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
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part No 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part No 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No vote 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Aye 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading No 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No vote 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No vote 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work No vote 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No vote 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading No 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 Aye 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 Aye 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 Aye 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 Aye 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No 357–174

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

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

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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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