Damian Collins
Conservative
Folkestone and Hythe
M
Damian Collins is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Folkestone and Hythe
Party history
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
2022-07-08 → 2022-10-27
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-12-06 → 2015-03-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2016-10-19 → 2017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-07-12 → 2019-11-06
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2019-03-12 → 2019-11-06
DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation
Chair
+£15,509/yr
2021-07-27 → 2024-05-30
Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2021-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)
2021-12-15 → 2022-01-11
Dormant Assets Bill [HL]
2022-12-07 → 2022-12-15
Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill
2023-05-03 → 2023-05-23
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
2023-11-29 → 2023-12-12
Media Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
2024-05-08 → 2024-05-23
Football Governance Bill
2024-05-14 → 2024-05-30
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 6 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 16 | 2024-05-28 |
|
Performers' Alliance All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Officer | Performers' Alliance | 11 | 2024-05-13 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
6 bills
6 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football Offences (Amendment) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2018-06-25 | |
| Football Governance Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-07 | |
| Football Governance (No. 2) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-04-03 | |
| Football Governance Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-06-24 | |
| Football (Financial Transparency) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-06-25 | |
| Football (Financial Transparency) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-03-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.