At a glanceIan Roome is a Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 314 votes in Commons divisions (55% attendance), tabled 301 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Ian Roome did not vote in 261. 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
Current roles
- Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill Committee since 9 Feb 2026
- Defence Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
- North Devon Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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John Milne
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 301 of 301 shared votes
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Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 299 of 299 shared votes
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Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 297 of 297 shared votes
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Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 292 of 292 shared votes
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Marie Goldman
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 291 of 291 shared votes
Votes least like
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Labour
12.2% · 23 of 188 shared votes
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Mary Creagh
Labour
14.6% · 30 of 206 shared votes
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Anneliese Midgley
Labour
14.9% · 36 of 242 shared votes
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Douglas McAllister
Labour
15.4% · 42 of 273 shared votes
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Sarah Owen
Labour
15.5% · 32 of 207 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- National Liberal Club - £1,310.75 (registered 9 Oct 2024)
Written questions
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department periodically reviews the eligibility criteria for Medical Exemption Certificates granting free NHS prescriptions; and on what basis those criteria are chosen.
Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.
Data Centres: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Pr
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
Any decision to grant a Development Consent Order will take into account matters raised at Examination, and the recommendation report of the Examining Authority. As a business and commercial project, a data centre would first need to be directed into the ...
Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the findings of the December 2024 Court of Appeal ruling on animal welfare practices that breach the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The judicial review challenge relating to the legality of keeping fast-growing breeds of meat chickens was unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The Court made no declaration that the keeping of fast-growing breeds of meat chickens was unlawful an...
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an automatic release process for unclaimed Child Trust Funds traced by National Insurance number.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Government agrees it is vital to step up efforts to reunite young people with their unclaimed matured Child Trust Funds (CTFs). Around three million accounts have now matured, of which over three quarters of a million remain unclaimed. Recognising the...
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to trace the owners of unclaimed Child Trust Funds.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Government agrees it is vital to step up efforts to reunite young people with their unclaimed matured Child Trust Funds (CTFs). Around three million accounts have now matured, of which over three quarters of a million remain unclaimed. Recognising the...
Mobile Broadband: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to compare the quality of consumer mobile phone signal in specific geographic areas against the quality of service assurances published by mobile net
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
The regulator, Ofcom, is responsible for reporting on mobile network coverage across the UK. Ofcom’s reporting in their Connected Nations reports and the coverage maps available in the ‘Map Your Mobile’ tool, is based primarily on coverage predictions fro...
Solar Power: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to ensure that the development of solar farms supports the protection and enhancement of wildlife and natural habitats.
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
All solar projects are subject to a rigorous planning process, in which the impacts on wildlife and habitats are considered. Biodiversity net gain is also a legal requirement under the Environment Act 2021 and associated regulations. This means that to ac...
Arctic: Marines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to progress the transformation of the UK Commando Force into a warfighting formation focused on the High North, including an increase in Royal Marine numbers deployed to the re
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Government is continuing to transform the UK Commando Force into a more agile, lethal and technology-enabled warfighting formation, optimised for operations in the Euro-Atlantic and High North alongside NATO Allies. The £100 million announced for new ...
Early day motions
| 13 Jul 2026 | UK Town of Culture 2028 shortlist | 6 sig. |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Encompass South West | 8 sig. |
| 23 Feb 2026 | South Molton Pannier Market | 9 sig. |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Earth Action North Devon | 14 sig. |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Julie Whitton | 13 sig. |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme | 14 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I thank the hon. Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for securing this important debate. I want to speak up for Ilfracombe in particular, and the challenges that will be familiar to coastal communities everywhere. Devon county …
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
I agree with the hon. and gallant Gentleman, and I thank him for his distinguished service too. We are seeing that in how we are learning lessons from Ukraine. I have been out there and seen the systems, so I totally agree. Defence reform…
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
I certainly do, and I will come that later in my speech. There are areas where the Government seem to have cut corners: munitions reserves, medical support, industrial resilience—all essential for enduring a longer crisis. Professionals…
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
I thank my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) for securing this debate. There are moments in politics when delay is not just a mistake, but a danger. This is one of those moments. The truth is that the wor…
8 Jul 2026 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
The MCA has told MPs that it has data to back its claim that CROs would rather be volunteers than employees. Can the Minister confirm that those findings can be shared? This has a massive bearing on the MCA’s decision, and may greatly unde…
30 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
The defence investment plan includes an additional £100 million transformation of the Royal Marines commando forces, with a special focus on our allies in Scandinavia and the High North. As the Royal Marines Commando Logistic Regiment is b…
23 Jun 2026 Defence Spending and Readiness
The Defence Committee has just come back from Norway. It worries me that some defence programmes may be withdrawn in the DIP. Does my hon. Friend agree that the defence programmes set out in the defence investment plan are important for no…
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
It is a big misconception that single living accommodation in the forces is primarily for those who are single; it is not. Even at the flag-raising ceremony here in Westminster today, most of those in uniform told me that their wives live …
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
We should not let everything that is happening in Westminster today distract us from the urgent need to safeguard our national defence. New clause 22 would highlight the result of the defence investment plan being long overdue. Does my hon…
22 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
This year, two of Devon’s school food providers have shut down due to rapidly rising business and food costs. The Government school food standards consultation closed on 12 June, so will the Secretary of State now ensure that funding for s…
22 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
10 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
First of all, I would like to say what a great honour it was to attend Windsor castle on Friday to see the presentation of the new colours to the Royal Marines. It was an absolutely superb event and carried out to extreme precision. It …
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
It was a pleasure to be a member of the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill, and it is an honour to speak on the Armed Forces Bill for a second time. It is to the Government’s credit that the responds to a number of the key challenge…
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
indicated assent.
1 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Following the recent challenges with deploying HMS Dragon to the middle east at short notice, will the defence readiness Bill, which was mentioned in the strategic defence review, urgently review how our Type 45 destroyers can be made more…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
I know that everybody here, and the nearly 500 people from my constituency who signed this petition, will be struck by the gravity of the terrible crimes that are being committed up and down the country. Does the hon. Lady agree that, when…
27 Apr 2026 Topical Questions
One of my constituents in North Devon is a Royal Marines veteran who was just awarded over £2,700 in backdated universal credit, after the DWP failed to disregard his war pension from his monthly income. What can be done to ensure DWP staf…
16 Apr 2026 Armed Forces Bill (Sixth sitting)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. Amendment 1 would introduce an exemption from recall to former service personnel who have been discharged due to physical or mental health reasons, to ensure that, even as th…
16 Apr 2026 Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)
I put it on record that I am a holder of a veterans railcard. Many of my constituents have veterans railcards and, with the cost of living crisis, they find it a great way to move about. Does the hon. Member agree that we really need to co…
16 Apr 2026 Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)
I wish to press new clause 3 to a vote. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Expenses
Contact & offices
01271 410470
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
The Castle Centre, 25 Castle Street, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX31 1DR
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Ian Roome, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Ian Roome?
Ian Roome is a Member of Parliament representing North Devon in the House of Commons. See Ian Roome's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Ian Roome represent?
Ian Roome sits as Liberal Democrat. See Ian Roome's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Ian Roome represent?
Ian Roome is the Member of Parliament for North Devon. See Ian Roome's official Parliament profile.
How long has Ian Roome been an MP?
Ian Roome has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Ian Roome's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Ian Roome?
Ian Roome has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Ian Roome's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.