Chris Coghlan MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Dorking and Horley is Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Chris Coghlan as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | 5 February 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0034a3da36fd.
Register of interests
Chris Coghlan has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 24 November 2025 and the latest on 29 September 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2), Employment and earnings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Simon Atkins - £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: Simon Atkins
- Status of the donor: Individual
Philip Gosling - £3,340.00
- 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: £3,340.00
- Name of the donor: Philip Gosling
- Status of the donor: Individual
Reservist army officer - British Army
- Type of work or service being provided: Reservist army officer
- Date the agreement started: 2025-09-10
- Name of the payer: British Army
- Payment received on 30 September 2026 - £152.99
- Payment received on 31 July 2026 - £2,664.29
- Payment received on 30 June 2026 - £883.30
- Payment received on 29 May 2026 - £149.97
- Payment received on 31 January 2026 - £184.17
- Payment received on 30 April 2026 - £152.17
- Payment received on 31 March 2026 - £787.51
- Payment received on 31 December 2025 - £430.56
- Payment received on 28 November 2025 - £530.82
- Payment received on 31 October 2025 - £403.04
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Chris Coghlan's office spent £159,054 on staff, from a staffing budget of £198,653, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £25,749 of a £33,037 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 | £159,053.80 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,749.21 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,186.01 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Dorking and Horley CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Policy Researcher (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 328 votes by Chris Coghlan in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 22 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 20 October 2026. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading No; Programme Motion No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye; New Clause 7 Aye; Amendment 51 Aye; New Clause 21 Aye; Amendment 47 Aye; Amendment 4 Aye; Amendment 23 Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye; Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 140 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 Aye |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No; Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye; New Clause 4 Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Chris Coghlan has tabled 277 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Education; Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Justice.
Birds: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce species-specific welfare standards for budgerigars under its Animal Welfare Strategy for England, including regulations on conspecific social housing, restriction …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the timing of EHC plan issue on Key Stage 4 attainment and post-19 employment.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with EHC plans and no setting are waiting for a placement that exists but is full, as against one that does not exist at all.
Autism: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of health and social care support available to autistic people who do not have a learning disability.
Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to improve access to health and social care support for autistic people who do not have a learning disability.
Childminding: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the rules on Ofsted-registered childminders claiming government-funded early education and childcare hours for children to whom they are related, where care is provided outside the child’s ho …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the economic and social costs associated with the mental health impact on parents and caregivers of children with SEND; and whether she plans to include these costs in future fisca …
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken in response to receiving Prevention of Future Death reports.
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prevention of Future Death reports received by the government have outstanding responses.
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prevention of Future Death reports the government has received since 2013 broken down by Department.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a9ec167a981c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris Coghlan.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 5,391 for Chris Coghlan in Dorking and Horley in July 2024, from 20,921 votes on a turnout of 69.7%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Dorking and Horley figures
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