Ben Maguire

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Ben Maguire is the Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General.

378

Votes Cast

£178,125

Expenses 2024-25

9,957

Majority

47.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£178,125

Staffing£131,412
Office£25,289
Accommodation£12,559
Travel£8,865

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 51,245 voters

✓Liberal Democrat
24,094 votes47.0%
Conservative
14,137 votes27.6%
Reform UK
8,444 votes16.5%
Labour
2,958 votes5.8%
Green Party
1,335 votes2.6%
Heritage Party
277 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

611

Written Questions

30

Oral Questions

155

Debates Spoken In⚑

222

Speeches⚑

378

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 AYE

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

3 votes · 20 Oct 2026

4 AYE

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

4 votes · 19 Oct 2026

3 AYE

Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 13 Oct 2026

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Financial Interests(4)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

National Liberal Club

Honorary membership of National Liberal Club offered to Liberal Democrat MPs who reside outside of London

31 December 2024 to 31 December 2025

£1,311
Name of donor
National Liberal Club
Address of donor
1 Whitehall Place Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Honorary membership of National Liberal Club offered to Liberal Democrat MPs who reside outside of London, value £1,310.75
Date received
31 December 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted
31 December 2024
Donor status
company, registration 01355034

Registered 13 February 2025

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

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Role, work or services
Consultant Solicitor
From
9 March 2026.
Payer
Paddle and Cocks LLP (Law firm), Charles House, 18-21 Charles Street, Truro TR1 2PQ
Additional information
Payments will be listed below.

Registered 10 March 2026

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

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

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Type of land/property
Residential property (Terraced House)
Number of properties
1
Location
Plymouth
Ownership details
co-owned with family member through limited company Maguire Cervantes Property Limited. This is the only property I own and the only property Maguire Cervantes Property Limited owns.
Rental income
Yes

Registered 4 August 2024

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

It is a holding company for one let residential property which is already registered under Category 6

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Name of company or organisation
Maguire Cervantes Property Limited
Nature of business
It is a holding company for one let residential property which is already registered under Category 6
Held jointly with or on behalf of
Jointly with my spouse

Registered 4 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding has been secured for a rollout of Train Wi-Fi across the Great Western Railway intercity fleet.

Department for Transport30 Oct 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when funding for improvements to on-train Wi-Fi will be released to the Department for Transport for eligible projects.

Treasury30 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Environment Agency headcount on (a) the number of apprenticesh

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs26 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeship places she plans to (a) make available, and (b) fill at the Environment Agency in (i) 2027-28 and (ii) 20

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs26 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the Government’s response to the (a) consultation entitled A Fairer Pathway to Settlement and (b) Home Affairs

Home Office23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of requiring fines and penalties levied on water companies to be retur

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money from fines and penalties levied on South West Water since April 2022 has been (a) paid to HM Treasury and (b) spen

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs23 Oct 2026

Public Transport: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to ensure adequate funding of direct public transport routes to hospitals and health hubs.

Department for Transport22 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of uptake among target groups of covid-19 booster vaccinations; and what steps her

Department of Health and Social Care14 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of COVID vaccines issued, unused and discarded; and what steps she is taking to adjust supply to

Department of Health and Social Care14 Oct 2026
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