MP for Torridge and Tavistock
“A long-serving Conservative MP and former Attorney General, notable for strong party loyalty and a centrist voting profile.”
Sir Geoffrey Cox is the Conservative MP for Torridge and Tavistock, first elected in 2005. He previously served as Attorney General from 2018 to 2020 and has sat on several parliamentary committees, including Standards and Privileges and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
He has 100% party loyalty (above the party average) and 65% voting attendance (above average). He has 3 rebel votes and sits at a centrist score of 53/100. On policy, he tends to support immigration controls and generally opposes NHS funding, bus services regulation, and VAT changes, with mixed votes on asylum, transgender rights and trade union powers; he has also shown mixed positions on Rwanda deportation schemes.
Declared financial interests total 53 entries, including ad hoc payments and ongoing paid employment, plus land and property holdings and shareholdings.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Conservative average: 56%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Conservative average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
7 positions
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Attorney General
Jul 2018 - Feb 2020
Committee on Standards
Sept 2015 - Oct 2015
Committee of Privileges
Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
Committee on Standards
Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
Standards and Privileges
Jul 2010 - Jan 2013
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Pension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
NOCollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
NOCollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
NOCrime and Policing Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
