbench Business Committee, Mr Speaker, and yourself, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting the debate, and the Minister for being here—I hope she will find it useful. We often speak in this Chamber about defence spending, an…

24 Jun 2026   Farming Road Map and Profitability Review

I think I am right in saying that the document, which is 70 pages long, mentions profitability just twice. Without profitability, which involves a hard-hearted look at agricultural economics—outputs less inputs—it will be much more difficu…

15 Jun 2026   Defence Investment Plan

The House will be aware that we spend £333 billion a year on the Department for Work and Pensions. We spend less than a fifth of that on defence, at £62 billion. In his speech this morning, the Prime Minister talked about government being …

10 Jun 2026   Defence Investment Plan

The Minister will be aware that on Sunday we published a report—I have it here—that is highly critical of the delay in the defence investment plan. The most important duty of a Government is to defend the nation, as is stated in article 3 …

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

It may be pretty obvious to some, but it is not so obvious to others. To govern is to make difficult choices. In short, the Government are spending more than the country can afford, funded by ever-increasing amounts of debt. If we are s…

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. As someone who worked under my right hon. Friend for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) as a junior Opposition defence spokesman, I understand the value of overseas aid, and I particularly u…

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

If the hon. Gentleman is just a little patient, he will find that, two or three paragraphs down, I will address precisely that point. Currently, the defence budget for 2025-26 is £62.2 billion, which is a measly 18% of the welfare budge…

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

I do not think I could design a tax increase that was a bigger tax on jobs than the hike in national insurance. I totally agree with the hon. Lady, and I think it is tragic in particular for our young people trying to get into the world of…

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

Madam Deputy Speaker, I am grateful to catch your eye in this important King’s Speech debate. I follow other colleagues in congratulating the hon. Members for Bradford West (Naz Shah) and for Harlow (Chris Vince) on their amusing and well-…

22 Apr 2026   Pension Schemes

I thank the Minister for his statement, and for meeting me to discuss this issue. As he is aware, the Public Accounts Committee has held multiple sessions with Capita on the broader civil service pension scheme and the problems that scheme…

20 Apr 2026   Crime and Policing Bill

Lords amendment 11 relates to the police powers to crush vehicles, which are rarely used for fly-tipping. I remind my hon. Friend and the House that similar powers exist for hare coursing. Once one or two high-profile hare coursing cases h…

16 Mar 2026   Heating Oil Support

Although I thank the Minister for the limited amount of support that he has announced today, may I represent to him two of the most vulnerable groups in this regard: the very old and the very young? I ask him to consider them. I have elder…

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

Full parliamentary career25 past posts

Opposition posts

  • Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 27 Jul 2009 – 6 May 2010
  • Shadow Secretary of State for International Development · Department for International Development 2 Jul 2007 – 6 May 2010
  • Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 8 Dec 2005 – 2 Jul 2007
  • Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 10 May 2005 – 8 Dec 2005
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) · Department for Communities and Local Government 1 Dec 2001 – 1 Jul 2004
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1 Jan 2001 – 31 Jul 2001
  • Opposition Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 1 Jan 1999 – 1 Jan 2001

Committee memberships

Previous seats

  • The Cotswolds · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
  • Cotswold · Elected 3 times 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010
  • Cirencester and Tewkesbury · Elected 1 time 9 Apr 1992 – 1 May 1997

Source: parliamentary career on parliament.uk.

Expenses£16,823 · 2025/26
Office Costs£13,500
Accommodation£2,666
Staffing£657

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Frequently asked questions

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Who is Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown?

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown is a Member of Parliament representing North Cotswolds in the House of Commons. See Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown's official Parliament profile.

Which party does Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown represent?

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown sits as Conservative. See Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown's official Parliament profile.

Which constituency does Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown represent?

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown is the Member of Parliament for North Cotswolds. See Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown's official Parliament profile.

How long has Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown been an MP?

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has served in the House of Commons for 34 years, 3 months. See Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown's official Parliament profile.

What registered interests are listed for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown?

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has 9 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown's official Parliament profile.

Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.