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Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans, since 12 December 2019

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Daisy Cooper is the Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury). In addition, she is Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats.

Scorecard

71.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
424 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
166 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
23 Interests declared 10 at £5,000 or more
407 Debates spoken in 2657 written questions tabled

Ranked 329 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Aye 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No vote 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Aye 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

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

Name of donor: Alex McEvoy
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

Name of donor: Elizabeth Desmond
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Matthew Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Ashraf Nehru
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Hannah Nesbit
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,800
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Ashraf Nehru
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Dextram Hunter-Torricke
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Claire Alderson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Chris Osborne
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Chris White
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,600
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Andrew Harrington
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Ahmed Hindawi
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Thomas Gosling
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Ewan Kirk
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

£20,000

Name of donor: College Street Partners Ltd
Address of donor: 23b Cloudesley Street, London N1 0HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000
Donor status: company, registration 07079981
(Registered 22 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Carl Michel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

£10,000

Name of donor: Ahmed Hindawi and Nagwa Abdelmottaleb
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Ramesh Dewan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Catering for an event to raise funds for an additional role in my office and support my re-election campaign, value £2,804.40
Date received: 4 June 2026
Date accepted: 4 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Ramesh Dewan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Catering for an event to raise funds for an additional role in my office and support my re-election campaign, value £3,702.98
Date received: 28 May 2026
Date accepted: 28 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 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: 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: 20 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 20 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 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: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club from 12 September 2024 until 31 December 2025, value £1,311.80
Date received: 12 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 12 September 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 25 September 2024)

On the register since 27 Nov 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (cottage)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Suffolk
Interest held: from 19 October 2020
Ownership details: A third share owned with family members
(Registered 28 October 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Vice President of the Local Government Association (LGA), which works with councils to support, promote and improve local government.
Date interest arose: 10 March 2020
(Registered 20 November 2020)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,507 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
4 Jun 2026 Daisy Cooper sitting MP Ramesh Dewan Individual Non Cash Hospitality £2,804
28 May 2026 Daisy Cooper sitting MP Ramesh Dewan Individual Non Cash Hospitality £3,702

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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