
Dan Aldridge
Labour MP for Weston-super-Mare
Won with 38.5% · Majority: 4,409
The Verdict
Treated the party whip like a sat-nav and the manifesto like a suggestion box. The voting record tells you which one won.
Subject Grades
How Dan scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 38.5% of the vote, majority of 4,409
Cost of Living
0 kept · 5 broke · 2 missed
4,451 households in fuel poverty locally (9.69%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 4 broke
Local A&E: only 73.4% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
34% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 1 broke · 3 missed
9.69% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Won with 38.5% of the vote, majority of 4,409
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 3 broke · 5 missed
3,747 children in poverty in this constituency (21.7%)
Follow the Money
What Dan claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 4,451 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 3,747 children live in poverty in their constituency
Stripped renter protections 3 times in one day — 34% of their constituents rent
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered Interests
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)(1 entry)£3k
Google UK Ltd
Name of donor: Google UK Ltd Address of donor: 1-13 St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8AG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality as a guest of YouTube at Glastonbury Festival 2025, value £2,908.02 Date received: 27 June 2025 Date accepted: 27 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 03977902 (Registered 23 July 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(2 entries)
Undisclosed
Advisory Board Member of Software Sustainability Institute. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 25 July 2024)
Undisclosed
Trustee of Somewhere to Go charity in Weston-super-Mare. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 25 July 2024)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Dan's Expenses
157 individual claims totalling £201,610.86 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(5 claims)£116,751.30
Payroll(1)£113,952.30
Recruitment Services &Costs(1)£900.00
Bought-in services(1)£759.00
Software & applications(1)£600.00
Training - staff(1)£540.00
Office Costs(117 claims)£43,672.52
Equipment - purchase(17)£8,131.74
Rent(11)£6,762.00
Advertising and contact cards(17)£6,394.12
Website hosting and design(3)£4,979.89
Stationery & printing(28)£4,795.86
Training - staff(1)£2,628.00
Software & applications(6)£2,373.46
Pooled staffing services(1)£2,300.00
Postage & couriers(10)£2,267.40
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(10)£1,432.86
Bought-in services(2)£1,112.50
Hospitality(6)£484.69
Parking(5)£10.00
Accommodation(19 claims)£27,510.21
Rent(8)£16,959.12
Hotel - London(6)£4,760.00
Council tax(2)£3,135.20
Utilities(3)£2,655.89
Staff Travel(9 claims)£7,463.22
Rail(3)£5,173.79
Hotel - London(1)£1,602.00
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£509.93
Subsistence(1)£85.74
Mileage - car(1)£44.36
Parking(1)£29.10
Other public transport(1)£18.30
MP Travel(7 claims)£6,213.61
Mileage - car(1)£2,583.00
Rail(2)£2,061.51
Hotel - London(1)£1,300.00
Congestion charge & toll(1)£245.00
Parking(2)£24.10
Claims Rejected by IPSA (2)
These are expenses Dan tried to claim but IPSA refused to pay.
Staffing — Bought-in services
DWAB CREATIVE STUDIO
Reason: Not claimable
21 Nov 2024
Office Costs — Advertising and contact cards
ANNESET PRODUCTIONS LT
Reason: Not claimable
21 Nov 2024
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Weston-super-Mare: The Real Impact
The people Dan was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024