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.
356
Votes Cast
£178,125
Expenses 2024-25
9,957
Majority
47.0%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£178,125
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 51,245 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
587
Written Questions
28
Oral Questions
144
Debates Spoken In⚑
209
Speeches⚑
356
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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4 AYE2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
3 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading
17 Dec 2025
1 AYE1 NORailways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
Railways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
1 AYE2 NOEmployment Rights Bill
3 votes · 8 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill
3 votes · 8 Dec 2025
3 NOPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
3 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
3 votes · 13 Nov 2025
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
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
- 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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Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- 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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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
- 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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(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
- 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
Railways: North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rail connectivity in North Cornwall constituency.
Dartmoor Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Dartmoor Railway Line into (a) North Cornwall constituency, (b) Launcest
Lobsters: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of designating Cornish lobster as a protected product under the
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of UK-based live-streaming of child sexual abuse.
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent and (b) limit UK-based offenders from (i) creating demand for, (ii) accessing and (iii) viewin
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) device-based and (b) operating system-based safeguards to prev
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) implement and (b) administer the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property
Owner Occupation: Bats
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance for homeowners who discover bats in their property.
Water Companies: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of schemes where fines levied against water companies (a) have been reinvested to clean up UK waters a
Water Companies: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount received from water companies in (a) fines and (b) penalties since the
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