UK Parliament · member 4942
Richard Foord MP
- Party
- Liberal Democrat — Liberal Democrats
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Member for this seat since
- 23 June 2022
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Richard Foord, 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.
Miscellaneous
- A member of the Advisory Council for the Council on Geostrategy, an independent non-profit organisation that generates new geostrategic thinking for a more competitive age. This is an unpaid role. (registered 9 June 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 332 recorded divisions where Richard Foord and at least one other Liberal Democrat member were recorded voting, Richard Foord voted the same way as most voting Liberal Democrat members 330 times (99.4%).
This compares Richard Foord 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: £8,929 across 30 claim lines; 2024-25: £301,313 across 100 claim lines; 2023-24: £296,813 across 185 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 3 | £4,979 |
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 27 | £3,951 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 5 | £229,531 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 20 | £32,822 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 58 | £31,273 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 6 | £4,676 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 10 | £2,673 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £338 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 4 | £225,659 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 108 | £38,003 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 57 | £22,349 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 3 | £5,590 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 12 | £5,028 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £184 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January 2026 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2026 | £100 | Paid |
| 20 February 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200010137-3913] | £961 | Paid |
| 29 April 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner May 2024 | £96 | Paid |
| 29 April 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner May 2024 | £96 | Paid |
| 29 April 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner May 2024 | £96 | Paid |
| 5 January 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2023 | £96 | Paid |
| 5 January 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2023 | £96 | Paid |
| 5 January 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2023 | £96 | Paid |
| 8 March 2023 | Office Costs · Rent | [***] 16/12/22 to 31/3/23 | £947 | Paid |
| 24 February 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner April 2023 | £95 | Paid |
| 17 January 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2023 | £95 | Paid |
| 13 September 2022 | Office Costs · Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | £900 | Paid |
| 9 December 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner January 2023 | £91 | Paid |
| 16 February 2024 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £90 | Paid |
| 16 February 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner April 2023 | £90 | 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.