Rt Hon Michelle Donelan
Conservative
Chippenham
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The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Chippenham, 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
914
877 meetings ·
22 hospitality ·
2 gifts ·
13 overseas trips
· 2018-07-01 → 2026-05-01
Total overseas travel cost
£50,784
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 877
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-21 | AP Interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | Olivia Sopel's Zoom Meeting | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | BBC Radio 4 Interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | Telegraph interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | PA interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | Times Interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-21 | CNBC Interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-16 | Prof Bengio Times interview | To discuss AI Seoul Summit (Media) | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-15 | Shahar Avin/ Sihao Huang | To discuss AI research | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-14 | TechUK RoK event | To discuss the upcoming AI Seoul Summit | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-13 | AI Roundtable with Viscount Camrose | To discuss the upcoming AI Seoul Summit | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-13 | Central Foundation Girls School Visit | To discuss online safety act and child protections online | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-08 | CoreWeave Visit | To discuss DSIT business | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-08 | AI Skills in SME's Roundtable | To discuss AI Skills and AI in Industry | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-07 | Ofcom | To discuss online safety act implementation | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-07 | Wayve Visit | To discuss DSIT business | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-05-01 | Sage | To discuss UK tech sector | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-04-30 | Adobe | To discuss AI safety technology | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2024-04-25 | Research Security Roundtable with DPM | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology | |
| 2024-04-24 | Professor Hugh Brady | To discuss AI Capability | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 22
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | — | Nill Return | — |
| 2026-05-01 | — | Nill return | — |
| 2023-12-12 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-12-05 | — | Drinks | — |
| 2023-10-30 | — | Dinner and Drinks | — |
| 2023-09-14 | — | Drinks/food reception | — |
| 2023-03-21 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-02-02 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-01-31 | — | Tour & lunch | — |
| 2023-01-31 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-01-31 | — | Eurovision ceremony | — |
| 2022-12-06 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-23 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-23 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-22 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-21 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-17 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-09 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-09 | — | tickets | — |
| 2022-11-05 | — | tickets | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | Nill Return | Nill Return | Nill Return | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Nill return | Nill return | Nill return | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Nill Return
Nill Return
|
Nill Return | — |
| — |
Nill return
Nill return
|
Nill return | — |
| 2024-05-19 → 2024-05-23 |
Seoul, Korea
Airplane
|
Attend AI Seoul Safety Summit | £9,540 |
| 2024-03-31 → 2024-04-01 |
Washington DC, USA
Scheduled Flight
|
Sign AI MOU (Memorandum of understanding) | £11,420 |
| 2024-03-31 → 2024-04-01 |
Washington, United States
Airplane
|
Sign MOU | £11,420 |
| 2024-03-13 → 2024-03-15 |
Venice, Italy
Scheduled Flight
|
Attend G7 and meet stakeholders | £1,004 |
| 2024-02-26 → 2024-02-29 |
Dubai, UAE
Scheduled Flight
|
Meet with a key partner on substantive AI discussions following the AI Safety Summit | £4,116 |
| 2024-01-28 → 2024-01-31 |
Toronto, Canada
Ottawa, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Scheduled Flight
|
To discuss AI Policy | £13,285 |
| — |
Brussels, Belgium
Eurostar
|
Meeting with stakeholders | — |
| — |
Dublin, Ireland
Scheduled flight
|
Attend Northern Ireland British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference | — |
| — |
Washington, USA
Houston, USA
San Francisco, USA
Seattle, USA
Scheduled flight
|
Meeting with stakeholders | — |
| — |
Brussels
Eurostar
|
To discuss international research collaboration | — |
| — |
NIL RETURN
NIL RETURN
|
NIL RETURN | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Constituencies represented
2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30
Chippenham
Party history
2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
2023-07-20 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
2023-04-28 → 2023-07-20
Minister on Leave (Secretary of State)
2023-02-07 → 2023-04-28
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
2022-09-06 → 2023-02-07
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2022-07-05 → 2022-07-07
Secretary of State for Education
2021-09-15 → 2022-07-05
Minister of State (Department for Education) (Higher and Further Education)
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-15
Minister of State (Education)
2019-09-04 → 2020-02-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
2019-07-29 → 2020-02-13
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2018-07-26 → 2019-07-29
Assistant Whip
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2017-09-11 → 2018-10-22
Education Committee
2015-07-06 → 2017-05-03
Education Committee
2015-11-25 → 2017-05-03
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Petitions Committee
2021-09-07 → 2021-09-22
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) 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) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Protection and Digital Information Bill | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2023-03-08 | |
| Online Safety Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2022-03-17 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.