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Brian Mathew

Liberal Democrat Melksham and Devizes

Voting record

1
Voted for
6
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 Brian Mathew’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Brian Mathew — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 388 of 590 (66%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 no vote recorded
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Ayes 271, Noes 95 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 269, Noes 103 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Ayes 300, Noes 101 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 291, Noes 158 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 no vote recorded
4 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 392, Noes 116 no vote recorded
3 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading Ayes 458, Noes 104 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 no vote recorded
20 Jan 2026 Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Ayes 319, Noes 127 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Ayes 118, Noes 340 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ayes 90, Noes 297 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Ayes 320, Noes 98 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work Ayes 98, Noes 325 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Brian Mathew — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Brian Mathew →. 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: Opal-Chant Limited
Address of donor: Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 8BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 liberal Democrat party campaigning
Donor status: company, registration 01238067
(Registered 24 June 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary Honorary Membership, value £1,280
Date received: 11 September 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2024
Donor status: other (Members Club)
(Registered 13 March 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Unitary Councillor on Wiltshire Council (unpaid since 1 May 2025 and previously registered under Category 1).
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 3 December 2025)

Wiltshire Council Councillor, (previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 10 November 2025)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£169,695.35 paid out to or for Brian Mathew across 166 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 Brian Mathew’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 — £117,592.59 (9 claims)
Office Costs — £28,794.66 (135 claims)
Accommodation — £16,040.00 (9 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,701.89 (8 claims)
MP Travel — £3,566.21 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £432.00, 2026-03-20
Bought-in services — £535.00, 2026-03-20 — Professional & consultancy
Stationery & printing — £219.60, 2026-03-10 — Banner March 2026
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £91.14, 2026-03-03 — Landline
Advertising and contact cards — £89.28, 2026-02-28 — WILTSHIRE PUBLICATIONS [200013624-905]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £50.00, 2026-02-19
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £50.00, 2026-02-13
Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase — £68.34, 2026-02-13 — Landline

Every claim on file for Brian Mathew →

Early Day Motions

Brian Mathew has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 19 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Brian Mathew personally tabled — not motions Brian Mathew 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
Hartley Pensions and FCA enforcement action (No. 2) — tabled 2026-07-01, 14 sponsors
Hartley Pensions and FCA enforcement action — tabled 2026-06-25, 5 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Brian Mathew is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Post Offices — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: National Federation of Sub Postmasters (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Latvia — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: WaterAid (£7,501-9,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: WaterAid — about £8,250.50 across 1 group (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene All-Party Parliamentary Group).

WaterAid — about £8,250.50, 1 group
National Federation of Sub Postmasters — 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 Brian Mathew personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Brian Mathew 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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