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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	No vote	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	No vote	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No vote	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	No vote	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	Aye	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	No	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	No	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	No vote	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	No vote	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	No vote	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	No vote	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	No vote	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	No vote	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	Aye	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	No	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	No	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	Aye	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	No vote	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	No vote	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	Aye	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	Aye	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	Aye	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	Aye	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	No	357–174

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.