About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Ashley Fox) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bridgwater, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Bridgwater

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Justice: Buildings
• Wales Office: Buildings
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers' Private Offices
• Department for Business and Trade: Buildings
• Nurseries: Employers' Contributions

Currently held offices

• Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (since 21 May 2025)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 6 Feb 2025)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (since 18 Nov 2024)
• Member, Justice Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (20 Nov 2024 to 16 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ian Liddell-Grainger
• Tom King
• Gerald Wills
• Vernon Bartlett
• Reginald Croom-Johnson
• Brooks Wood
• William Morse
• Robert Sanders
• Edward Stanley
• Henry Montgomery
• Edward Stanley
• Philip Vanderbyl
• George Patton
• Alexander Kinglake
• Henry Westropp
• Alexander Kinglake
• Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• Alexander Kinglake
• Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• Brent Follett
• Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• Henry Broadwood
• Thomas Forman
• Philip Courtenay
• Henry Broadwood
• John Leader
• Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• William Tayleur
• Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• William Astell
• George Pocock
• William Astell
• George Pocock
• William Astell
• George Pocock
• William Astell
• Vere Poulett
• John Langston
• Vere Poulett
• John Langston
• John Hudleston
• George Pocock
• Jeffreys Allen

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Employment Rights Bill Committee (17 out of 21)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 11 Jul 2025

  Employment Rights (Special Constables) Bill: Second Reading – Ashley Fox. Private Members' Bills

• Marriage between First Cousins: Businesses in Rural Areas — [Matt Western in the Chair] 18 Jun 2025

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. Since the election last year, our rural businesses have been let down by the Labour Government. Their family farm tax has had a grave impact on the rural economy. Constituents talk to me of the enormous worry that that proposal is causing them. It threatens their family businesses with a huge tax bill when the owner of the farm...

• Marriage between First Cousins: Businesses in Rural Areas — [Matt Western in the Chair] 18 Jun 2025

  Is the hon. Gentleman concerned that the trade agreement signed with the EU will stymie gene editing and the important research that the United Kingdom is doing in that field? In fact, the treaty will prevent us from rolling out gene-edited crops in the United Kingdom.

More of Ashley Fox’s recent appearances

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