UK Parliament · member 5074
Mr Paul Foster MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Mr Paul Foster, 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
- Rugby Football League (RFL) - £645.60 — £646 (registered 10 June 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Albania between 13 February 2026 and 18 February 2026 (registered 3 March 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Preston (registered 22 July 2024)
Shareholdings
- Shares in PFPM (Preston) Ltd (registered 24 July 2024)
- Shares in Project Furnishings Management Ltd (Dormant) (registered 23 July 2024)
- Shares in NWSD Professional Services Ltd (registered 23 July 2024)
Miscellaneous
- Director, Trustee and Chair of Home Safe Veterans & Homeless Support Ltd. This entity was awarded charitable status on 26 March 2026. This role is unpaid. (registered 30 July 2024)
- Unpaid director of WT IP Ltd. (registered 24 July 2024)
- Unpaid Director of NWSD Professional Services Ltd. (registered 24 July 2024)
- Unpaid Directorship of Project Furnishings Management Ltd. (registered 23 July 2024)
- A 10% shareholding in WT IP Ltd. The shareholding is below the threshold for registration. (registered 23 July 2024)
- Unpaid Director of PFPM Preston Ltd (registered 22 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 470 recorded divisions where Mr Paul Foster and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Mr Paul Foster voted the same way as most voting Labour members 463 times (98.5%).
This compares Mr Paul Foster 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: £10,618 across 51 claim lines; 2024-25: £194,794 across 103 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 50 | £8,485 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 1 | £2,133 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £133,514 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 81 | £23,593 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 14 | £22,896 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £8,295 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 3 | £6,495 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 December 2024 | Accommodation · Council tax | BRENT COUNCIL | £996 | Paid |
| 31 July 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — TESCO STORES 2804 | £100 | Paid |
| 9 October 2024 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Start up budget - 2 solid fire doors were added and infills above the doors - see additional information for reasoning | £942 | Paid |
| 11 June 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Business cards for staff | £94 | Paid |
| 7 August 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Elecricity | £93 | Paid |
| 3 October 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Energy and utilities for office | £86 | Paid |
| 4 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Notebook and Printer paper for office | £9 | Paid |
| 21 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £8 | Paid |
| 21 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £7 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £6,976 | Paid |
| 14 October 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | HPI INSTANT INK UK | £68 | Paid |
| 14 September 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — HPI INSTANT INK UK | £68 | Paid |
| 15 August 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | HPI INSTANT INK UK | £68 | Paid |
| 14 July 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | HPI INSTANT INK UK | £68 | Paid |
| 19 June 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | HPI INSTANT INK UK | £68 | 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.