Member of Parliament
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
At a glanceLisa Smart is a Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office). They have cast 380 votes in Commons divisions (66% attendance), tabled 564 written questions and registered 20 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Lisa Smart did not vote in 195. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office).
Current roles
- Representation of the People Bill Committee since 11 Mar 2026
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 1 Oct 2025
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Committee since 20 Nov 2024
- Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Hazel Grove Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
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Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 355 of 355 shared votes
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Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 329 of 329 shared votes
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Wendy Chamberlain
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 301 of 301 shared votes
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 253 of 253 shared votes
Votes least like
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Labour
11.5% · 27 of 235 shared votes
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Mary Creagh
Labour
13.2% · 35 of 265 shared votes
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Douglas McAllister
Labour
13.4% · 45 of 336 shared votes
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Tahir Ali
Labour
13.4% · 38 of 284 shared votes
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Fabian Hamilton
Labour
13.6% · 27 of 199 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP12
- Richard Pym - £1,494.50 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
- Richard Pym - £1,000.00 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
- Hilary Stone - £2,000.00 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
- Dominic Mathon - £1,000.00 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
- Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited - £3,000.00 (registered 21 Apr 2026)
- James Moore - £5,000.00 (registered 21 Apr 2026)
- Elizabeth Desmond - £3,000.00 (registered 21 Apr 2026)
- Elizabeth Desmond - £3,000.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Hilary Stone - £2,500.00 (registered 11 Nov 2025)
- Dominic Mathon - £2,500.00 (registered 6 Nov 2025)
- Ahmed Hindawi - £5,000.00 (registered 6 Nov 2025)
- Adam Management Holdings Ltd - £2,000.00 (registered 21 Oct 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 (registered 27 Jan 2026)
- Elizabeth Desmond - £1,641.49 (registered 11 Nov 2025)
- National Liberal Club - £863.69 (registered 27 Sep 2024)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 (registered 1 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous4
- Governor at Fairway Primary School, Offerton. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 Aug 2024)
- Unpaid director of Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited and JRRT (Properties) Limited. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 Aug 2024)
- Trustee of Barrack Hill Educational Charity. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 Aug 2024)
- Stockport Canal Boat Trust for Disabled People. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people and families impacted by brain conditions such as iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy following neurological surgeries of Cadaver Implants in the brain.
Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.
British Nationality: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to update the content of the Life in the UK test;; and when she expects a revised version to be introduced.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Government considers that everyone seeking to make a permanent home in the UK should be equipped to integrate successfully in UK society, with an appropriate level of English and an understanding of life in the UK.Applicants for settlement and citizen...
British Nationality: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the current Life in the UK test.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Government considers that everyone seeking to make a permanent home in the UK should be equipped to integrate successfully in UK society, with an appropriate level of English and an understanding of life in the UK.Applicants for settlement and citizen...
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to reduce the waiting times for visa administrative reviews.
Answer · 30 Jun 2026
Applications for administrative review have increased and intake has doubled within the last five years. Resource for the Administrative Review Unit is now more than double the equivalent 2021 staffing levels in response to this continuing high demand.Adm...
Community Relations: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to support cross-community interfaith work.
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
Interfaith relations are vital for strong, cohesive communities. Learning about different faiths and beliefs builds mutual understanding and contributes to community cohesion. The government’s support for cross-community interfaith work is demonstrated by...
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not paying interest on unpaid compensation awards for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme on claimants, the estates of deceased claimants and bereaved fa
Answer · 18 Jun 2026
The Government has decided not to adjust individual compensation awards to account for interest a person could have received, or investments that someone could have made or could make in the future. The compensation scheme does not pay interest on awards ...
Russia: Subversion
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the level of the threat posed by Russia to UK elections.
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Government is committed to upholding and strengthening UK democracy by protecting against foreign interference, improving political transparency, adding tougher checks for donations and closing loopholes by reinforcing electoral legislation against fo...
Dental Health: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of anti-USAG-1 antibody therapy for tooth regeneration; and what steps he is taking to ensure UK (a) researchers and (b) patients can partic
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which supports clinical, public health, social care and global health research in partnership with the National Health Service, academia and wider stakeholde...
Early day motions
| 25 Jun 2026 | Ova the Hills | 5 sig. |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Infected Blood Inquiry compensation | 33 sig. |
| 13 May 2026 | Proportional representation for general elections | 40 sig. |
| 13 Apr 2026 | International recognition for Robinsons Brewery | 5 sig. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Warm Spaces Programme | 17 sig. |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Electrifying the Midland Main Line | 9 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
I am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of his statement. The failure of Capita to meet the 30 June deadline is deeply disappointing, but, sadly, not surprising. Behind it sit 1.7 million current and former civil servants who simp…
6 Jul 2026 Foreign Interference in UK Politics
I am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of her statement. Just over five months ago, I stood here and asked the Secretary of State to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill by ensuring that post-tax profits, not overal…
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
I strongly agree with the Minister’s point about local leaders being best placed to make decisions. However, does she agree that when £3 of every £4 of Stockport council’s revenue spending goes on social care for children or adults, the nu…
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
indicated assent.
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
Will the hon. Member give way on that point?
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
I am delighted, as I always am, that Stockport is getting rightful attention in this place. Does the hon. Member agree that it is genuinely disappointing that although the Government talked about giving extra money to local councils, and h…
1 Jul 2026 MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
I welcome your advice and guidance, Chair. I will move on to talk about those Members who receive payments for posting on social media. Members of the UK Parliament should not receive payments from platforms such as X. I also note the e…
1 Jul 2026 MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Western, and I really congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this important and very timely debate, which he opened very well. Being a Member of Parli…
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
I am grateful to the hon. Member for raising that incident. He will not be surprised to hear that I strongly agree that it is wholly unacceptable and entirely abhorrent. It is a well-trodden path that those who seek to divide us and sow h…
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir John. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds South West and Morley (Mark Sewards) on securing this debate and setting us up very strongly with his excellent opening remarks. Antisem…
29 Jun 2026 Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact
I am here because my constituent Helen, from Romiley, came to see me at my advice surgery on Saturday. I was waiting to raise this point until the Minister was close to ending her speech, because I want to understand what is being done and…
29 Jun 2026 Cabinet Office
Born ready, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier this year, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that “we are not at war, but we are certainly not at peace either.” Just over the two years since this Government took office, there have …
25 Jun 2026 Draft Conversion Practices Bill
I really welcome the Minister’s statement today and the introduction of this draft legislation, and I look forward to writing to constituents who have been in touch with me to express their disappointment that conversion practices are stil…
25 Jun 2026 Steel Trade Measure
I am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Steel matters. It matters for our national security, our defence and our critical infrastructure, and it sustains jobs right across the United Kingdom. British Steel support…
25 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Some of my youngest constituents have been in touch with me to say that they are really worried about being split up from their friends in their class. They go to Woodley primary school, which faces stretched budgets and a lowering birth r…
25 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
We will soon have our seventh Prime Minister in 10 years. My commiserations go to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, who I see has bowed out of the race gracefully—I am sure he has many irons in the fire. The right hon. Member f…
25 Jun 2026 UK-EU Relations
This week marked 10 years since the EU referendum vote, and the world has changed since then, with an unreliable Trump in the White House and Putin bombing schools in Ukraine. Labour’s red lines are holding Britain back. They are hurting t…
24 Jun 2026 Elections: First Past the Post
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the alternative vote is a preferential voting system, not a proportional system?
24 Jun 2026 Elections: First Past the Post
I am not personally a fan of a referendum. They can be quite divisive and they return one of two answers, so I would not support one. The Liberal Democrats have had a fairer voting system in our manifesto since the foundation of our party.…
24 Jun 2026 Elections: First Past the Post
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) on securing this vital debate. Like many colleagues, we have both been vocal, proud advocates for politica…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs) · Opposition Department 18 Sep 2024 – 1 Oct 2025
Committee memberships
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Elections contested
- Hazel Grove 12 Dec 2019
- Hazel Grove 8 Jun 2017
- Hazel Grove 7 May 2015
Expenses
Contact & offices
0161 406 7070
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Lisa Smart, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Lisa Smart?
Lisa Smart is a Member of Parliament representing Hazel Grove in the House of Commons. See Lisa Smart's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Lisa Smart represent?
Lisa Smart sits as Liberal Democrat. See Lisa Smart's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Lisa Smart represent?
Lisa Smart is the Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove. See Lisa Smart's official Parliament profile.
How long has Lisa Smart been an MP?
Lisa Smart has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Lisa Smart's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Lisa Smart?
Lisa Smart has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Lisa Smart's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.