UK Parliament · member 4813
Rt Hon Richard Holden MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Member for this seat since
- 12 December 2019
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Mr Richard Holden, 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
- London Marathon Events Ltd - £350.00 (registered 13 May 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Kenya between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 8 June 2026)
- International visit to Zambia between 12 April 2026 and 17 April 2026 (registered 18 May 2026)
- International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 (registered 18 May 2026)
- International visit to Ukraine between 20 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 (registered 18 March 2026)
Miscellaneous
- Executive Committee Member of the British-American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role. (registered 9 January 2025)
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 381 recorded divisions where Mr Richard Holden and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Mr Richard Holden voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 381 times (100.0%).
This compares Mr Richard Holden 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: £16,607 across 62 claim lines; 2024-25: £336,893 across 154 claim lines; 2023-24: £248,768 across 103 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 52 | £12,009 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 9 | £2,478 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £2,119 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 3 | £234,964 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 91 | £40,088 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 6 | £32,309 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 40 | £22,688 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 10 | £4,124 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £2,720 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £183,055 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 76 | £27,918 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 12 | £23,452 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 9 | £8,298 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £6,045 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 January 2023 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — E.ON NEXT ENERGY LTD | £1,000 | Paid |
| 21 September 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 24 August 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 20 September 2023 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 23 August 2023 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 20 September 2022 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 23 August 2022 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 20 September 2021 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA[***] | £100 | Paid |
| 23 August 2021 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 11 March 2020 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2020 | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2021 | MP Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2020-21 | £98 | Paid |
| 19 March 2021 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — EDF ENERGY-ECOM | £97 | Paid |
| 26 May 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £968 | Paid |
| 2 February 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMAZON.CO.UK [***] | £95 | Paid |
| 26 September 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMAZON [***] | £95 | 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.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
88 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Transport. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
| Date | Met | Purpose, as recorded | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 October 2023 | Freight Council | Roundtable with members of the freight industry with the purpose to discuss freight | Department for Transport |
| 24 October 2023 | Motorists Forum | Roundtable of members of the motoring industry to discuss Network North | Department for Transport |
| 24 October 2023 | Wesley Bateson, Roadtrace | Meeting to discuss safe roads | Department for Transport |
| 23 October 2023 | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 23 October 2023 | Liverpool City Region Combined Authoity | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 23 October 2023 | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 22 October 2023 | Graham Vidler, Confederation of Passenger Transport | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 22 October 2023 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 22 October 2023 | West Midlands Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 22 October 2023 | East Midlands Combined County Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 22 October 2023 | Tees Valley Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss Network North and regional funding | Department for Transport |
| 18 October 2023 | Claire Reynolds | Meeting to discuss Sharlotte's Law | Department for Transport |
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
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.