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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
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: Amendment 2 Aye 89–230
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 No vote 88–212
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Government amendment No 301–69
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Lib Dem motion Aye 77–302
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Hospitals Aye 77–307
2 Apr 2025 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 No vote 304–105
2 Apr 2025 Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 No vote 307–100
2 Apr 2025 Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 349–14
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second Reading No vote 303–110
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 110–302
31 Mar 2025 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reduction) (England) Regulations 2025 No 296–164
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No 304–62
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 6 Aye 166–305
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 167–306
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 168–302
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E No 302–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13B No 301–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2B No vote 301–104
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No 296–170
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 0–44
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading Aye 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 137–304

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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