Official portrait of David Chadwick

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, since 4 July 2024

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Wales)

David Chadwick is the Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Wales).

Scorecard

68.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
391 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
184 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
152 Debates spoken in 359 written questions tabled

Ranked 403 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 Aye 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No vote 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Aye 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 Aye 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 Aye 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 Aye 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 Aye 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 Aye 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 Aye 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 Aye 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 Aye 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 Aye 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 Aye 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading Aye 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Brecon & Radnorshire Lib Dem 49 Club
Address of donor: The Mews Brecon LD3 9AR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,100 jane Dodds, Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: Michael Watson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,600 jane Dodds Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: Adam Management Holdings
Address of donor: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,750 contribution towards campaigning activities
Donor status: company, registration 13453522
(Registered 16 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership until 31 December 2025, estimated value, value £983.90
Date received: 25 November 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 25 November 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 26 November 2024; updated 13 January 2026)

On the register since 5 Feb 2026

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Extension of honorary membership until 31 December 2026, estimated value, value £983.90
Date received: 23 December 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 23 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 13 January 2026)

On the register since 5 Feb 2026

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: CMS Analytics
Address of donor: 1515 Ringling Blvd, Suite 250 Sarasota, FL, 34236 USA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to the Cash in the UK conference, value £995
Date received: 10 June 2025
Date accepted: 10 June 2025
Donor status: company
(Registered 8 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 10 October 2024
Ownership details: Co-owned with partner
Rental income: from 30 July 2025
Rental income details: My partner
(Registered 5 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

152 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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