Official portrait of Charlotte Cane

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, since 4 July 2024

Charlotte Cane is the Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

69.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
401 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 10 as teller
179 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
3 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
69 Debates spoken in 340 written questions tabled

Ranked 373 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Aye 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
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 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Teller 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

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: £691.43 a month
From: 25 August 2025.
Hours: 40 hrs a month approx.
Paid directly to: a charity
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 30 September 2024 and 26 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Role, work or services: District Councillor
Payer: East Cambridgeshire District Council (District Council), The Grange, Nutholt Lane Ely CB7 4EE
(Registered 30 July 2024)

On the register since 19 Feb 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary Membership of the NLC from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, value £1,140
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 20 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary Membership of the NLC from 22 August 2024 to 31 December 2025, value £1,552.86
Date received: 14 August 2024 to 30 December 2025
Date accepted: 14 August 2024
Donor status: other (Unincorporated Association)
(Registered 30 September 2024)

On the register since 31 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
Affiliate Membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 23 April 2025
(Registered 30 July 2025)

On the register since 26 Jun 2026

Honorary Director Reach Community Solar Farm Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 11 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Trustee of the Brian David Hilton Will Trust (which owns a residential property in Ely with no financial benefit). This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 11 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Life Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

69 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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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