Lisa Smart — Hear, Hear

Voting record

3

Voted for

4

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Lisa Smart’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 94%

How often Lisa Smart voted the same way as most of the Liberal Democrat party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Lisa Smart currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) — Opposition Department — since 2025-10-01 Shadow

Previously held

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs) — Opposition Department (2024-09-18 to 2025-10-01) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Lisa Smart →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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

Name of donor: Adam Management Holdings Ltd
Address of donor: 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 13453522
(Registered 21 October 2025)

Name of donor: Dominic Mathon
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 November 2025)

Name of donor: Ahmed Hindawi
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 November 2025)

Name of donor: Hilary Stone
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 November 2025)

Name of donor: Elizabeth Desmond
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 25 November 2025)

Name of donor: Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited
Address of donor: The Garden House, Water End, York YO30 6WQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: company, registration 00357963
(Registered 21 April 2026)

Name of donor: James Moore
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 April 2026)

Name of donor: Elizabeth Desmond
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 April 2026)

Name of donor: Dominic Mathon
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 April 2026)

Name of donor: Richard Pym
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 April 2026)

Name of donor: Richard Pym
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Donation of exact amount to cover costs of fundraising dinner for myself, the donor and eight guests, value £1,494.50
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 April 2026)

Name of donor: Hilary Stone
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 April 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership £663.69 + a £200.00 one off entry fee, value £863.69
Date received: 15 August 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 15 August 2024
Donor status: friendly society
(Registered 27 September 2024)

Name of donor: Elizabeth Desmond
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Payment for a meal for myself, the donor and eight guests, value £1,641.49
Date received: 28 October 2025 to 28 October 2025
Date accepted: 28 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 November 2025)

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership from 01/01/2026-31/12/2026, value £1,140
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 8 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 27 January 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, value £864.39
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 28 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To undertake a visit as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visiting our forces overseas
(Registered 1 June 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Barrack Hill Educational Charity. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Education

Unpaid director of Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited and JRRT (Properties) Limited. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Employment & business

Governor at Fairway Primary School, Offerton. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Education

Stockport Canal Boat Trust for Disabled People. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Vice President of Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 July 2026
(Registered 12 August 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Lisa Smart yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Lisa Smart has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£262,193.03 paid out to or for Lisa Smart across 199 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Lisa Smart’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £179,354.32 (28 claims)

Office Costs — £47,032.01 (131 claims)

Accommodation — £20,153.70 (26 claims)

Staff Travel — £10,562.86 (10 claims)

MP Travel — £5,090.14 (4 claims)

Most recent claims

Cleaning services — £135.00, 2026-03-30 — Invoice for cleaning the office in March

Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £51.00, 2026-03-24 — Boiler maintenance costs (60%)

Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £164.81, 2026-03-23 — Waste disposal costs (60%) between Oct 25 and Mar 26

Utilities — £910.39, 2026-03-23 — Dual Fuel

Utilities — £170.38, 2026-03-23 — Water

Stationery & printing — £351.60, 2026-03-23 — Printer rental costs (20%) - increased usage while our parliamentary printer was out of action

Software & applications — £756.00, 2026-03-23 — Google workspace costs (60%) between Oct 25 and Mar 26

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £1,194.37, 2026-03-23 — Landline & internet package

Every claim on file for Lisa Smart →

Early Day Motions

Lisa Smart has tabled 5 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 118 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Lisa Smart personally tabled — not motions Lisa Smart may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

Political donations and campaign finance regulation — tabled 2026-09-14, 33 sponsors

Ova the Hills — tabled 2026-06-25, 5 sponsors

Infected Blood Inquiry compensation — tabled 2026-06-15, 34 sponsors

Proportional representation for general elections — tabled 2026-05-13, 41 sponsors

International recognition for Robinsons Brewery — tabled 2026-04-13, 5 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Lisa Smart is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections — Officer

Declared funding: Make Votes Matter (£46,501-48,000); Unlock Democracy (£46,501-48,000); Fair Vote (£9,001-10,500); Make Votes Matter (£9,001-10,500) and 1 more.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Make Votes Matter — about £57,001.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections).

Make Votes Matter — about £57,001.00, 1 group

Unlock Democracy — about £47,250.50, 1 group

Fair Vote — about £9,750.50, 1 group

Labour for a New Democracy — about £9,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Lisa Smart personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Lisa Smart is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.