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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
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 188 No vote 160–319
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 36 No vote 159–317
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Third Reading No vote 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Schedule 2 No vote 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 297 Aye 167–328
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 291 Aye 164–324
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110 Aye 168–314
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No vote 337–98
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 No 105–409
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 87 No vote 106–340
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30 Aye 189–324
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 Aye 95–323
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–75
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill: Third Reading No 339–172
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: Amendment 67 Aye 167–347
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 8 Aye 176–332
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 113–331
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory No vote 147–298
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: Family businesses No vote 108–313
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Second Reading No vote 317–55
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 70–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 2 No vote 61–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 4 No vote 153–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 100–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 59–316

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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