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Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, since 4 July 2024

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers)

Alison Bennett is the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers).

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Scorecard

71.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
413 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
162 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
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
240 Debates spoken in 245 written questions tabled

Ranked 334 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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 No 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 No 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 No 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 No 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 No 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 No 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 No 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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

£5,000

Name of donor: Ian Howard
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026, value £1,140
Date received: 23 December 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 23 December 2025
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: The National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club from 11 September 2024 until 31 December 2025, value £1,327.20
Date received: 8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2024
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 18 September 2024)

On the register since 27 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Mid Sussex District Council, (unpaid since 30 September 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
Date interest ended: 25 March 2026
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 12 October 2024, 10 December 2025 and 27 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

240 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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