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 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 Jun 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

4 votes · 2 Jun 2026

1 AYE1 NO

King's Speech Motion for an Address

2 votes · 20 May 2026

6 NO

Victims and Courts Bill

6 votes · 25 Mar 2026

4 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

4 votes · 23 Mar 2026

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

Mental Health Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the honourable Member for Dorking and Horley to discuss his proposed amendment to the Mental Health Bill.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 Apr 2025

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce waiting times for Access to Work applications.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Apr 2025

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing face-to-face Personal Independence Payment assessments.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Apr 2025

NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of resolving NHS employment disputes early.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care17 Apr 2025

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Pension Credit applications.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Apr 2025

Deportation: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of gathering data on time taken between immigration appeals tribunal decisions and the rec

AnsweredHome Office17 Apr 2025

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of independent pharmacy closures on (a) local GP capacity, (b) hospital capacity, (c) the

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Apr 2025

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of the education, health and care plan issuance process.

AnsweredDepartment for Education2 Apr 2025

Intellectual Property

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expensing intellectual property transactions.

AnsweredTreasury12 Mar 2025

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of and (b) reduce delays in medical examiner services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Mar 2025
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