Alison Bennett MP: votes, interests and costs
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Mid Sussex, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Alison Bennett; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Care and Carers) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | 5 October 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 95473848ee07.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 5 entries for Alison Bennett: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 14 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Simon Ruddick - £948.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Communication development which included a facilitator, overnight accommodation, food and drink
- Value of the benefit: £948.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-09
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-09
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-10
- Name of the donor: Simon Ruddick
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ian Howard - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ian Howard
- Status of the donor: Individual
The National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-12-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-12-23
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: The National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
The National Liberal Club - £1,327.20
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club from 11 September 2024 until 31 December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,327.20
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-09-11
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: The National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
Member of Mid Sussex District Council, (unpaid since 30 September 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-03-25
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Alison Bennett's 2024-25 staffing spend as £100,905 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £21,277 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £100,905.39 |
| Office costs: spent | £21,277.45 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,140.91 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,451.27 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £36,491 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Mid Sussex CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Office Manager (casual), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term full time), Personal Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 440 votes by Alison Bennett in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 40 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 1 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Alison Bennett voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Alison Bennett has tabled 251 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and 4 other departments.
Water: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of using greywater harvesting to reduce domestic water consumption.
Water: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of a) the potential reduction in water consumption, b) the cost of installation and c) the ongoing maintenance costs for householders with regar …
Special Educational Needs
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.
Juries: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to review the maximum amount jurors can claim for loss of earnings while undertaking jury service, and whether he considers the current allowance to be sufficient.
Public Sector: Fraud
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.
Parking Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review Civil Enforcement Officer powers where there is a repeated contravention of parking restrictions over the course of a single day within a localised area.
Access to Work Programme
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.
Greater Thameslink Railway: Standards
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.
Children: Equality
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.
Afghanistan: Women
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4b53c5ce6dea. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Alison Bennett.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Mid Sussex returned Alison Bennett with a majority of 6,662: 21,136 votes, 39.6% of those cast, against 14,474 for Kristy Adams. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Mid Sussex figures
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