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Brian Mathew

Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes, since 4 July 2024

Brian Mathew is the Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

65.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
375 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
200 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
11 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
95 Debates spoken in 124 written questions tabled

Ranked 440 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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading Aye 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading against party line No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 against party line No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 against party line No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 against party line Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 against party line Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 against party line Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 Aye 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 against party line Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 against party line Aye 230–256

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

£10,000

Name of donor: Opal-Chant Limited
Address of donor: Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 8BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 liberal Democrat party campaigning
Donor status: company, registration 01238067
(Registered 24 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary Honorary Membership, value £1,280
Date received: 11 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2024
Donor status: other (Members Club)
(Registered 13 March 2025)

On the register since 25 Mar 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Unitary Councillor on Wiltshire Council (unpaid since 1 May 2025 and previously registered under Category 1).
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 3 December 2025)

On the register since 18 Dec 2025

Wiltshire Council Councillor, (previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 10 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

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Debates

95 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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