Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, since 4 July 2024

Vikki Slade is the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

69.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

401 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

174 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs

15 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more

307 Debates spoken in 433 written questions tabled

Ranked 371 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
18 Mar 2026	Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	368–107
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading	No	292–161
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6	Aye	175–292
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	Aye	172–283
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	Aye	174–292
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading	No	304–203
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	Aye	203–311
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106	No	304–177
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102	No	315–163
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44	No vote	315–109
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41	No	316–171
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No	307–173
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	321–106
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17	No	306–182
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16	No	309–181
2 Mar 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	105–410
24 Feb 2026	Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms	No vote	69–279
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	361–84
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	Aye	73–256
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	Aye	77–280
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	Aye	156–273
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1	Aye	161–272
11 Feb 2026	Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27	No vote	279–90
11 Feb 2026	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27	No	277–143
11 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	362–107

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Councillor
From: 5 July 2024.
Payer: BCP Council (Local Authority), Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth BH2 6DY
(Registered 11 July 2024)

On the register since 7 Feb 2025

£14,458

Remuneration: £14,458 a year
Hours: 15 hrs a week (there is no specific number of hours)
(Registered 11 July 2024; updated 17 August 2024)

On the register since 4 Sep 2024

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: James Moore
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for campaign costs in particular development of Social Media strategy and reach
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary membership of the National Liberal Club offered to Liberal Democrat parliamentarians for 2026. This is the value of a paid-for membership for a 'town' member i.e. someone based in London, value £1,140
Date received: 23 December 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 24 February 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 25 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary membership from 15 August 2024 to 31 December 2025. Usual annual fee is £663.69, based value estimate on membership starting after the committee meeting on 14 August 2024 formalises the agreement, value £1,552.86
Date received: 8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 8 July 2024
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, c/o Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 1AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flight to Brunei as part of the AFPS programme, value £864.39
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (Army) educational visit
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £606.42 flights £606.42
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025
Purpose of visit: to undertake a visit as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visiting our forces overseas
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Western Counties Executive of Liberal Democrats: unpaid role
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
Date interest ended: 31 December 2024
(Registered 17 August 2024; updated 25 September 2025)