Member of Parliament
Gareth Davies
Conservative MP for Grantham and Bourne
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
At a glanceGareth Davies is a Conservative MP for Grantham and Bourne, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Business and Trade). They have cast 373 votes in Commons divisions (65% attendance), tabled 268 written questions and registered 9 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Gareth Davies did not vote in 202. 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
He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Business and Trade).
Current roles
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) Opposition post · Department for Business and Trade since 22 Jul 2025
- Grantham and Bourne Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 362 of 362 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 358 of 358 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 352 of 352 shared votes
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Greg Smith
Conservative
100.0% · 351 of 351 shared votes
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Gareth Bacon
Conservative
100.0% · 350 of 350 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 298 shared votes
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Ms Julie Minns
Labour
0.9% · 3 of 327 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
0.9% · 3 of 326 shared votes
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Bambos Charalambous
Labour
1.0% · 3 of 293 shared votes
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
1.0% · 2 of 199 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
- Adviser - Investcorp Strategic Capital Partners (registered 22 Jun 2026)
- Writing a book - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. (registered 12 May 2026)
- Advisor - I Squared Capital Advisors LLP (registered 25 Mar 2026)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments1
- Payment received on 25 June 2026 - £3,795.00 (registered 2 Jul 2026)
Visits outside the UK2
- International visit to Germany between 09 June 2026 and 11 June 2026 (registered 15 Jun 2026)
- International visit to France between 15 January 2026 and 17 January 2026 (registered 3 Feb 2026)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Marlborough Street Ventures Ltd (registered 14 Jan 2026)
Miscellaneous2
- Unpaid directorship of Marlborough Street Ventures Ltd (registered 22 Jan 2026)
- Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School. This is an unpaid role. (registered 8 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Army: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5729, where infantry reserve basic training currently provided at Army Training Regiment Grantham will take place following the planned closure of Prince Wi
Answer · 17 Jun 2026
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5729, in which I confirmed that the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is delivering the development of a bespoke non-infantry basic training centre of excellence at Pirbright. This facility...
Armed Forces: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5729, where the new bespoke non-infantry basic training centre will be located; what the timeline is for its opening and expansion; what its expected capaci
Answer · 17 Jun 2026
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5729, in which I confirmed that the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is delivering the development of a bespoke non-infantry basic training centre of excellence at Pirbright. This facility...
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5727, (a) on what dates, (b) in what format, and (c) with which organisation the consultation with (i) local authorities and (ii) stakeholders on the closur
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Department has engaged closely and consistently with the relevant Local Authority regarding the allocation of the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks site within the Local Plan since the decision to dispose of the site was announced. In addition, tw...
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5724, whether the decision that Prince William of Gloucester Barracks is surplus to military requirement has been reviewed by Ministers since 2016.
Answer · 17 Jun 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 4 June 2026, to Question 5468. No alternative military requirement has been identified for Prince William of Gloucester Barracks. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/20...
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5722, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on personnel and their families of relocating the units currently based at Prince William of Glouc
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Department has engaged closely and consistently with the relevant Local Authority regarding the allocation of the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks site within the Local Plan since the decision to dispose of the site was announced. In addition, tw...
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5721, what assessment Joint Military Command Centre has made of the resilience capability that will be lost when Prince William of Gloucester Barracks is no
Answer · 17 Jun 2026
Contingency plans will be adjusted accordingly when the site is no longer available. Location of resilience sites is sensitive operational information and therefore cannot be disclosed.
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6104, if he will provide an aggregate estimate, or estimated range, of the total cost of relocating the units and training functions based at Prince William
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
As referenced in my previous answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6104, a comprehensive Value for Money assessment has been conducted to inform the current plan. This assessment includes detailed consideration of capital costs, moving costs, running costs, d...
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5729, if he will publish the Value for Money assessment.
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
While there are no plans to publish the assessments, I can confirm that the Value for Money (VfM) assessments considered all the reprovisions linked to the disposal of the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks (PWoG) and on this basis the VfM position of ...
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
Not right now, and I have already taken an intervention from the hon. Lady. Finally, and more broadly, we worry that the campaigners ultimately want this ban to become a gateway to a wider ban on trade with Israel. If that is the case, …
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I will make a little progress in the interests of time, because I know that Members will want to hear from the Minister. It is the official Opposition’s view that a proposed ban on the trade of Israeli settlement goods and services will br…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
We can be critical of our allies and we can be critical friends—of course we can—but what I am saying is that disengagement is not a solution to achieving what the House wants, which is peace in the middle east.
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
The hon. Lady is wrong to suggest that we are saying we should do nothing. If Members remember, it was a Conservative Foreign Secretary in 2024 who imposed sanctions on the settlements. The House has heard me say from this Dispatch Box tha…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I am very grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention. I will address the point that she raises later in my speech, but our shared aim across this House, which is peace in the region, cannot be achieved without Britain maintaining an endurin…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I thank Members from across the House for their contributions today, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) on securing this debate on trade—granted, of course, by the Backbench Business Committee. Be…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots For Statutory Trade Union Ballots
The Minister has sought to address my question about the responsible person, but can she see the logic that I am trying to deploy? Why can a trade union be designated a responsible person, but an independent scrutineer cannot? Does she see…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots For Statutory Trade Union Ballots
It is a great pleasure to serve on this Committee and, as always, to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. It is also a pleasure to see the Minister in her place. I thank her for the explanation that she offered of the Government’s intentions with…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
The whole point here is that businesses, the country and people need flexibility. The whole country runs on choice and flexibility, and if there are unnecessary restrictions that harm economic activity and prevent young people from enterin…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
The facts are there for all to see. As I was saying, it is vital that we support the business community, and that includes small businesses. So often the narrative is about large multinationals, but it is SMEs and small business owners who…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
Completely. There is even now a tax on the great British holiday, which impacts my hon. Friend’s constituency, Mr Speaker’s and many others. The overnight visitor levy, known as the holiday tax, threatens my hon. Friend’s area, just as it …
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I am very grateful to the hon. Member for making that point. As I was saying, it is not one particular policy that impacts this issue. As he points out, it is a combination of factors, particularly to do with geography in rural areas such …
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
Time and again, we in the Opposition try to make the point that it is not the result of any one particular policy; it is the overall environment. We do not, as a state or as a Government, create jobs; it is businesses that create jobs, and…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
Let me make some progress for the moment. It is clear that something is not working, as we have all been saying, so we have to try to understand and explain why that is the case. We should not need to point this out, but higher taxes an…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I will always agree on the need for financial literacy, but the point we are making today is that we believe in work—work as a route out of poverty, work as a way to increase the prosperity of this country—and we are highlighting the red t…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I give way to the hon. Member for Harlow.
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
Of course, that is exactly why the previous Conservative Government had such a huge focus on skills, training and vocational courses. My own constituency of Grantham and Stamford benefited at the time from much-needed funding to boost skil…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
That is exactly right. There is no point in pay being on an upwards trajectory, which we all support, if there are no jobs in the first place. Actually, under this Government, the record is clear that employment levels are in decline, not …
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I am always grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He clearly learned in his first job the importance of showing up and he certainly does every single day in this place, which I commend him for. I agree with him, and I will set out in detail what…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I beg to move, That this House regrets the combination of the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions, the impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025, and the regulations that make it more difficult for young people to get the…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 21 Apr 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
Opposition posts
- Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) · HM Treasury 6 Nov 2024 – 13 Jan 2026
- Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) · HM Treasury 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- Finance Bill 22 Jan 2025 – 30 Jan 2025
- Public Accounts Committee 6 Jun 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Finance (No.2) Bill 15 May 2024 – 21 May 2024
- Finance Bill 10 Jan 2024 – 16 Jan 2024
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 10 May 2023 – 18 May 2023
- Finance Committee (Commons) 2 Mar 2020 – 24 Jan 2023
- Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill 23 Nov 2022 – 30 Nov 2022
- Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations 20 Jun 2022 – 21 Nov 2022
- Treasury Committee 19 Oct 2021 – 21 Nov 2022
- Financial Services and Markets Bill 12 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022
- Down Syndrome Bill 19 Jan 2022 – 26 Jan 2022
- Health and Care Bill 7 Sep 2021 – 2 Nov 2021
- Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill 8 Jun 2021 – 15 Jun 2021
Previous seats
- Grantham and Stamford · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Leeds Central 8 Jun 2017
- Doncaster Central 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 4931
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Gareth Davies, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Gareth Davies?
Gareth Davies is a Member of Parliament representing Grantham and Bourne in the House of Commons. See Gareth Davies's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Gareth Davies represent?
Gareth Davies sits as Conservative. See Gareth Davies's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Gareth Davies represent?
Gareth Davies is the Member of Parliament for Grantham and Bourne. See Gareth Davies's official Parliament profile.
How long has Gareth Davies been an MP?
Gareth Davies has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Gareth Davies's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Gareth Davies?
Gareth Davies has 9 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Gareth Davies's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.