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
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 vote	248–139
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102	No vote	259–136
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B	No vote	254–144
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38	No vote	256–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78	No vote	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 vote	273–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35	No vote	275–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	No vote	269–162
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	No vote	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 vote	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.

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.