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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 No 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 No 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 No 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 No 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 No 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 No 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 No 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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:


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

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