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
18 Mar 2026	Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	368–107
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading	No	292–161
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6	Aye	175–292
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	Aye	172–283
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	Aye	174–292
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading	No	304–203
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	Aye	203–311
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106	No	304–177
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102	No	315–163
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44	No vote	315–109
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41	No	316–171
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No	307–173
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	321–106
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17	No	306–182
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16	No	309–181
2 Mar 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	105–410
24 Feb 2026	Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms	Aye	69–279
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	361–84
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	Aye	73–256
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	Aye	77–280
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	Aye	156–273
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1	Aye	161–272
11 Feb 2026	Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27	No vote	279–90
11 Feb 2026	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27	No	277–143
11 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	362–107

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.