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Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat Eastbourne

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 Josh Babarinde’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 94%

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

Government & opposition roles

Josh Babarinde doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) — 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 Josh Babarinde →. 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: Ian Wrigglesworth
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

Name of donor: Carl Michel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

Name of donor: Carl Michel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation to the Eastbourne Liberal Democrats for campaign purposes
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2025)

Name of donor: Adam Management Holdings Limited
Address of donor: 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
Donor status: company, registration 13453522
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Alan Morton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 donation to support my office as President of the Liberal Democrats.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 March 2026)

Name of donor: Andrew Little
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 April 2026)

Name of donor: Andrew Little
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 campaign donation to Eastbourne Liberal Democrats
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 July 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 6 June 2022
(Registered 16 July 2024)

President of the Liberal Democrats (unpaid)
Date interest arose: 1 January 2026
(Registered 23 July 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£201,776.16 paid out to or for Josh Babarinde across 189 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Josh Babarinde’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 — £132,221.15 (7 claims)
Office Costs — £43,763.03 (158 claims)
Accommodation — £22,225.12 (18 claims)
MP Travel — £2,572.46 (3 claims)
Staff Travel — £994.40 (3 claims)
Most recent claims
Cleaning services — £169.00, 2026-04-14 — [***] [***] [***] [200013630-78]
Cleaning services — £135.00, 2026-04-14 — [***] [***] [***] [200013630-79]
Training - staff — £294.25, 2026-03-31 — ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200013621-1] [200013870-0]
Equipment - purchase — £196.43, 2026-03-30 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Stationery & printing — £65.26, 2026-03-29 — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200013613-6148]
Stationery & printing — £106.26, 2026-03-26 — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200013613-8648]
Equipment - purchase — £399.98, 2026-03-26 — Office furniture
Stationery & printing — £791.34, 2026-03-23 — AMAZON UK [***] [200013613-12208]

Every claim on file for Josh Babarinde →

Early Day Motions

Josh Babarinde has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 38 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Josh Babarinde personally tabled — not motions Josh Babarinde 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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Josh Babarinde is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation — Officer
Declared funding: Justlife Foundation (£28,501-30,000); Shared Health Foundation (£33,001-34,500).
Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy All-Party Parliamentary Group — Deputy Chair
Declared funding: Social Enterprise UK (£1,501-3,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Shared Health Foundation — about £33,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation).

Shared Health Foundation — about £33,750.50, 1 group
Justlife Foundation — about £29,250.50, 1 group
Social Enterprise UK — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Josh Babarinde personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Josh Babarinde 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.

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