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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
25 Mar 2025 Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 314–198
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No 319–166
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14 No 320–179
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13 No 320–180
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 316–180
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 322–117
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 316–183
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B No 314–196
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B No 313–194
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B No 311–192
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No 312–190
24 Mar 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading No 330–74
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment No vote 177–293
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21 No vote 316–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–189
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 313–190
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 No vote 314–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 310–183
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 No vote 307–182
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading No vote 382–104
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 No vote 167–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 No vote 107–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 No vote 77–315
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 77–313
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 No vote 65–317

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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