UK Parliament · member 5323
Matt Bishop MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Matt Bishop, 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.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Gibraltar between 08 September 2025 and 10 September 2025 (registered 15 September 2025)
Miscellaneous
- Honorary Member of Daffodil Court Residents Association, Newent. This is an unpaid role. (registered 9 June 2026)
- Committee Member for NARPO - Gwent Police Branch. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 May 2026)
- Director of PATA Nurseries. This is an unpaid role. (registered 11 February 2026)
- Trustee of Harry's Pals charity. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 November 2025)
- Trustee of Earlybirds Playgroup. This is an unpaid role. (registered 10 July 2024)
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 310 recorded divisions where Matt Bishop and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Matt Bishop voted the same way as most voting Labour members 309 times (99.7%).
This compares Matt Bishop 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: £17,474 across 69 claim lines; 2024-25: £157,583 across 215 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 60 | £12,627 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 7 | £4,247 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 2 | £600 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £96,826 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 175 | £29,939 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 21 | £22,162 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £5,027 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 10 | £3,198 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 2 | £431 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Hotel - London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £975 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year | £93,826 | Paid |
| 2 December 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | GMCA PARKING SERVICES | £930 | Paid |
| 16 July 2025 | Office Costs · Hospitality | [***] | £92 | Paid |
| 23 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XMA October 2024 | £90 | Paid |
| 28 August 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner September 2024 | £10 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £9 | Paid |
| 13 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 1 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 27 August 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | PIXARTPRINTING | £89 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £88 | Paid |
| 23 February 2026 | Accommodation · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet — Broadband | £85 | Paid |
| 12 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XMA October 2024 | £826 | Paid |
| 20 October 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2025 | £83 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £83 | 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.
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.