Official portrait of Wendy Chamberlain

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, since 12 December 2019

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip

Wendy Chamberlain is the Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Chief Whip.

Scorecard

60.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
343 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 4 as teller
228 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
9 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
594 Debates spoken in 894 written questions tabled

Ranked 505 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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No vote 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 Aye 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No vote 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Aye 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No vote 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No vote 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No vote 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No vote 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 Aye 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No vote 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No vote 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No vote 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 No vote 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No vote 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

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

£12,000

Name of donor: Patrick H Foster
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £12,000 paid in monthly instalments from 22 December 2025 to 22 November 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 5 November 2025; updated 13 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

£15,000

Name of donor: Claire Enders
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Patrick H Foster
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,400 in monthly donations of £200 covering the period November 2024 - October 2025.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 November 2024)

On the register since 5 Nov 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: London Marathon Events Ltd
Address of donor: 190 Great Dover Street, London, England, SE1 4YB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Access to hospitality areas at the start and finish lines of the London Marathon. (Start line: £200, finish line: £150), value £350
Date received: 26 April 2026
Date accepted: 26 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01528489
(Registered 27 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: (1) Malaria No More (2) IVCC (Innovate Vector Control Consortium)
Address of donor: (1) 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT (2) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Internal Transport (10% share of vehicle cost £357), internal transport (10% of fuel and cost of driver £478.61), anti-malaria treatment and visa (£303), flights (£1912.12), hotel (£964.07), meals (£200), value £4,214.80 (2) Subsistence: £167.65, value £167.65
Destination of visit: Ghana
Dates of visit: 28 July 2025 to 3 August 2025
Purpose of visit: Visit with Malaria No More to Ghana to visit clinical facilities and meet with political leaders to learn about issues with preventing and treating malaria.
(Registered 17 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Honorary Vice President of Carers UK (unremunerated)
Date interest arose: 25 November 2024
(Registered 2 December 2024)

On the register since 17 Dec 2025

Trustee of the History of Parliament Trust (unremunerated)
Date interest arose: 28 January 2025
(Registered 31 January 2025)

On the register since 4 Feb 2025

Unpaid Director of The Fife Carers Centre (registered company number: SC282309)
Date interest arose: 17 October 2024
(Registered 18 October 2024)

On the register since 31 Oct 2024

From my election to parliament, unremunerated trustee of the Links Trust, St Andrews, which manages the golf courses owned by the public around the town. As a trustee I receive a card entitling me to 25% discount in the golf course shops or restaurants.
Date interest arose: 13 December 2019
(Registered 17 January 2020)

On the register since 23 Oct 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,214 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
28 Jul 2025 Wendy Chamberlain sitting MP Malaria No More Other Visit £4,214

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 →

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