About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Richard Holden) represents you, and all of the people who live in Basildon and Billericay, 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 Basildon and Billericay

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 13 Rhagfyr 2019 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented North West Durham

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Cabinet Office
• Treasury
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
• Civil Service: Equality
• Armed Forces: Equality
• Civil Servants: Pay
• Cabinet Office: Staff

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 8 Tach 2024)
• Shadow Paymaster General (since 8 Tach 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] Committee (13 Mai 2025 to 15 Mai 2025)
• Member, Procedure Committee (28 Hyd 2024 to 30 Meh 2025)
• Minister without Portfolio (13 Tach 2023 to 5 Gor 2024)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Ion 2023 to 17 Ion 2023)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (28 Hyd 2022 to 13 Tach 2023)
• Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee ( 4 Hyd 2022 to 18 Hyd 2022)
• Member, Online Safety Bill Committee (18 Mai 2022 to 28 Meh 2022)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Ion 2022 to 12 Ion 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Rha 2021 to 11 Ion 2022)
• Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee ( 8 Rha 2021 to 15 Rha 2021)
• Member, Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee ( 7 Med 2021 to 22 Med 2021)
• Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (25 Chw 2021 to 14 Ebr 2021)
• Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (22 Chw 2021 to 22 Chw 2021)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 15 Maw 2022)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Baron

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Online Safety Bill Committee (11 out of 17)
• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Armed Forces Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  The hon. Gentleman says that the last Labour Government left the country in a fantastic state. As I have mentioned before, they left behind a massive deficit and unemployment higher than when they took office. Does he not understand that a deficit of over 10% of GDP was an horrific legacy to leave in peacetime? Also, unemployment being higher was a betrayal of the people the Labour party is...

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  The damage that this Labour Government have dealt to our economy is a real kick in the teeth for all those who voted for them last year—and for those who did not vote for them, but who wished them well and believed their words at the general election. Time and again, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond and Northallerton (Rishi Sunak), and many others on this side of the House,...

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  I give way to the hon. Gentleman on raising taxes on hospices.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Richard Holden

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