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
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)	No	364–167
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)	No	327–182
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)	No	362–164
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31	No	348–176
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)	No	369–166
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)	No	371–166
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading	No	322–179
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80	Aye	187–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69	Aye	189–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17	Aye	87–321
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25	No	99–367
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85	Aye	57–309
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29	Aye	74–311
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	Aye	158–318
19 Nov 2025	Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	326–92
19 Nov 2025	Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division	No vote	376–16
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading	No vote	320–105
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	165–327
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5	No vote	147–318
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4	No vote	143–318
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40	No vote	244–132
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	No vote	250–133
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No vote	252–130
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	254–129
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33	No vote	257–128

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.