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
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 vote	320–171
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1	No vote	172–322
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part	No vote	318–174
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9	No vote	83–319
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7	No vote	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.

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.