Josh Babarinde MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Eastbourne is Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Josh Babarinde; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | 1 October 2025 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Committee | 28 October 2024 | 13 November 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e2a5256df241.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Josh Babarinde, as the MP registered them: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (4), Miscellaneous (2). Latest registration 23 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
President of the Liberal Democrats (unpaid)
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-01-01
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Andrew Little - £15,000.00
- 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
- Description of the payment: Campaign donation to Eastbourne Liberal Democrats
- Value of the benefit: £15,000.00
- Name of the donor: Andrew Little
- Status of the donor: Individual
Andrew Little - £15,000.00
- 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: £15,000.00
- Name of the donor: Andrew Little
- Status of the donor: Individual
Alan Morton - £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
- Description of the payment: Donation to support my office as President of the Liberal Democrats.
- Value of the benefit: £20,000.00
- Name of the donor: Alan Morton
- Status of the donor: Individual
Adam Management Holdings Limited - £7,500.00
- 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
- Description of the payment: Donation in support of Josh Babarinde's campaign for Liberal Democrat Party President
- Value of the benefit: £7,500.00
- Name of the donor: Adam Management Holdings Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Adam Management Holdings Limited
- Company registration number: 13453522
Trustee of Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-06-06
- 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)
In 2024-25 Josh Babarinde's office spent £129,795 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £27,934 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 | £129,794.90 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,934.06 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,854.88 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,574.89 |
| 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: Eastbourne BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Communications Officer (fixed term full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Support Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×3 (fixed term part time), Executive Officer ×2 (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Communications 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 433 votes by Josh Babarinde in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 37 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 Josh Babarinde voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 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 289 written questions from Josh Babarinde since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Education.
Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating evidence-based nutritional, physical activity and lifestyle interventions more routinely alongside medical treatment for cancer pa …
Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) other challenges faced by cancer patients in accessing appropriate evidence-based nutritional, lifestyle and wellbeing support a …
Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether guidance is available to NHS cancer services on providing patients with evidence-based information on nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle alongside conventional cancer treatment.
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people with physical disabilities require adapted accommodation from local authorities, broken down by each local authority area in the South East.
Housing: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the number of accessible properties that are (a) temporary accommodation (b) emergency accommodation and (c) social housing available through each local autho …
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessments decisions were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessment decisions were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of EHC Plans were issued within the 20-week timeframe each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d3752029004f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Josh Babarinde.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 12,204 for Josh Babarinde in Eastbourne in July 2024, from 23,742 votes on a turnout of 62.8%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Eastbourne 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.