Scott Benton
Independent
Blackpool South
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Scott Benton is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Independent MP for Blackpool South, and left the Commons on 25 March 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
2019-12-12 → 2024-03-25
Blackpool South
Party history
2023-04-05 → 2024-03-25
Independent
2019-12-12 → 2023-04-04
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2020-03-02 → 2022-10-25
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2021-06-08 → 2021-06-15
Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill
2021-06-23 → 2021-07-06
Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill
2021-10-20 → 2021-11-18
Subsidy Control Bill
2021-12-01 → 2021-12-14
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill
2022-06-21 → 2024-03-25
Petitions Committee
2022-07-12 → 2022-10-11
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
2022-11-02 → 2022-11-02
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill)
2023-03-01 → 2023-03-08
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) 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) · 7 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Safe Standing
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | CalComms | 5 | 2023-10-08 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Betting and Gaming
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | — | 10 | 2023-05-28 |
|
St George's Day All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 11 | 2024-06-04 |
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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2022-06-20 | |
| Education (16 to 19 Academies) (Religious Character) Bill | Sponsored | Withdrawn | 2021-06-21 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.