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Bobby Dean

Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, since 4 July 2024

Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Bobby Dean is the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.

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Scorecard

68.5% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
372 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 22 as teller
181 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
132 Debates spoken in 144 written questions tabled

Ranked 396 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 vote 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No vote 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 vote 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.

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: Annual membership, value £1,140
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 20 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: National Liberal Club Ltd
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership of private members club (National Liberal Club) for 18 months, value £1,475.85
Date received: 15 August 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 15 August 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 6 September 2024)

On the register since 31 Dec 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: (1) Deluxshana Kuganesan (2) Subramaniam Kuhanathan
Address of donor: (1) private (2) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flight to Geneva for visit to the UN, value £291.44 (2) One night's hotel stay (£173.48) and dinner (£30), value £203.48
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 17 September 2025 to 18 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Speaking on behalf of Tamil interests in the UK
(Registered 30 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of Right To Manage company, looking after the block of flats I live in.
Date interest arose: 21 July 2022
Date interest ended: 7 November 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 30 June 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Councillor on Sutton Council, (unpaid since 30 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 7 May 2026
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 15 January 2026 and 28 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

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Debates

132 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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