About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Damian Hinds) represents you, and all of the people who live in East Hampshire, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for East Hampshire

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @DamianHinds
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Damian Hinds campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Education
• Treasury
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Gcse
• Private Education: VAT
• Schools: Admissions
• Free School Meals
• Teachers

Currently held offices

• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (since 9 Dec 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Mar 2025 to 20 Mar 2025)
• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Education ( 8 Jul 2024 to 4 Nov 2024)
• Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Minister of State (Education) (13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (27 Oct 2022 to 13 Nov 2023)
• Member, National Security Bill Committee (29 Jun 2022 to 11 Jul 2022)
• Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (13 Aug 2021 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation (10 Mar 2020 to 19 Oct 2021)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 19 Oct 2021)
• The Secretary of State for Education ( 8 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (15 Jul 2016 to 8 Jan 2018)
• The Exchequer Secretary ( 8 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Mates

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response 14 May 2025

  Clearly, getting to a good and timely operation of the compensation scheme will take the Paymaster General’s personal attention, and I know that he will give it that attention because of his dedication to getting this right. Could he give an update to the House on the anticipated memorial dedicated specifically to the children who were infected at Treloar’s?

• Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response 14 May 2025

  Clearly, getting to a good and timely operation of the compensation scheme will take the Paymaster General’s personal attention, and I know that he will give it that attention because of his dedication to getting this right. Could he give an update to the House on the anticipated memorial dedicated specifically to the children who were infected at Treloar’s?

• Science, Innovation and Technology: Digital Landlines: Rural Communities 14 May 2025

  What awareness is there in very rural areas where there is not great broadband coverage and very poor indoor mobile phone coverage—sometimes no coverage at all—of the effect of this change, particularly in places where there are frequent and sometimes extended power cuts? When can we expect a full national awareness campaign?

More of Damian Hinds’s recent appearances