Daisy Cooper

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Daisy Cooper is the Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury). In addition, she is Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats.

1198

Votes Cast

£274,876

Expenses 2024-25

19,834

Majority

56.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£274,876

Staffing£248,942
Office£25,934

Year-on-Year

2024-25£274,876
2023-24£257,384
2022-23£242,694
2021-22£228,234
2020-21£217,048
2019-20£41,855

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 51,614 voters

Liberal Democrat
29,222 votes56.6%
Conservative
9,388 votes18.2%
Labour
5,189 votes10.1%
Reform UK
4,336 votes8.4%
Green Party
3,272 votes6.3%
Heritage Party
104 votes0.2%
Social Democratic Party
103 votes0.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

598

Written Questions

5

Oral Questions

142

Debates Spoken In

287

Speeches

424

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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Aye: 622No: 576

1198 votes — page 7 of 48

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

1 AYE2 NO

Employment Rights Bill

3 votes · 8 Dec 2025

4 AYE

Pension Schemes Bill

4 votes · 3 Dec 2025

3 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 25 Nov 2025

2 AYE1 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 24 Nov 2025

Financial Interests(18)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Matthew and Pippa Oakeshott

£50,000 to assist with employing a member of staff in my parliamentary office

£50,000
Name of donor
Matthew and Pippa Oakeshott
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£50,000 to assist with employing a member of staff in my parliamentary office
Donor status
individual

Registered 28 March 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

College Street Partners Ltd

£20,000

£20,000
Name of donor
College Street Partners Ltd
Address of donor
23b Cloudesley Street, London N1 0HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£20,000
Donor status
company, registration 07079981

Registered 22 December 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Ewan Kirk

£10,000

£10,000
Name of donor
Ewan Kirk
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 14 February 2026

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Ahmed Hindawi and Nagwa Abdelmottaleb

£10,000

£10,000
Name of donor
Ahmed Hindawi and Nagwa Abdelmottaleb
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 23 October 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Thomas Gosling

£10,000

£10,000
Name of donor
Thomas Gosling
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 14 February 2026

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Daisy in Parliament

Amazon: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her department has had with Amazon on its proposal to support the collection of £700 million in VAT receipts from online marketplace sellers op

AnsweredTreasury15 Dec 2025

Electronic Commerce: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will expedite a consultation into proposals to require online marketplace sellers to collect VAT from overseas sellers.

AnsweredTreasury15 Dec 2025

Social Media: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment how social media platforms could use in-built AI to detect and protect children agai

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology15 Dec 2025

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of reducing the retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier by the maximum permitted by the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers

AnsweredTreasury10 Dec 2025

Govia Thameslink Railway: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Thameslink on taking steps to reduce reliance on rest-day working to operate timetabled passenger rail services.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport10 Dec 2025

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve (a) awareness, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment for, pulmonary hypertension.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Dec 2025

Health Services: Children's Play

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department are taking steps to support the use of the Play Well Toolkit in NHS healthcare settings.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Dec 2025

Leisure and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will be eligible to receive transitionary relief for business rates in 2026-27.

AnsweredTreasury5 Dec 2025

St Albans City Station: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Rail to the hon. Member for St Albans of 28 November 2025, reference MC/00054165 whether she ha

AnsweredDepartment for Transport2 Dec 2025

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 92922 on Fly-tipping, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merit

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Dec 2025
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