Member of Parliament

Andrew Griffith

Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs

Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade

At a glanceAndrew Griffith is a Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade. They have cast 360 votes in Commons divisions (63% attendance), tabled 656 written questions and registered 15 financial interests.

Votes cast360

Attendance63%

Voted Aye162

Voted No198

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Andrew Griffith did not vote in 215. 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

Andrew Griffith is the Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.
He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade.

Current roles3 held

Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade Opposition post · Department for Business and Trade since 5 Nov 2024
Arundel and South Downs Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019

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

Bradley Thomas Conservative 100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
Rebecca Harris Conservative 100.0% · 342 of 342 shared votes
Lewis Cocking Conservative 100.0% · 342 of 342 shared votes
Edward Argar Conservative 100.0% · 339 of 339 shared votes
Greg Smith Conservative 100.0% · 336 of 336 shared votes

Votes least like

Bambos Charalambous Labour 0.0% · 0 of 277 shared votes
Torsten Bell Labour 0.0% · 0 of 261 shared votes
Fabian Hamilton Labour 0.0% · 0 of 198 shared votes
Emily Thornberry Labour 0.0% · 0 of 194 shared votes
Pat McFadden Labour 0.0% · 0 of 150 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.

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1

Non-recurring podcast guest - The Rigby Foundation (registered 30 Mar 2026)

Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments1

Payment received on 27 March 2026 - £1,000.00 (registered 31 Mar 2026)

Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP3

James Mellon - £5,000.00 (registered 6 Jan 2026)
RCL Partners Ltd - £5,000.00 (registered 9 Dec 2025)
J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd - £25,000.00 (registered 16 Nov 2025)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3

Lloyds Banking Group plc - £919.50 (registered 27 May 2026)
The Henry Jackson Society - £349.91 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
Charles Lewington - £750.00 (registered 14 Jul 2025)

Visits outside the UK2

International visit to Switzerland between 30 March 2026 and 04 April 2026 (registered 5 May 2026)
International visit to Taiwan between 27 September 2025 and 03 October 2025 (registered 14 Oct 2025)

Land and property (within or outside the UK)3

Residential in Chichester District (registered 10 Oct 2022)
Residential in Cornwall (registered 10 Jan 2020)
Residential in London (registered 10 Jan 2020)

Miscellaneous2

In recognition of my previous 20 years' service, Sky Subscriber Services Ltd has provided me with an open-ended subscription to Sky television and telecommunication packages. Annual value for 2022-2023, approx. £500. (registered 10 Jan 2020)
Member of Wilton Park Advisory Council, a not-for-profit executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which organises events that bring together leading representatives from politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and the media. This is an unpaid role. (registered 6 Jul 2020)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions656 tabled

Members: Correspondence 9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters of 7 May 2026 and 10 June 2025 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

Answer · 15 Jul 2026

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Correspondence 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the letter of 2 June 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

Answer · 14 Jul 2026

The department apologises for the delay in responding to the Hon. Member on this occasion. A full response was sent on 10 July.

Financial Ombudsman Service: Correspondence 7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Interim Chief Executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service plans to respond to the letters of 29th April 2026 and 10th June 2026 in relation to a constituent.

Answer · 13 Jul 2026

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is an independent, non-government body, and is best placed to respond to this question. The FOS will reach out to the Honourable Member to address this.

Members: Correspondence 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister of State for Rail plans to respond to the letters of (a) 23 April and (b) 3 June from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

Answer · 10 Jul 2026

A response was sent on 01 July 2026.

Redundancy 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many advance notifications of redundancy were received by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service in each financial year from 2019-20 to 2025-26 by (a) 20 to 50 proposed redundancies,

Answer · 18 Jun 2026

Please see ‘advanced notifications of redundancy’ received by the Redundancy Payments Service for the requested Period.Financial Year / Advance Notice of Redundancy20-50 51-100 101-250 250+ 2019-20202,1747774201532020-20216,9892,1278663582021-20221,74...

Project Gigabit: Arundel and South Downs 11 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many premises in Arundel and South Downs constituency were included in the original Project Gigabit contract awarded to CityFibre for East and West Sussex; and how many premises are

Answer · 16 Jun 2026

Approximately 6,490 premises in the Arundel and South Downs constituency were included in the initial scope of the Project Gigabit contract for East and West Sussex, which is being delivered by CityFibre.Building Digital UK (BDUK) and CityFibre have since...

Trade Agreements: United Arab Emirates 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the UAE.

Answer · 16 Jun 2026

The UK concluded a Free Trade Agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on 20 May, which will strengthen trade and investment ties with all six member states.The UK’s focus is working with the UAE and GCC towards signature and entry into force of ...

Trade Agreements: Mercosur 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Mercosur.

Answer · 16 Jun 2026

Mercosur countries are important partners for the UK. We are committed to strengthening our bilateral trading relationships to remove barriers to trade and help grow UK exports, which is why I visited Brazil soon after I took up post in 2025, where I sign...

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Speeches in the chamber1,263 on record

16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation

I welcome the moratorium on, and potential saving of, West Sussex, in response to my opposition and that of thousands of residents who did not want our historic county cleaved in two. Now that he has acknowledged that the proposal from the…

14 Jul 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

I am grateful to their lordships for their work on the Bill. We support the amendments before the House. Let me be plain from the outset: our objection has never been to steelmaking, or to the men and women who make steel; it is to a Go…

14 Jul 2026 UK-Switzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement

Or deviate!

14 Jul 2026 UK-Switzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement

Your legacy!

14 Jul 2026 UK-Switzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement

I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. We Conservatives warmly welcome this excellent agreement and congratulate the Ministers and officials who delivered it. I was pleased, when I was the City Minister, to have been p…

2 Jul 2026 Advanced Manufacturing

This week, our hard-pressed automotive industry has sounded the alarm: under the zero emission vehicle rules, British car makers are being fined for making precisely the type of cars people want to buy. That is costing them £5 billion a ye…

2 Jul 2026 Employment Rights Act 2025

Today, we Conservatives have launched a campaign to save the summer job. Employment rights do not help young people if they cannot get a first experience of work, and they are trapped in a Catch-22 situation of needing experience to get wo…

25 Jun 2026 Steel Trade Measure

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know that in a former life, the Minister was punctilious about standards in this House, so I seek your advice as to how he may correct the record. He referred to a letter that I believe he said …

25 Jun 2026 Steel Trade Measure

I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. We welcome the partial U-turns that have been announced, the engagement there has been and the reflection, even at this very late hour, that the original proposals from the Govern…

24 Jun 2026 Support for rural areas, farming, country sports and the equestrian sector

I rise to present a petition from residents in my constituency of Arundel and South Downs in West Sussex. Hundreds of signatures have been gathered from local residents who see at first hand what feels like a constant attack on our country…

23 Jun 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026

There was a time not so long ago when we had a Government who said that they were obsessed with growth—that it was their core, underlying mission. Casting my mind back to that moment makes me feel old, but my goodness, what a long way we h…

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. It is also always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Halifax. She is the second Minister in her role in this Government, and I sincerely hope that we are not due a third. I…

17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs

I thank the Minister for that statement. Aerospace, the automotive sector, Formula 1, the construction sector, and manufacturing businesses that use steel, which employ 300,000 people, are all being impacted by Labour’s botched tariffs.…

17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on steel tariffs.

4 Jun 2026 High Street Businesses: Government Support

What a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell, and to make common cause with so many hon. Members. Our passion for our high streets—something we share, as proud representatives of our constituents—has come through in al…