Ian Roome
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Ian Roome is the Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
320
Votes Cast
£156,328
Expenses 2024-25
6,744
Majority
42.4%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£156,328
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 51,417 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
328
Written Questions
18
Oral Questions
90
Debates Spoken In⚑
121
Speeches⚑
320
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 AYESteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
2 votes · 8 Jun 2026
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
2 votes · 8 Jun 2026
3 AYE1 NOArmed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 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
3 NOCrime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(3)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
National Liberal Club
honorary membership of National Liberal Club, for those who reside outside of London
16 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
£1,311
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
National Liberal Club
honorary membership of National Liberal Club, for those who reside outside of London
16 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Name of donor
- National Liberal Club
- Address of donor
- 1 Whitehall Place Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- honorary membership of National Liberal Club, for those who reside outside of London, value £1,310.75
- Date received
- 16 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Date accepted
- 16 September 2024
- Donor status
- company, registration 01355034
Registered 9 October 2024
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
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Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- Devon County Councillor
- Until
- 1 May 2025.
- Payer
- Devon County Council (County Council), Devon County Council, Topsham Road County Hall, Exeter EX2 4QD
Registered 1 August 2024; updated 12 June 2025
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
—
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- District Councillor
- Until
- 11 March 2025.
- Payer
- North Devon District Council, North Devon District Council, PO Box 379, Barnstaple EX32 2GR
- Additional information
- 10% of this councillor allowance is donated to North Devon Liberal Democrats
Registered 1 August 2024; updated 12 June 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ian in Parliament
Service Charges: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate increases in service charges; and what steps she is taking to bring into fo
Defence: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence spending went to SMEs in 2023-24 by region.
HMS Argyll
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has for the future of HMS Argyll.
General Practitioners: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to GP practices in England on giving patients access to copies of their records.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 26922 on Waste Disposal: Monitoring, tabled on 28 January 2025.
EU Countries: Youth Mobility Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for the introduction of a new UK Youth Mobility scheme in partnership with the European Union.
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help Ukrainian refugees on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme secure private rented accomm
Food: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made towards his Department's target of 50% of food procurement in the public sector being locally sourced.
Television Licences: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a TV licence exemption for UK Armed Forces personnel resident n ser
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the readiness of the construction industry
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