About your former Member of Parliament

James Gray is a former MP for North Wiltshire.

What you can do

• Find out more about this MP, including:
  • Committees and groups they are part of.
  • Voting record summary or a list of recent votes.
  • Declared financial interests.
  • Recent speeches and questions
  • Signatures (open letters and EDMs)
• Find out more about North Wiltshire on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Profile

Former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @JGray
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland ( 8 May 2005 to 19 May 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Richard Needham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Chairman, Energy Bill Committee (7 out of 18)
• Chairman, National Security Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• Chairman, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Chairman, Environment Bill Committee (9 out of 22)
• Chairman, Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Chairman, Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Chairman, Fisheries Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
• Chairman, Trade Bill Committee (1 out of 8)
• Chairman, Stalking Protection Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Chairman, Offensive Weapons Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
• Chairman, Farriers (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
• Chairman, Housing and Planning Bill Committee (4 out of 20)
• Chairman, Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Water Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Justice and Security Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, PARTNERSHIPS (PROSECUTION) (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (15 out of 26)
• Chairman, Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Chairman, Financial Services Bill Committee (3 out of 18)
• Chairman, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
• Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Export Control Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Rating (Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)