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Tuesday 6th January 2026 2:30 p.m.
John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)

Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
Subject: Government proposals for renewal of the BBC Charter
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Division Votes
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332
9 Dec 2025 - UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 100
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 325
10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 86 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 297
15 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 88 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 96
16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 103 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 195
16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 103 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 118 Noes - 340
17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 165


Speeches
John Whittingdale speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
John Whittingdale contributed 2 speeches (116 words)
Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
John Whittingdale speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
John Whittingdale contributed 1 speech (63 words)
Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
John Whittingdale speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
John Whittingdale contributed 2 speeches (72 words)
Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
John Whittingdale speeches from: Jimmy Lai Conviction
John Whittingdale contributed 1 speech (82 words)
Monday 15th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
John Whittingdale speeches from: Culture, Media and Sport
John Whittingdale contributed 1 speech (69 words)
Monday 1st December 2025 - Written Corrections
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport


Written Answers
Cyprus: Elections
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Monday 1st December 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether the recent presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was conducted in a free and fair manner.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' as an independent state.

We respect the right of the Turkish Cypriot community to choose their representatives in the UN-led settlement process, and we engage with Turkish Cypriot representatives under our non-recognition policy to support the UN-led settlement process. I will meet Mr Erhürman at the next informal UN-led talks to support momentum towards a just and lasting settlement. We followed his recent leadership election and are not aware of any evidence of irregularities.

Tufan Erhürman
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Monday 1st December 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to meet the newly elected President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' as an independent state.

We respect the right of the Turkish Cypriot community to choose their representatives in the UN-led settlement process, and we engage with Turkish Cypriot representatives under our non-recognition policy to support the UN-led settlement process. I will meet Mr Erhürman at the next informal UN-led talks to support momentum towards a just and lasting settlement. We followed his recent leadership election and are not aware of any evidence of irregularities.



MP Financial Interests
1st December 2025
John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
8. Miscellaneous
A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid position.
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1st December 2025
John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Board of the Conservative Party. This is an unpaid position.
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15 Dec 2025, 6:49 p.m. - House of Commons
" So John Whittingdale. >> Jemmy Lai's so-called crime was simply being a journalist, expressing his views. As the Foreign Secretary has said. He is "
Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP (Maldon, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 11:58 a.m. - House of Commons
" Sir John Whittingdale number "
Q9. What steps his Department is taking to tackle the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation. (906934) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Dec 2025, 12:34 p.m. - House of Commons
" Sir John Whittingdale. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. >> Jimmy Lai is 79 and is a British citizen. He has already been in "
Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP (Maldon, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
War in Ukraine
75 speeches (25,014 words)
Thursday 4th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale)? - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Q468 Sir John Whittingdale: I wish to move on to another issue.

Tuesday 16th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Jackie Edwards, Pact, and Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-Demand Services (COBA)

Children's tv and video content - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: that Oli mentioned, and I was involved in setting up the young audiences content fund with John Whittingdale

Tuesday 16th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Lion TV, Blue Zoo, and Maddie Moate

Children's tv and video content - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: that Oli mentioned, and I was involved in setting up the young audiences content fund with John Whittingdale

Tuesday 9th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Abtisam Mohamed; Edward Morello; Sir John Whittingdale

Monday 1st December 2025
Special Report - 2nd Special Report - The write to protect: Britain’s pen on the world stage: Government Response

Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Abtisam Mohamed (Labour; Sheffield Central) Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat; West Dorset) Sir John Whittingdale




John Whittingdale - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 9th December 2025 9:30 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
Tim Jones - Finance Director at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
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Tuesday 16th December 2025 1:30 p.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP - Secretary of State at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Tuesday 6th January 2026 10 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Jonny Hall CMG OBE - Director, Hybrid Directorate at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Tuesday 13th January 2026 10 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Ana Revenco - Director at Moldovan Centre for Strategic Communication and Countering Disinformation
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Ciaran Martin CB - Founding Chief Executive at National Cyber Security Centre
At 11:45am: Oral evidence
Vijay Rangarajan CMG - Chief Executive at Electoral Commission
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Tuesday 20th January 2026 9:30 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: The UK Government’s China Audit
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Her Exellency Mrs Susanne Christine Baumann - Ambassador at Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the United Kingdom
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Robert Ward - Japan Chair at International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Professor Yuichi Hosoya - Professor of International Politics at Keio University, Japan
Guibourg Delamotte - Professor of Political Science, Japanese Studies Department at French Institute of Oriental and African Studies (Inalco)
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Select Committee Documents
Monday 1st December 2025
Special Report - 2nd Special Report - The write to protect: Britain’s pen on the world stage: Government Response

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 9th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories, relating to the constitution of the British Virgin Islands, dated 1 December

Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence with the Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, relating to the work of the FCDO, dated 27 and 21 November

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025
Written Evidence - American Sunlight Project
DIS0054 - Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter to the Foreign Secretary, relating to the British Council, dated 9 December 2025

Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence with the Permanent Under-Secretary, FCDO, relating to the Annual Report and Accounts evidence session, dated 12 and 10 December 2025

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for Europe, North America, and UK Overseas Territories, relating to sanctions, dated 11 December 2025

Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 31st December 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary regarding Information Failures dated 29 and 31 December

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 6th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 6th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee