Rt Hon Vicky Ford
Conservative
Chelmsford
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The Rt Hon Vicky Ford is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Chelmsford, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
297
280 meetings ·
1 hospitality ·
1 gift ·
15 overseas trips
· 2020-02-01 → 2026-05-01
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 280
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-19 | — | To discuss economic development issues which have an impact on stability such as climate change and development | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-10-19 | — | To discuss gender-based violence and to promote accountability to deter further abuses in Tigray | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | To receive an overview of the activities at the hospital which have contributed to reducing preventable maternal deaths, learn how they have benefitted from the Saving Lives project at Lungi Hospital as part of support from UK Aid and how female patients have benefitted | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | Discuss challenges and possibilities around scaling solar energy to drive social and economic development. | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | Discuss the experience of Power Leone, one of minigrid operators under RESL Programme in Masiaka | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | To Understand how UK Aid is investing in family planning activities and support for primary healthcare services. | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | To hear first hand about the impact of these interventions on her life | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-26 | — | To witness how UK Aid is supporting 12 years of education for girls and the role this plays in core learning and as a gateway to further educational and economic opportunities. | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on womens rights | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on womens rights | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on womens rights | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on womens rights | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on economic development and business | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on economic development and business | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on economic development and business | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on economic development and business | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on politics and public life | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on politics and public life | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on politics and public life | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
| 2022-05-25 | — | Discussion on politics and public life | foreign-commonwealth-development-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | — | Nill return | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | Nill return | Nill return | Nill return | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Nill return
Nill return
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Nill return | — |
| — |
Addis Abba, Ethiopia
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations | — |
| — |
Washington DC, USA
Scheduled flight
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Attend World Bank fall meetings with other world leaders | — |
| — |
Berlin, Germany
Scheduled flight
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Attend Global Food Security Summit - bilateral meetings with governments, international and regional organizations, multilateral development banks, non-governmental organisations and philanthropists | — |
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Los Angeles, USA
Scheduled flight
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Attend Summit of the Americas and bilateral meetings with government ministers, leaders and external organisations of North, South & Central American Countries and Caribbean Countries | — |
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Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
Scheduled flight
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Attend COP15 - bilateral meetings with 25 heads of state and governments | — |
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Accra, Ghana; Freetown, Sierra Leone
Scheduled flight
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Meet with government ministers; signing the Room to Run Guarantee; further strengthen UK-Ghana partnership; attend first ever African Development Bank annual meeting; meet with business, social and cultural entrepreneurs & leaders; visit schools and health centres; visit Rural Electrification in Sierra Leone (RESL) solar grid | — |
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Lilongwe, Malawi
Private charter
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Meet with government ministers and external organisations relating environmentally responsible investment; girls education & anti-corruption | — |
| — |
Sanya Juu, Moshi and Dodoma, Tanzania; Lusaka, Zambia
Scheduled flight
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Meet with government ministers, external organisations relating to Anti-Human trafficking Child Protection, sexual health facilities; sanctuary for elephant rescued from trophy hunting from ivory trade and business and company owners; launch of Shule Bora, UKs flagship education programme; launch of British International Investment (BII) in Zambia and school visits | — |
| — |
Saantiago, Chile; Brasilia, Brasil & USA
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral Meetings with Brazilian and Chilean Government Ministers, attend Brazils first Gender Equality Framework; Launching of the Honra Foundation (an Embassy project partner) project in La Reina, Chile and meetings with female Entrepreneurs & attended Inauguration Official Lunch & Reception, in USA attended Commission on the Status of Women | — |
| — |
Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral Meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations/projects relating to Civil Society; Girls in Tech; creative, film, and arts industry & business owners | — |
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Kenya; Uganda and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations relating to Girls Education & Gender Equality; Climate; Covid-19 & other Viral Disease Research & Women in Tech | — |
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Khartoum, Sudan
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral and diplomatic relationship between the UK and Sudan | — |
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New York and Washington DC, USA
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral meetings with UN high level officials and attendance at Annual World Bank meetings | — |
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Johannesburg, South Africa and Maseru, Lesotho
Scheduled flight
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Bilateral discussions with senior government officials in South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho, across a range of issues including climate change issues ahead of COP26, health and equalities issues | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Constituencies represented
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Chelmsford
Party history
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
2022-09-06 → 2022-10-25
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
2021-09-16 → 2022-09-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-16
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2017-10-16 → 2019-11-06
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2018-03-05 → 2019-11-06
Women and Equalities Committee
2020-02-10 → 2020-09-14
European Statutory Instruments Committee
2018-07-18 → 2019-11-06
European Statutory Instruments Committee
2023-01-25 → 2023-02-01
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill
2023-03-01 → 2023-03-08
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill
2023-06-07 → 2023-07-11
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2023-06-12 → 2024-05-30
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
2023-12-06 → 2024-01-30
Criminal Justice Bill
2024-01-22 → 2024-05-30
Education Committee
2024-04-24 → 2024-05-01
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill
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) · 3 active officership(s) · 13 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Angling
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-21 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Magnitsky Sanctions
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 6 | 2024-11-07 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Online Safety on Social Media
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | — | 4 | 2025-05-13 |
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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Housing (Conversion of Commercial Property) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-12-11 | |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2023-12-11 | |
| Affordable Housing (Conversion of Commercial Property) Bill | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2023-02-22 | |
| Low-level Letter Boxes (Prohibition) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-01-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.