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Member of Parliament

David Taylor

Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead

At a glanceDavid Taylor is a Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 480 votes in Commons divisions (83% attendance), tabled 101 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.

Votes cast480
Attendance83%
Voted Aye242
Voted No238
Voted with party100%
Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; David Taylor did not vote in 95. 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
David Taylor is the Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Current roles3 held
Voting recordlatest 15 shown
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 Aye
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 Aye
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 Aye
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 Aye

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Register of financial interests3 entries

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Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
  • The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £3,900.00 (registered 25 Mar 2026)
Visits outside the UK1
  • International visit to Japan between 09 October 2025 and 19 October 2025 (registered 13 Nov 2025)
Miscellaneous1
  • Vice Chair, Labour Campaign for International Development. This is an unpaid role. (registered 19 Jul 2024)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions101 tabled
Post Offices: Closures 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of convenience store closures on access to essential services, including Post Office provision, in (a) towns and (b)

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .

Post Offices: Closures 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support is available to local small businesses seeking to take on Post Office services in areas where branches are closing.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .

Post Offices: Closures 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of Post Office services in communities affected by the closure of franchised branches located within retail premises.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .

Family Hubs: Finance 29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the Best Start Family Hub allocation broken down by (a) local authority and (a) resource and capital figures in each year of its operation.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.

Russia: Ukraine 28 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of duty of care arrangements for civilian participants in non-violent resistance programmes in Russian-occupied Ukrain

Awaiting an answer from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Sudan: Sexual Offences 21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard women and children at risk of sexual violence in Sudan.

Answer · 29 Apr 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the statement provided to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February after her visit to the Sudan-Chad border, in which she outlined our work to tackle the atrocious levels of sexual violence in Sudan, including the announc...

Darfur: Humanitarian Aid 21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to maintain the flow of aid from Chad to Darfur.

Answer · 28 Apr 2026

The UK has played a direct role in delivering aid supplies to Sudan via Chad. In March, in partnership with UNICEF, the UK airlifted 84,000kg of water and sanitation supplies to Sudan to support 300,000 people in Darfur. This critical aid is addressing se...

Fuels: Theft 14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of poor HGV facilities on the incidence of fuel theft from commercial vehicles; and what steps she is taking to protect UK hauliers and national s

Answer · 22 Apr 2026

Fuel theft undermines businesses and their workers. We are equipping the police to fight the organised crime gangs which can drive this theft nationally. Our £5m investment into OPAL, (the police national intelligence unit who focus on serious organised a...

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Speeches in the chamber105 on record

30 Jun 2026   Defence Investment Plan

As the UK trade envoy to Japan, I strongly welcome the £8.6 billion for the GCAP and Tempest project. Does the Secretary of State agree that this is a clear vote of confidence that will enable project partners in our country, Japan and Ita…

22 Jun 2026   UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence

The hon. Member rightly mentioned Russia and China. Does he agree that Iran also poses a massive threat, is interfering in our democracy and is behind some antisemitic attacks and the spreading of some antisemitic conspiracy theories?

22 Jun 2026   UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence

I will not, unless the hon. Member wants to apologise for some of his remarks. Where do we even begin with some of the things that we have heard in the Chamber in recent years? In relation to the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, one Member…

22 Jun 2026   UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence

I will begin, as many have, by associating myself with the remarks of the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont). In the interests of time, I will skip over the many things on which I agreed with him and talk abou…

11 Jun 2026   Legacy of Jo Cox

I want to put on record my appreciation for the incredible work that Jo did for the people of Syria, and for the incredible work that the Minister and the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) did after she was murde…

20 May 2026   Defence Readiness

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Wetherby and Easingwold (Sir Alec Shelbrooke), who I know is a vocal champion of tackling antisemitism, which I will focus on in my remarks. In Tower Hamlets last week, a young man wa…

20 Apr 2026   Antisemitic Attacks

This is not a series of isolated crimes; this is a pattern of frequent and repeated targeting of Jewish sites and communities across London, designed to intimidate and make people feel unsafe in their daily lives. If foreign-linked actors …

4 Mar 2026   Points of Order

indicated assent.

4 Mar 2026   Points of Order

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to clarify the record in response to the point of order raised by the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Dr Chowns) on Monday, following the statement on Iran, in which she claimed that t…

2 Mar 2026   Middle East

It has been heartening to see the scenes of jubilation from Iranians, from Syrians and from British Iranians in this country at the death of the evil ayatollah. They hope that it will enable them ultimately to finally gain their freedom fr…

25 Feb 2026   Ukraine

The Minister noted the absence of Reform from this debate. I also note the absence of the Green party. Perhaps they are too busy spreading sectarian hate up in Gorton and Denton, or undermining NATO at every corner. Does he agree?

25 Feb 2026   Ukraine

It is an honour to speak in this debate, and I associate myself with the remarks of everyone who has spoken in the Chamber so far, not least in making the point that there continues to be cross-party agreement for resolute support behind U…

25 Feb 2026   Post Office Green Paper

I welcome the Minister’s statement, in which he referred to post offices being multi-carrier parcel hubs. One such carrier is Evri, and I visited its depot in my constituency of Hemel Hempstead last week with the GMB London region rep Dann…

3 Feb 2026   Iran

I wish to associate myself with the remarks that have been made by a number of Members, particularly those of my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Walton (Dan Carden). I continue to advocate for ways in which the west can degrade the ab…

2 Feb 2026   China and Japan

On behalf of the all-party parliamentary group on Japan, may I say arigato gozaimasu to the Prime Minister for his visit? I hope that he had a sugoi time. I think that all of us in the House are proud of the global combat air programme,…

20 Jan 2026   Official Development Assistance

I hate to disagree with the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell), who I respect greatly, but in an era when we have less money I wonder whether we should focus on reaching the poorest people the most. There are othe…

19 Jan 2026   Iran: Protests

The Trump Administration initially indicated that they would protect protesters when they came out, which they have done in droves, but, as many Members have indicated, thousands upon thousands of them have now been killed. We worry about …

14 Jan 2026   Ukraine

I hope that if that money is unlocked, we look at ways to compensate for the money that is going into Ukraine by freeing up money that might be able to go to other conflicts around the world, where we have sadly made some reductions due to…

14 Jan 2026   Ukraine

I think we know who Putin’s friends are, and that is a matter of public record. I completely agree, and if I had had time during my question on the Iran statement yesterday, I would have spoken about the role that Iran is playing in Ukrain…

14 Jan 2026   Ukraine

I shall try to follow your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let me begin by paying tribute to what Members have said already, and also to the fact that a number of Members in all parties have contributed in many different ways in trying to…

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

Full parliamentary career1 past post

Committee memberships

  • Crime and Policing Bill 20 Mar 2025 – 13 May 2025

Source: parliamentary career on parliament.uk.

Expenses£32,251 · 2025/26
Accommodation£19,220
Office Costs£12,256
Miscellaneous£775

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about David Taylor, answered from official Parliament data.

Who is David Taylor?

David Taylor is a Member of Parliament representing Hemel Hempstead in the House of Commons. See David Taylor's official Parliament profile.

Which party does David Taylor represent?

David Taylor sits as Labour. See David Taylor's official Parliament profile.

Which constituency does David Taylor represent?

David Taylor is the Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead. See David Taylor's official Parliament profile.

How long has David Taylor been an MP?

David Taylor has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See David Taylor's official Parliament profile.

What registered interests are listed for David Taylor?

David Taylor has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See David Taylor's official Parliament profile.

Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.