Giles Watling
Conservative
Clacton
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Giles Watling is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Clacton, 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
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Clacton
Party history
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
2019-03-12 → 2019-11-06
DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Administration Committee
2020-03-10 → 2024-05-30
Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2021-12-01 → 2021-12-08
Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill
2023-02-22 → 2023-03-01
Powers of Attorney Bill
2023-06-07 → 2023-07-11
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches 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) · 7 active officership(s) · 14 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 21 | 2023-05-12 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Festivals
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | Pepper Shackleton Wellard | 6 | 2024-10-06 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Loneliness
Subject Group
|
Officer | British Red Cross | 16 | 2021-06-10 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | — | 5 | 2024-10-15 |
|
British-Liechtenstein All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 15 | 2024-05-15 |
|
British-Switzerland All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 17 | 2024-05-15 |
|
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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Civil Service (Accountability and Appointment) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2024-03-05 | |
| Marine Activities (Licensing) Bill | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-10-12 | |
| Copyright and Performers' Rights (Extended Collective Licensing) Bill | Sponsored | Withdrawn | 2022-06-20 | |
| Anti-Loitering Devices (Regulation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2018-07-17 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.