UK Parliament · member 39
Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Member for this seat since
- 9 April 1992
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sir John Whittingdale, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Betting & Gaming Council - £1,920.00 (registered 2 July 2026)
- BPI (British Recorded Music) Ltd - £3,430.00 (registered 4 March 2026)
- NBC Universal International - £4,400.00 (registered 3 March 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 9 June 2026)
- International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025 (registered 18 December 2025)
Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK
- Embassy of the State of Qatar - £1,200.00 (registered 5 August 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Residential in London (registered 8 October 2012)
Miscellaneous
- A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid position. (registered 29 November 2025)
- Member of the Board of the Conservative Party. This is an unpaid position. (registered 29 November 2025)
Family members engaged in third-party lobbying
- Alice Whittingdale employed as Lobbyist (registered 7 August 2023)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 346 recorded divisions where Sir John Whittingdale and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 346 times (100.0%).
This compares Sir John Whittingdale with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £9,690 across 70 claim lines; 2024-25: £244,125 across 103 claim lines; 2023-24: £228,353 across 116 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 70 | £9,690 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £200,835 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 12 | £29,290 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 77 | £9,586 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 6 | £3,434 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 4 | £981 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 3 | £179,501 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 12 | £26,840 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 93 | £16,705 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 3 | £3,685 |
| 2023-24 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £912 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 4 | £711 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — September Banner invoice for stationery | £997 | Paid |
| 12 March 2024 | Office Costs · Website hosting and design | Hosting and admin of www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk | £995 | Paid |
| 21 March 2023 | Office Costs · Website hosting and design | Hosting and maintenance: www.john whittingdale.org.uk | £994 | Paid |
| 5 June 2015 | Office Costs · Furniture Purchase | Office Costs: May/June — Computer Desk | £100 | Paid |
| 21 August 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — Computer set up and drive | £100 | Paid |
| 13 September 2018 | Office Costs · Other Equip Purchase | Office Costs: September 2018 — Dixons: Charger and Cable | £100 | Paid |
| 18 February 2016 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — Cartridge(s) | £100 | Paid |
| 9 January 2020 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — Coffee Machine for office | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2016 | Staffing · Payroll | Total payroll costs for the 2015-16 year — Total payroll costs for the 2015-16 year | £98,946 | Paid |
| 24 November 2025 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | Stamps | £98 | Paid |
| 22 June 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Office Costs June/July — Vodafone Mobile: May - Jun | £98 | Paid |
| 16 July 2019 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone Bill May/June 2019 | £97 | Paid |
| 30 November 2016 | Office Costs · Computer HW Purchase | CCharge: Nov/Computer — SPECIALIST COMPUTER CE | £963 | Paid |
| 10 January 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2023 | £97 | Paid |
| 7 February 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2022 | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
322 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (2017 to 2023). The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.