Charlotte Cane MP: votes, interests and costs
Charlotte Cane represents Ely and East Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Charlotte Cane as a current member of these 3 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 26 January 2026 | Current |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 26 January 2026 | Current |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4257793607b9.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 7 entries for Charlotte Cane: Miscellaneous (4), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 20 January 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary Membership of the NLC from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Company
Affiliate Membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-04-23
- Name of the donor: Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
- The type of interest: Other
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary Membership of the NLC from 22 August 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-08-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-08-14
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-30
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Other
Life Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
- The type of interest: Other
District Councillor - East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Type of work or service being provided: District Councillor
- Name of the payer: East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Brief description of the payer's business: District Council
- Agreement starting 25 August 2025 - £691.43
Honorary Director Reach Community Solar Farm Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of the Brian David Hilton Will Trust (which owns a residential property in Ely with no financial benefit). This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 24 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £141,682 for Charlotte Cane in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £15,221 of a £30,426 budget. 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 | £141,681.89 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,221.49 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,773.30 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,888.91 |
| 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: Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Administrative Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Office Manager (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Charlotte Cane voted in the House of Commons: 426 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was an 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
Charlotte Cane has tabled 340 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; and others.
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the review of the local government reorganisation programme announced on 7 September 2026 to conclude; how local communities and Councils will be able to engage; …
A10: Ely and East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding for the A10 improvements in Ely & East Cambridgeshire remains secure following the Government's Defence Investment Plan; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of planned …
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what population size Neighbourhood Health Centres should serve in rural areas.
Education: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to question 900062, when the Women in Tech taskforce will make its first recommendations on education and career pathways.
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a price cap for heating oil.
Batteries: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to question 1352, if she will set out a timeline for including Battery Energy Storage Systems as an activity within the Environmental Permitting R …
Civil Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to question 1351, if she will set a timeline for updating the House on considerations of conversion rights between civil partnerships and marriages for opposite-sex couple …
Dentistry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to question 1353, if he will provide a timeline for the publication of Golden Hello scheme data.
Police: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support rural police forces.
General Medical Council and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of making regulations under Section 28 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 to provide regulatory oversight of the Gene …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 74c82414696d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Charlotte Cane.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Ely and East Cambridgeshire returned Charlotte Cane with a majority of 495: 17,127 votes, 32.7% of those cast, against 16,632 for Lucy Frazer. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Ely and East Cambridgeshire 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.