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Ben Maguire

Liberal Democrat North Cornwall

Voting record

3
Voted for
3
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 Ben Maguire’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Ben Maguire — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 356 of 590 (60%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 Aye
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 Aye
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 Aye
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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

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

Currently holds
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General — Opposition Department — since 2024-09-18 Shadow

Declared financial interests

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

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Consultant Solicitor
From: 9 March 2026.
Payer: Paddle and Cocks LLP (Law firm), Charles House, 18-21 Charles Street, Truro TR1 2PQ
Additional information: Payments will be listed below.
(Registered 10 March 2026)

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

Name of donor: Anthony Dunn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to cover leaflet and communications expenses
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 July 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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 offered to Liberal Democrat MPs who reside outside of London, value £1,310.75
Date received: 31 December 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 31 December 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 13 February 2025)

Name of donor: Simon Ruddick
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Communication development which included 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 20 July 2026)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Terraced House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Plymouth
Ownership details: co-owned with family member through limited company Maguire Cervantes Property Limited. This is the only property I own and the only property Maguire Cervantes Property Limited owns.
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 4 August 2024)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Maguire Cervantes Property Limited
Nature of business: It is a holding company for one let residential property which is already registered under Category 6
Held jointly with or on behalf of: Jointly with my spouse
(Registered 4 August 2024)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£190,242.89 paid out to or for Ben Maguire across 267 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 4 claims on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Ben Maguire’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 — £131,412.22 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £34,081.00 (215 claims)
Accommodation — £15,884.44 (34 claims)
MP Travel — £5,670.68 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,740.35 (8 claims)
Dependant Travel — £454.20 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £417.26, 2026-04-13 — Dual Fuel
Council tax — £106.76, 2026-04-08 — CORNWALL COUNCIL [200013602-41]
Utilities — £103.72, 2026-04-07 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £112.34, 2026-03-16 — Landline & internet package
Utilities — £52.13, 2026-03-10 — Electricity
Utilities — £94.87, 2026-02-23 — Water
Utilities — £63.84, 2026-02-16 — Water
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £57.01, 2026-02-16 — Landline & internet package

Every claim on file for Ben Maguire →

Early Day Motions

Ben Maguire has tabled 4 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 104 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Ben Maguire personally tabled — not motions Ben Maguire 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
Mucky Nutz, King's Award for Enterprise — tabled 2026-07-16, 5 sponsors
FIFA World Cup 2026 match bans — tabled 2026-07-06, 21 sponsors
Wellbeing support for fire and rescue services — tabled 2026-06-16, 33 sponsors
Coastguard remuneration — tabled 2026-06-10, 45 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Ben Maguire 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 Dairy — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Dairy UK (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Dairy UK — about £2,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dairy).

Dairy 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 Ben Maguire personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Ben Maguire 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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