Caroline Voaden MP: votes, interests and costs
Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for South Devon, elected on 4 July 2024. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Schools), held since 1 October 2025.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Caroline Voaden, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Schools) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Victims and Courts Bill | 17 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2f36ae3760d3.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Caroline Voaden: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 27 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Nicholas Aleksander - £2,000.00
- 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: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: Nicholas Aleksander
- Status of the donor: Individual
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary membership
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-08-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Caroline Voaden's 2024-25 staffing spend as £140,061 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £24,819 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 | £140,061.46 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,818.75 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,220.69 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,182.42 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (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).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: South Devon CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (fixed term full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Policy Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Caroline Voaden voted in the House of Commons: 424 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Caroline Voaden voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Caroline Voaden has tabled 196 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Transport, Home Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and 2 other departments.
Aviation: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of Regulation 261 compensation claims that were wrongly rejected by airlines in each of the past 5 years.
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications (i) are currently under consideration and have been so for more than (ii) six months, (iii) twelve months and (iv) twenty four months.
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service standards apply to visa applications when repeated enquiries fail to produce a substantive response.
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to introducing a limit on the length of time a visa application may remain under consideration.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award on halving the participation gap in enrichment activities between disadvantaged young people and the …
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Enrichment Framework and associated benchmarks on access to enrichment opportunities.
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to commit to 80 hours of enrichment per student per year.
Fire Prevention: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure woodland is appropriately managed to reduce the risk of wildfires.
Flood Control: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support businesses at risk of flooding but ineligible for Flood Re insurance.
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of calculating parental income for Student Finance purposes before the deduction of carried-forward trading losses on self-employed households.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b321c29ffcf0. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Caroline Voaden.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 7,127 for Caroline Voaden in South Devon in July 2024, from 22,540 votes on a turnout of 67.8%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · South Devon figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.