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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
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B No 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B No 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 Aye 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment No vote 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit No 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading No vote 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 No vote 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 No 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 Aye 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 No vote 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 No vote 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No vote 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading No vote 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No vote 1–73

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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