About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (John Whittingdale) represents you, and all of the people who live in Maldon, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Ceidwadwyr MP ar gyfer Maldon

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 9 Ebrill 1992 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Maldon and East Chelmsford; Colchester South and Maldon

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @jwhittingdale
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

John Whittingdale campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Trade and Industry
• Culture Media and Sport
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Health
• BBC
• LNM Holdings
• Unlicensed Broadcasting
• Icelandic Trawlermen (Compensation)
• Correspondence

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 21 Hyd 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (19 Gor 2024 to 6 Tach 2024)
• Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee ( 1 Mai 2024 to 8 Mai 2024)
• Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (21 Chw 2024 to 28 Chw 2024)
• Member, Media Bill Committee (29 Tach 2023 to 12 Rha 2023)
• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 9 Mai 2023 to 23 Mai 2023)
• The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( 9 Mai 2023 to 20 Rha 2023)
• Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) ( 9 Mai 2023 to 20 Rha 2023)
• Minister of State (13 Chw 2020 to 16 Med 2021)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Med 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ( 8 Mai 2015 to 14 Gor 2016)
• Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) ( 8 Med 2011 to 12 Maw 2012)
• Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) ( 8 Med 2011 to 12 Maw 2012)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Gor 2011 to 8 Med 2011)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative 1922 Committee ( 1 Gor 2008 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (11 Gor 2005 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Gor 2005 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ( 1 Gor 2004 to 5 Mai 2005)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 1 Tach 2003 to 1 Gor 2004)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (23 Gor 2002 to 15 Tach 2003)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry) (18 Med 2001 to 23 Gor 2002)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee (16 Gor 2001 to 29 Hyd 2001)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) ( 1 Meh 1998 to 1 Meh 1999)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Meh 1997 to 1 Meh 1998)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 5 Gor 1993 to 21 Maw 1997)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (27 Ebr 1992 to 21 Maw 1997)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Wakeham
• Alastair Harrison
• Tom Driberg
• Edward Ruggles-Brise
• Valentine Crittall
• Edward Ruggles-Brise
• James Flannery
• Thomas Bethell
• Charles Strutt
• Joseph Dodd
• Charles Gray
• Albert Kitching
• George Courtauld
• George Sandford
• Edward Bentall
• George Sandford
• Ralph Earle
• Thomas Western
• George Sandford
• Thomas Western
• John Moore
• George Sandford
• Taverner Miller
• Charles Du Cane
• Thomas Barrett-Lennard
• David Waddington
• John Round
• Quintin Dick
• John Round
• Quintin Dick
• Thomas Barrett-Lennard
• Quintin Dick
• Hugh Dick
• George Allanson-Winn
• Joseph Western
• Benjamin Gaskell
• Joseph Western
• Benjamin Gaskell
• Joseph Western
• Benjamin Gaskell
• Joseph Western
• Charles Western
• Benjamin Gaskell
• Joseph Western

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Media Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Communications Bill Committee (25 out of 25)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Nuclear Power: Investment 10 Jun 2025

  The Secretary of State will be aware that it was originally proposed to build a third nuclear power station, based on a Chinese design, at Bradwell-on-Sea in my constituency. Is a third station—it will not be Chinese—at Bradwell still a possibility, or could it be allocated an SMR?

• Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]: Before Clause 138 - Requirement to make provision in relation to transparency of copyrighted works used in relation to AI models 22 May 2025

  I have to say that I am slightly surprised that no Labour Back Bencher is willing to speak in support of the Government’s position, but it means that I have more time to speak than I had initially thought would be the case. I will not repeat the arguments that we have had in the lengthy debates on these measures that have already taken place, but I want to make one or two points. In his...

• Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]: Before Clause 138 - Requirement to make provision in relation to transparency of copyrighted works used in relation to AI models 22 May 2025

  Well, the ministerial foreword to the consultation paper suggests there was uncertainty, and that has consistently been one of the reasons why the Government have said they need to carry out all these consultations. Even if the law is clear, as the Secretary of State suggests—personally, I believe it is clear—the important thing is that it can only be enforced if those who have their...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar John Whittingdale

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