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.

330

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)

284

Written Questions

18

Oral Questions

69

Debates Spoken In⚑

96

Speeches⚑

330

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 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

2 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 Jun 2026

Financial Interests(1)

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

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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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the testimony evidence submitted to her Department on 15 July 2025 by Surrey County Council on SEND

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average per-place cost of resourced provision for a SEN pupil.

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the life satisfaction of 15-year-olds in England disaggregated by SEN status.

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that survivors and domestic abuse specialist services are involved in shaping the proximity-monitoring pilot scheme.

Ministry of Justice9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the rules on Ofsted-registered childminders claiming government-funded early education and childcare hours for children to whom they are

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the economic and social costs associated with the mental health impact on parents and caregivers of children with SEND; and w

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce species-specific welfare standards for budgerigars under its Animal Welfare Strategy for England, including

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department hold on the antidepressant prescribing rate among parents and carers of children with EHC plans.

Department of Health and Social Care9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with EHC plans and no setting are waiting for a placement that exists but is full, as against one that does not exist at all.

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Version 5.0 change mandating refusal for suspended sentences of 12 months or more will apply retrospectively to convictions connected

Home Office9 Oct 2026
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