Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP
Conservative
Maldon
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The Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale is the Conservative MP for Maldon, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£7,830
2 registered interests published in 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
£7,830
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£37,416
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Maldon
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Maldon
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Maldon and East Chelmsford
1992-04-09 → 1997-05-01
South Colchester and Maldon
Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-05-09 → 2023-12-20
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
2023-05-09 → 2023-12-20
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-16
Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Opposition posts
2024-07-19 → 2024-11-06
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
2004-07-01 → 2005-05-05
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2003-11-01 → 2004-07-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2002-07-23 → 2003-11-15
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2001-09-18 → 2002-07-23
Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry)
1998-06-01 → 1999-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1997-06-01 → 1998-06-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)
Committee memberships
1992-04-27 → 1997-03-21
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
1993-07-05 → 1997-03-21
Health and Social Care Committee
2001-07-16 → 2001-10-29
Trade & Industry
2005-07-11 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2011-09-08 → 2012-03-12
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2011-07-14 → 2012-03-12
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2023-05-09 → 2023-05-23
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
2023-11-29 → 2023-12-12
Media Bill
2024-02-21 → 2024-02-28
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
2024-10-21 → present
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
john.whittingdale.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 3557 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 3557 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
19 High Street, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5PE
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