Official portrait of Chris Coghlan

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking and Horley, since 4 July 2024

Chris Coghlan is the Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking and Horley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

51.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
298 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
277 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
8 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
72 Debates spoken in 231 written questions tabled

Ranked 574 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.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 Aye 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 Aye 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No vote 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 336–77

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

Role, work or services: Reservist army officer
From: 10 September 2025.
Payer: British Army, MOD, London Guards, 27 St John's Hill, Battersea SW11 1TT
Additional information: Payments will be listed below
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 3 Aug 2026

Payment: £149.97 Army Reserve pay
Received on: 29 May 2026. Hours: 6 hrs Estimate.
(Registered 12 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Payment: £787.51 Army reservist pay
Received on: 31 March 2026. Hours: 40 hrs Estimate.
(Registered 25 April 2026; updated 28 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £184.17 Army Reservist pay
Received on: 31 January 2026. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 28 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £152.17 Army reserve pay
Received on: 30 April 2026. Hours: 8 hrs Estimate.
(Registered 28 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £430.56 Army Reservist pay
Received on: 31 December 2025. Hours: 25 hrs Estimated.
(Registered 21 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Payment: £530.82 Army Reservist pay
Received on: 28 November 2025. Hours: 32 hrs Estimated.
(Registered 3 December 2025)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

Payment: £403.04 Army Reservist pay
Received on: 31 October 2025. Hours: 32 hrs Estimated.
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 5 Dec 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

72 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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