Daisy Cooper MP: votes, interests and costs
Daisy Cooper represents St Albans in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat and has done since 12 December 2019. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury), held since 18 September 2024.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Daisy Cooper, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care) | Opposition Department | 21 October 2021 | 18 September 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education) | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 21 October 2021 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) | Opposition Department | 6 January 2020 | 7 September 2020 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Opposition Department | 6 January 2020 | 7 September 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 7 February 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Building Safety Bill | 9 September 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats | 13 September 2020 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 79037f8e6e67.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 20 entries for Daisy Cooper: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (19), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 15 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Alex McEvoy - £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: Alex McEvoy
- Status of the donor: Individual
Elizabeth Desmond - £3,000.00
- 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: £3,000.00
- Name of the donor: Elizabeth Desmond
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dextram Hunter-Torricke - £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: Dextram Hunter-Torricke
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ashraf Nehru - £1,000.00
- 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: £1,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ashraf Nehru
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ashraf Nehru - £1,000.00
- 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: £1,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ashraf Nehru
- Status of the donor: Individual
Matthew Taylor - £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: Matthew Taylor
- Status of the donor: Individual
Hannah Nesbit - £1,800.00
- 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: £1,800.00
- Name of the donor: Hannah Nesbit
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ramesh Dewan - £2,804.40
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Catering for an event to raise funds for an additional role in my office and support my re-election campaign
- Value of the benefit: £2,804.40
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-04
- Name of the donor: Ramesh Dewan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ramesh Dewan - £3,702.98
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Catering for an event to raise funds for an additional role in my office and support my re-election campaign
- Value of the benefit: £3,702.98
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-28
- Name of the donor: Ramesh Dewan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ahmed Hindawi - £10,000.00
- 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: £10,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ahmed Hindawi
- Status of the donor: Individual
Andrew Harrington - £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: Andrew Harrington
- Status of the donor: Individual
Chris Osborne - £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: Chris Osborne
- Status of the donor: Individual
Claire Alderson - £10,000.00
- 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: £10,000.00
- Name of the donor: Claire Alderson
- Status of the donor: Individual
Chris White - £2,600.00
- 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: £2,600.00
- Name of the donor: Chris White
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ewan Kirk - £10,000.00
- 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: £10,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ewan Kirk
- Status of the donor: Individual
Thomas Gosling - £10,000.00
- 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: £10,000.00
- Name of the donor: Thomas Gosling
- Status of the donor: Individual
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: 2026-01-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-20
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Company
College Street Partners Ltd - £20,000.00
- 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: £20,000.00
- Name of the donor: College Street Partners Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: College Street Partners Ltd
- Company registration number: 07079981
- Source of company identifier: Companies House
Carl Michel - £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: Carl Michel
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ahmed Hindawi and Nagwa Abdelmottaleb - £10,000.00
- 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: £10,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ahmed Hindawi and Nagwa Abdelmottaleb
- Status of the donor: Individual
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 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 £248,942 for Daisy Cooper in 2024-25 against a budget of £268,550. The figure for 2023-24 was £234,079. IPSA lists office spending of £25,934 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £248,942.34 | £234,078.61 | £220,977.03 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,933.97 | £23,305.82 | £21,716.93 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: St Albans CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Policy Researcher (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (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 444 votes by Daisy Cooper in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 42 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 Daisy Cooper voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
The Written Questions API lists 610 written questions from Daisy Cooper since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Department for Education, Treasury and 3 other departments.
Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Government response to consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contracts regime, how he intends to define the point of supply for businesse …
Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances may an Ofsted inspection outcome be amended or downgraded by people who did not visit during a school inspection.
Brain: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve educational support and outcomes for children and young people with acquired brain injury.
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish an urgent MP hotline for Valuation Office Agency casework enquiries.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of 5 June 2026 from the Hon. Member for St Albans, reference DC55255/DFE.
Railways: Chichester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July to Question 14117 on Railways: Chichester, and with reference to derailment incidents during summer 2026, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) expedite the Weather Resilience …
Museums and Galleries: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an accelerated collection loans process from national to regional museums, for those with accreditation under th …
Museums and Galleries: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the efficacy of the current collection loans process from national to regional museums.
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will make representations to NuvationBio to encourage access to the SIGMA Phase 3 trial of Safusideniv for eligible patients at UK hospitals.
Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Ofsted's ability to adjudicate independently on appeals submitted by school leaders in relation to Ofsted's own inspection judgments.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 772dac446dc1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Daisy Cooper.
2024 general election
Daisy Cooper won St Albans at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 29,222 votes (56.6%), a majority of 19,834 over James Spencer (Conservative). Result as published: LD hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · St Albans figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Daisy Cooper corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Daisy Cooper:
- The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Daisy Cooper MP about Excess Deaths
- The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Daisy Cooper MP about coronavirus testing programme
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.