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{{short description|'''Conservative MP for Hamble Valley since 2024'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Paul Holmes
| occupation = Member of Parliament
| known_for = Conservative MP for Hamble Valley (since 2024); previously MP for Eastleigh (2019–2024)
}}
''This page is about the Conservative MP for Hamble Valley. For the former Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, see [[Paul Holmes]].''

'''Paul Holmes''' is a Conservative Member of Parliament, elected for Hamble Valley at the general election of 4 July 2024; he was Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from December 2019 until the 2024 election.<ref name="MAPI-holmes-Biography">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4803/Biography Members API: parliamentary career record for Paul Holmes], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> In January 2026 he registered a visit to Israel and Palestine, funded by Conservative Friends of Israel, at a declared value of £3,200, and in June 2026 a visit to Helsinki funded by ELNET UK.

==Parliament==
Parliament's record lists Paul Holmes as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hamble Valley since the general election of 4 July 2024.<ref name="MAPI-holmes-Biography" /><ref name="MAPI-holmes-LatestElectionResult">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4803/LatestElectionResult Members API: 2024 election result for Paul Holmes], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Hamble Valley, 2024 general election: leading four candidates (54,004 votes cast; majority 4,802)
! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Share
|-
| Paul Holmes || Conservative || 19,671 || 36.4%
|-
| Prad Bains || Liberal Democrat || 14,869 || 27.5%
|-
| Devina Paul || Labour || 8,753 || 16.2%
|-
| Caroline Gladwin || Reform UK || 8,216 || 15.2%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Front-bench posts recorded in Parliament's career record
! Post !! From !! To (blank-ended entries are shown as current)
|-
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) || 31 August 2026 || current
|-
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) || 8 November 2024 || 31 August 2026
|-
| Opposition Whip (Commons) || 19 July 2024 || 31 August 2026
|-
| Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) || 19 July 2024 || 6 November 2024
|-
| Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) || 19 July 2024 || 6 November 2024
|-
| Assistant Whip || 25 April 2024 || 5 July 2024
|}

==Register of Members' Financial Interests==
The current Commons register records the following for Paul Holmes (values and descriptions as declared; the register is not a complete record of a Member's finances).<ref name="REG-holmes">UK Parliament, Register of Members' Financial Interests, entries for Paul Holmes (current register, read via the Interests API, https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests?MemberId=4803), accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>

===Visits to Israel, January 2026, and Finland, June 2026===
Holmes registered a visit to Israel and Palestine from 4 to 9 January 2026, described as a "fact finding political delegation". The funder is entered as "Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd" ([[Conservative Friends of Israel]]), with £3,200 for flights, accommodation and hospitality; it was registered on 26 January 2026. [[Peter Fortune]], [[Sarah Bool]] and [[Gareth Bacon]] each registered a visit for the same period, also entered at £3,200 from the same funder.

A second entry covers a visit to Helsinki, Finland, from 14 to 17 June 2026, described as a "fact-finding visit to Helsinki, Finland, focusing on defence, resilience, shared threats and the strategic alliance". The funder is entered as "ELNET UK" ([[European Leadership Network|ELNET UK]]), with £1,588.83 for flights, accommodation and meals; the entry records that Holmes was not the sole beneficiary of that cost. It was registered on 24 June 2026.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Visits outside the UK registered by Paul Holmes (values and purposes as declared)
! Dates !! Destination !! Funder !! Value (£) !! Purpose as declared !! Entry
|-
| 14–17 June 2026 || Finland (Helsinki) || ELNET UK (£1,588.83) || 1,588.83 || Fact-finding visit to Helsinki, Finland, focusing on defence, resilience, shared threats and the strategic alliance. || [https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests/15810 15810]
|-
| 4–9 January 2026 || Israel; Palestine || Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (£3,200.00) || 3,200.00 || Fact Finding political delegation || [https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests/14408 14408]
|}

===Other declared interest===
* "Trustee of the [[Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme]]", an unpaid role arising on 1 December 2024 ([https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests/11722 11722], registered 29 January 2025).

==See also==
* [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]
* [[European Leadership Network]]
* [[Peter Fortune]]
* [[Sarah Bool]]
* [[Gareth Bacon]]
* [[Paul Holmes]] (the former Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, a different person)

==Notes==
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