Alison Bennett — Hear, Hear

Voting record

2

Voted for

4

Voted against

3

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 Alison Bennett’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 93%

How often Alison Bennett 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 didn't vote 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

Alison Bennett 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 (Care and Carers) — Opposition Department (2024-09-18 to 2026-10-05) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Alison Bennett →. 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 Howard
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The 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 of the National Liberal Club from 11 September 2024 until 31 December 2025, value £1,327.20
Date received: 8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2024
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 18 September 2024)

Name of donor: The 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 of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026, value £1,140
Date received: 23 December 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 23 December 2025
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 22 January 2026)

Name of donor: Simon Ruddick
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Communication development which included a facilitator, overnight accommodation, food and drink, value £948
Date received: 9 July 2026 to 10 July 2026
Date accepted: 9 July 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 July 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Mid Sussex District Council, (unpaid since 30 September 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
Date interest ended: 25 March 2026
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 12 October 2024, 10 December 2025 and 27 March 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£156,173.07 paid out to or for Alison Bennett across 186 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 Alison Bennett’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 — £100,905.39 (4 claims)

Office Costs — £30,145.49 (146 claims)

Accommodation — £22,670.92 (33 claims)

MP Travel — £1,755.75 (2 claims)

Staff Travel — £695.52 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £133.32, 2026-04-07 — Internet

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £133.32, 2026-03-05 — Internet

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £70.00, 2026-03-05 — Landline

Cleaning services — £120.00, 2026-03-05 — Initial deep clean (Jan) + regular fortnightly cleans (Feb)

Advertising and contact cards — £62.40, 2026-03-05 — LEMONADE PRINT [200013613-3129]

Equipment - purchase — £688.00, 2026-03-04 — Office furniture

Stationery & printing — £127.76, 2026-02-26 — VIKING

Postage & couriers — £87.00, 2026-02-26 — VIKING

Every claim on file for Alison Bennett →

Early Day Motions

Alison Bennett has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 74 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Alison Bennett personally tabled — not motions Alison Bennett 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

Carers Week 2026 — tabled 2026-05-21, 47 sponsors

Social care — tabled 2026-04-14, 27 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Alison Bennett is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Infant Feeding and Inequalities — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Carers Trust (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Baby Loss — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Sands (£10,501-12,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sixth Form Education — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Sands — about £11,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Baby Loss).

Sands — about £11,250.50, 1 group

Carers Trust — about £3,750.50, 1 group

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