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Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne, since 4 July 2024

Josh Babarinde is the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

70.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
403 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
172 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
7 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
212 Debates spoken in 274 written questions tabled

Ranked 367 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 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No vote 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners No vote 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Aye 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Aye 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 Aye 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Aye 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers No vote 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment No vote 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness No vote 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye 171–322

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£15,000

Name of donor: Andrew Little
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£20,000

Name of donor: Alan Morton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 donation to support my office as President of the Liberal Democrats.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£7,500

Name of donor: Adam Management Holdings Limited
Address of donor: 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: company, registration 13453522
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Name of donor: Ian Wrigglesworth
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Carl Michel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Carl Michel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation to the Eastbourne Liberal Democrats for campaign purposes
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 6 June 2022
(Registered 16 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

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

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

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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