Member of Parliament

Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat MP for Newton Abbot

At a glanceMartin Wrigley is a Liberal Democrat MP for Newton Abbot, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 405 votes in Commons divisions (70% attendance), tabled 1,840 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.

Votes cast405

Attendance70%

Voted Aye204

Voted No201

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Martin Wrigley did not vote in 170. 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.

Biographyfrom Parliament

Martin Wrigley is the Liberal Democrat MP for Newton Abbot, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Current roles4 held

Finance Committee (Commons) Committee since 19 Jan 2026
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
Newton Abbot Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	Aye
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	No
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	Aye
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026	No
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3	Aye
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14	Aye
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13	Aye

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Ian Sollom Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 393 of 393 shared votes
Adam Dance Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 380 of 380 shared votes
Marie Goldman Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 378 of 378 shared votes
John Milne Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 376 of 376 shared votes
Alison Bennett Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 374 of 374 shared votes

Votes least like

Dame Siobhain McDonagh Labour 10.3% · 25 of 242 shared votes
Mary Creagh Labour 13.3% · 37 of 278 shared votes
Anneliese Midgley Labour 13.8% · 43 of 312 shared votes
Douglas McAllister Labour 14.2% · 52 of 366 shared votes
Neil Coyle Labour 14.2% · 46 of 324 shared votes

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From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1

Councillor - Teignbridge district council (registered 2 Aug 2024)

Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1

Agreement - £548.56 (registered 2 Aug 2024)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1

National Liberal Club - £1,029.62 (registered 29 Sep 2024)

Shareholdings1

Shares in Moexco Ltd (registered 17 Jul 2024)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions1,840 tabled

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has met with representatives of (a) Apple and (b) Google on the implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .

Dental Services: Finance 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS dental funding levels on the recruitment and retention of dentists providing NHS care.

Answer · 20 Jul 2026

Since July 2024, the Government has been rebuilding a broken National Health Service dentistry system. We have delivered 1.8 million more dental treatments and reduced the underspend from £392 million in 2023/24 to just £36 million in 2024/25, maximising ...

Dental Services: Finance 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional recurrent funding will be provided alongside implementation of the proposed NHS dental contract reforms.

Answer · 20 Jul 2026

We are committed to reforming the dental contract by the end of this Parliament, with a focus on matching resources to need, improving access, promoting prevention, and rewarding dentists fairly, while enabling the whole dental team to work to the top of ...

NHS: Palantir 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the HL1033, 6 July 2026, how many times the audit trail for access to data on the National Data Integration Tenant has been reviewed or audited since its implementation, and what the ou

Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Artificial Intelligence 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for a list of models available of use on the NHS AI Platform, and the name of any intermediary entities between the NHS user and the model providers.

Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health Services and Pharmacy: Data Protection 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's guidance entitled Preventing unlawful access to patient records, published on the 8th July applies to a) data held in General Practice, b) data accessed from pharmacies partic

Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information 9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to FOI2025/18430 and Internal Review IR2026/03033, concerning background papers relating to the meeting on 28 August 2019 attended by Boris Johnson, Peter Thiel and Dominic Cummings, what specific

Answer · 17 Jul 2026

As set out in its response of 4 February 2026, the Cabinet Office recognises that there is a public interest in the transparency in how it makes decisions on responses to written parliamentary questions. However, effective responses to written parliamenta...

Palantir: Contracts 9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 117973, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) scale, (b) scope and (c) criticality of the services provided by Palantir with the servi

Answer · 14 Jul 2026

Suppliers are chosen as cross Government Strategic Suppliers following a supplier segmentation exercise based on the scale, scope and criticality of the services they provide. Those that are viewed as having the highest levels against these three criteria...

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Early day motions22 tabled

6 Jul 2026	Palantir and the NHS (No. 2)	33 sig.
18 Jun 2026	Lelia Gardner achieving the King's Scout Award	6 sig.
18 Jun 2026	Retirement of Vincent Willson of Citizens Advice, Teignbridge	5 sig.
16 Jun 2026	Newton Abbot Rugby Football Club	8 sig.
23 Feb 2026	Securing the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme	44 sig.
11 Dec 2025	Elaine Davis and charities in Devon	11 sig.

Speeches in the chamber234 on record

24 Jun 2026 Engagements

Q11. US big tech has exploited us for far too long, so I am delighted that the Met police followed my advice and pushed Apple and Google to implement the stolen handset blacklist, curbing resales and cutting mobile theft by almost half.…

15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s

It sounds like the Secretary of State is hearing a fairly unanimous view from members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, which is good. Today’s ban is a welcome start, but it is only a start and is not sufficient. Does th…

8 Jun 2026 Police: AI Trials

Palantir appears to have a habit of avoiding competitive tender and scrutiny by using free trials and locking up the contract specifications after getting a foot in the door. I congratulate the London Mayor on stopping the recent potential…

8 Jun 2026 Police: AI Trials

5. What discussions her Department has had with police forces on the adequacy of competitive tendering for trials of AI.

3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

I was trying not to interrupt his flow—[Interruption.] Until I did. Throughout the files there are mentions of Palantir and Peter Mandelson, including a memo in which he tries to introduce Peter Thiel to No. 10 staff in June last year. …

3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

1 Jun 2026 Health Bill

All the features that the hon. Member is asking for are available to people within the Greater Manchester area. Exactly those things are there and work today, even down to the remote monitoring he mentions.

1 Jun 2026 Health Bill

I absolutely agree with the hon. Member. We heard earlier how Kevin Dixon of Devon gives us excellent reports of what is happening with Healthwatch. The modern NHS must run on data, but critically, on data that carries the consent of pa…

1 Jun 2026 Health Bill

I will focus on two things: the changes in data privacy and access to support a centralised single patient record, and the abolition of Healthwatch. Healthwatch is not the same as the other regulators and it should not be amalgamated. R…

20 May 2026 Defence Readiness

We have had a very interesting debate, with interesting speeches from many Members. I, too, am fully behind the rapid increase in funds for defence and I wish to add my thanks to our serving personnel. Defence readiness requires a whole…

28 Apr 2026 Park Home Owners

I thank the hon. Member for securing this valuable debate. I have a good number of park home sites in my constituency. Not only do they suffer the 10% commission, poor maintenance levels and high service charges, but they have atrocious se…

21 Apr 2026 Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment

Yesterday, I asked the Prime Minister about the security vetting condition that required Peter Mandelson to be accompanied when visiting previous clients. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to find out whether the lack of accompa…

20 Apr 2026 Security Vetting

I understand that Peter Mandelson’s vetting clearance was conditional on his being accompanied to meetings with former clients, such as Palantir. Will the Prime Minister clarify why there is no record of his and Peter Mandelson’s meeting w…