Member of Parliament

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers)

At a glanceAlison Bennett is a Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers). They have cast 413 votes in Commons divisions (72% attendance), tabled 245 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.

Votes cast413

Attendance72%

Voted Aye219

Voted No194

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Alison Bennett did not vote in 162. 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

Alison Bennett is the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers).

Current roles3 held

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 18 Sep 2024
Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
Mid Sussex Representation · Elected 1 time 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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	No
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	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026	No

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Ian Sollom Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 397 of 397 shared votes
Adam Dance Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 385 of 385 shared votes
Marie Goldman Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 381 of 381 shared votes
Steff Aquarone Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 380 of 380 shared votes
John Milne Liberal Democrat 100.0% · 378 of 378 shared votes

Votes least like

Dame Siobhain McDonagh Labour 10.3% · 26 of 252 shared votes
Mary Creagh Labour 12.4% · 34 of 274 shared votes
Neil Coyle Labour 13.6% · 44 of 324 shared votes
Dan Carden Labour 14.0% · 37 of 265 shared votes
Douglas McAllister Labour 14.3% · 54 of 377 shared votes

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From the official Register; shown as registered.

Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1

Ian Howard - £5,000.00 (registered 22 Jan 2026)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2

The National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 (registered 22 Jan 2026)
The National Liberal Club - £1,327.20 (registered 18 Sep 2024)

Miscellaneous1

Member of Mid Sussex District Council, (unpaid since 30 September 2024 and previously registered under Category 1). (registered 1 Aug 2024)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions245 tabled

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to recover public funds lost through fraud, misconduct and the improper award of public contracts; and how much has been recovered in each of the last five years.

Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service targets apply to (a) application processing, (b) renewals, (c) payment processing and (d) complaint handling within Access to Work.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of (a) cancellation rates and (b) service reliability on Thameslink services since the operator transferred into public ownership.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Transport.

Children: Equality 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from ethnic minority and working class backgrounds have equal access to education and future work opportunities.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.

Special Educational Needs 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure equal access to education for children with additional learning needs.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.

Afghanistan: Women 9 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking in response to ongoing restrictions put on women in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

Answer · 13 Jul 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 2 April in response to Question 122807.

Emergency Services: Sign Language 6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the provision of British Sign Language interpreters within emergency services.

Answer · 9 Jul 2026

Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, which includes responsibility for ensuring that there is adequate provision of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters to support deaf p...

Hospices: Finance 12 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support hospices prior to the implementation of the reforms outlined within the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.

Answer · 17 Jun 2026

We have supported the hospice sector in England with a £125 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are also providing approximately £80 million of revenue funding for ...

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Early day motions8 tabled

21 May 2026	Carers Week 2026	45 sig.
14 Apr 2026	Social care	27 sig.
2 Feb 2026	Hospices and end of life care	42 sig.
13 Oct 2025	Protect our hospices	31 sig.
16 Jul 2025	Steve Willis Training Centre	9 sig.
10 Jun 2025	Unpaid Care Dashboard	41 sig.

Speeches in the chamber313 on record

15 Jul 2026 Engagements

Q6. I put on record my appreciation for the hard work of the Prime Minister’s ministerial team in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in tackling the absolute failings of South East Water. However, last Friday, 1,200 …

8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care

I am sorry, but I will not, in the interests of time. This is happening not because our NHS staff are failing, but because they are being asked to deliver excellent care in circumstances that make excellence almost impossible. My consti…

8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care

I agree with my hon. Friend. What we see time and again is that one problem becomes another until eventually the patient pays the price. My constituent, Catherine Jeater, has seen corridor care as a patient and as a relative of a patient. …

8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care

I begin by thanking the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for setting out so brilliantly, with her professional expertise and human touch, what it means for corridor care to be a normal habit across the NHS in all parts of the countr…

2 Jul 2026 Historical Forced Adoption

The apology today is so welcome, and my heart goes out to all those people who have campaigned and been hurt by the failings of the state. In his statement, the Prime Minister said, “These harms were compounded by the actions and failures …

2 Jul 2026 Business of the House

Cellnex estimates that Mid Sussex is ranked 499th out of 650 constituencies for quality of mobile signal strength. The current obligations on mobile operators are clearly failing to provide the coverage that my constituents deserve in vill…

2 Jul 2026 Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations

I thank the Minister for that response. Caroline from Lindfield owns a small business that provides arbitration services. Since the introduction of the one-size-fits-all fees set down earlier this year, her business model and that of so ma…

2 Jul 2026 Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations

6. Whether his Department has provided guidance on the potential impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Fees) Regulations 2026 on small businesses providing arbitration service…

2 Jul 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths

For the record, my request was that the public health grant be restored back to 2015 levels, not 2010 levels.

2 Jul 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Ribble (Mr Foster) on securing this important debate and thank him for sharing his story. Like so many families across t…

30 Jun 2026 National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation

The Secretary of State’s announcement of 1,000 extra midwives is welcome, even if the funding is temporary. However, this is a review of maternity and neonatal services. In Baroness Amos’s review of Sussex, she noted that in the 12 months …

29 Jun 2026 Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact

One of the people in the Gallery is my constituent, Heather Farrant, who came to Parliament today with two of her three daughters. She has lived with the lifelong consequences of her mother’s exposure to DES. Will the hon. Lady commend Hea…

24 Jun 2026 Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services

I thank Donna Ockenden, the hon. Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh), and the Nottingham families for all the work they have done to bring us today’s report about what went on across Nottinghamshire. It is truly shocking. At the sa…

23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers

I will not. We must never lose sight of the fact that at the core of the debate is young people’s wellbeing and health. It is not about ideology; it is about what is best for young people. The Government must always prioritise clinical …

23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers

I am afraid that I will not. Liberal Democrats have been arguing for many years that improved access to better specialist healthcare services for children and young people struggling with their gender identity is extremely important. Th…

23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers

This debate is on a subject that, it goes without saying, is emotive and complex. We must therefore as always endeavour to have this conversation with compassion and empathy. The Liberal Democrats’ position is clear and simple, as reflecte…

22 Jun 2026 Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Newborn Screening Test

The hon. Member makes the good point that often the uncertainty and the unknown length of time for which people are in limbo matter, and I hope that the Minister can address his question when she responds to the debate. In conclusion, t…

22 Jun 2026 Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Newborn Screening Test

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) for opening this debate so well. I am grateful to the petitioners for securing this debate, including the 287 c…

16 Jun 2026 Access to Dental Services: West Sussex

The hon. Lady makes a really good point. We know that cancer treatment is a real priority for this Government and it certainly makes sense that her suggestion is considered. I hear from parents who are worried about finding appointments…

16 Jun 2026 Access to Dental Services: West Sussex

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship on Sussex Day, Sir Desmond. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) on securing this important debate on access to dentistry services in West …

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

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