Sarah Gibson

Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham, since 4 July 2024

Sarah Gibson is the Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

62.6% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

360 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

215 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs

25 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

53 Debates spoken in 385 written questions tabled

Ranked 477 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32	No vote	268–78
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No vote	255–128
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2	No vote	264–125
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	254–135
12 Nov 2025	Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part	No vote	97–336
12 Nov 2025	Opposition Day: Taxes	No vote	101–316
5 Nov 2025	Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43	No	268–80
5 Nov 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62	No	311–152
5 Nov 2025	Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B	No	312–151
5 Nov 2025	Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B	No	310–150
5 Nov 2025	Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B	No	308–153
5 Nov 2025	Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B	No	310–155
4 Nov 2025	Opposition day: Welfare spending	No	92–403
4 Nov 2025	Opposition day: Supporting high streets	No vote	106–321
29 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill: Third Reading	No vote	321–103
29 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20	Aye	182–311
29 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19	Aye	173–323
29 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12	Aye	82–314
29 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1	Aye	170–328
29 Oct 2025	European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No	96–154
28 Oct 2025	Opposition Day: China spying case	Aye	174–327
28 Oct 2025	Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax	No vote	103–329
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	No vote	153–332
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12	Aye	166–322
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7	Aye	165–323

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Remuneration: £431.28 a month
From: 1 December 2025.
Hours: 189.8 hrs a year
(Registered 3 December 2025; updated 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Payment: £797.90
Received on: 25 October 2024. Hours: 31.5 hrs.
(Registered 13 October 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £3,914.50
Received on: 25 July 2024. Hours: 36.5 hrs (I was using some annual leave and TOIL for these months.).
(Registered 13 October 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £3,914.50
Received on: 25 August 2024. Hours: 36.5 hrs I was using annual leave and TOIL during this period).
(Registered 13 October 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £797.90
Received on: 25 February 2025. Hours: 31.6 hrs.
(Registered 13 October 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £797.90
Received on: 25 January 2025. Hours: 31.6 hrs per month.
(Registered 3 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £797.90
Received on: 25 November 2024. Hours: 31.6 hrs per month.
(Registered 3 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £4,064.50
Received on: 25 September 2024. Hours: 36.5 hrs Using TOIL and annual leave.
(Registered 3 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Role, work or services: Councillor
Until: 30 April 2025.
Payer: Wiltshire Council, Council House, Bourne Hill, Salisbury SP1 3UZ
(Registered 25 July 2024; updated 9 May 2025, 15 September 2025 and 11 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.