Chris Coghlan

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Chris Coghlan is the Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking and Horley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

309

Votes Cast

£188,989

Expenses 2024-25

5,391

Majority

41.9%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£188,989

Staffing£159,054
Office£25,749
Travel£4,186

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 49,965 voters

Liberal Democrat
20,921 votes41.9%
Conservative
15,530 votes31.1%
Reform UK
6,898 votes13.8%
Labour
4,053 votes8.1%
Green Party
2,563 votes5.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

258

Written Questions

15

Oral Questions

64

Debates Spoken In

89

Speeches

309

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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2 AYE1 NO

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 10 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(1)

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

Role, work or services
Reservist army officer
From
10 September 2025.
Payer
British Army, MOD, London Guards, 27 St John's Hill, Battersea SW11 1TT
Additional information
Payments will be listed below

Registered 24 November 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Chris in Parliament

Planning Permission: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered making planning enforcement a statutory obligation.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Dec 2025

Planning Permission: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered increasing funding for planning enforcement.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Dec 2025

Housing: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to local authorities to ensure mobile network opera

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government10 Dec 2025

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the National Planning Policy Framework to include guidanc

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government10 Dec 2025

Asylum: Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Croydon Magistrates' Court's 8 December sentencing of a resident of the Four Points Hotel in Horley, what steps she is taking t

AnsweredHome Office9 Dec 2025

Parkinson's Disease: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) neurologists, b) geriatricians and c) nurses in the NHS have specialist training in Parkinson's.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Dec 2025

IVF: Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to support paid leave for fertility appointments.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade3 Dec 2025

Sri Lanka: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help rescue Melanie Watters and Janine Reid in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwa

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office3 Dec 2025

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.

AnsweredHome Office2 Dec 2025

Palestine: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what’s steps her Department is taking to support Palestinian human rights organisations.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office28 Nov 2025
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