Brian Mathew
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Brian Mathew is the Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
388
Votes Cast
£157,740
Expenses 2024-25
2,401
Majority
39.1%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£157,740
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 51,203 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
126
Written Questions
12
Oral Questions
91
Debates Spoken In⚑
128
Speeches⚑
388
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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1 AYE1 NOArmed Forces Bill Committee
2 votes · 2 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Committee
2 votes · 2 Jun 2026
1 AYE1 NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address
2 votes · 20 May 2026
King's Speech Motion for an Address
2 votes · 20 May 2026
4 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
27 Apr 2026
7 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
7 votes · 21 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
7 votes · 21 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(4)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
National Liberal Club
Complimentary Honorary Membership
11 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
£1,280
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
National Liberal Club
Complimentary Honorary Membership
11 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Name of donor
- National Liberal Club
- Address of donor
- National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Complimentary Honorary Membership, value £1,280
- Date received
- 11 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Date accepted
- 11 September 2024
- Donor status
- other (Members Club)
Registered 13 March 2025
Visits outside the UK
AIM Congress Abu Dhabi
£1,019
Visits outside the UK
AIM Congress Abu Dhabi
- Name of donor
- AIM Congress Abu Dhabi
- Address of donor
- ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights, standard class (£1,019.12), dinner (£120.00), four nights accommodation (£912.96), Estimated, value £2,052.08
- Destination of visit
- United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
- Dates of visit
- 4 April 2025 to 9 April 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To give a talk on supply chains in Africa to the AIM Congress
Registered 25 April 2025
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest ended
- 1 May 2025
Registered 2 August 2024; updated 3 December 2025
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest ended
- 1 May 2025
Registered 2 August 2024; updated 10 November 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Brian in Parliament
Right to Acquire Scheme: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend the right to acquire to tenants living in rural areas.
Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase funding for the building of social housing in rural areas.
ADHD: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication.
Housing: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to ensure that new build houses will not be placed in (a) coastal areas at risk for risin
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve child and adolescent mental health services and (b) increase the speed of diagnosis for (i)
UK Special Representative for Climate Change and UK Special Representative for Nature
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who has been appointed as Special Representatives for Nature and Climate; what their qualifications for these posts wer
Railways: Wiltshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the reliability of train services (a) in Wiltshire and (b) from Melksham station.
Railway Stations: Devizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with Network Rail on the potential merits of a Devizes Parkway railway station.
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure social media companies are accountable for content on their sites that may be harmfu
Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of the proposed local Thames Crossing funded as a private finance initiative.
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