Mike Martin MP: votes, interests and costs
Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Tunbridge Wells, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Mike Martin as a current member of these 5 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 9 February 2026 | Current |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 13 November 2024 | Current |
| Defence Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e98f63946739.
Register of interests
Mike Martin has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 8 December 2025 and the latest on 5 October 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (19), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £1,500.00
- 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
- Value of the benefit: £1,500.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Simon Ruddick - £948.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Communication Development which included facilitator overnight accommodation, food and drink
- Value of the benefit: £948.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-09
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-09
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-10
- Name of the donor: Simon Ruddick
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Carl Michel - £1,500.00
- 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
- Value of the benefit: £1,500.00
- Name of the donor: Carl Michel
- Status of the donor: Individual
Yuko Hasegawa - £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: Yuko Hasegawa
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £2,300.00
- 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: £2,300.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Carl Michel - £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: Carl Michel
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
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
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dominic Mathon - £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: £800.00
- Name of the donor: Dominic Mathon
- Status of the donor: Individual
John Harley - £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: John Harley
- Status of the donor: Individual
Jonathon Goodfellow - £1,500.00
- 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
- Value of the benefit: £1,500.00
- Name of the donor: Jonathon Goodfellow
- Status of the donor: Individual
Jonathon Goodfellow - £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: Jonathon Goodfellow
- Status of the donor: Individual
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Mike Martin's 2024-25 staffing spend as £129,787 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £26,706 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 | £129,786.65 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,705.93 |
| Accommodation: spent | £3,849.27 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,931.73 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £39.99 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £4,904 (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 an MP who owns their property and is claiming the associated costs only (such as utilities) from 5 July 2025).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Tunbridge Wells CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term full time), Personal Assistant (fixed term full time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time), Researcher (fixed term full time), Executive Officer (fixed term 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 363 votes by Mike Martin in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 32 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 22 June 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was an Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers: Aye |
| 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 |
| 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 3 Aye |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No; Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No |
| 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1: Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye; New Clause 4 Aye |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye; New Clause 22 Aye; New Clause 11 No; New Clause 4 Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mike Martin has tabled 254 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Defence.
Public Transport: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve (i) rail connectivity and (ii) bus services between Paddock Wood and Brighton.
Orthopaedics and Prosthetics: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a Limb Loss and Limb Difference Liaison Nurse in every ICB to oversee care coordination.
F-35 Aircraft and Guided Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has conducted an assessment of the potential impact of the purchase of F35A and PrSM on the UK's level of reliance on the United States.
NHS Kent and Medway
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department held with representatives of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in the 2025-26 financial year; and how many of those meeti …
Women's Health Hubs: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Kent and Medway ICB; and what services they provide.
NHS Kent and Medway: Neighbourhood Health Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Kent and Medway ICB has submitted Neighbourhood Health Centre proposals for (i) Lonsdale, (ii) Grosvenor & St James, (iii) Kingswood and (iv) Speldhurst & Greggswood GP surgeries.
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current ratio of GPs to patients is in Tunbridge Wells constituency; how this compares to five years ago; whether a threshold exists for the ratio of GPs to patients above which additional …
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra GP appointments were delivered in Tunbridge Wells constituency in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25.
GP Surgeries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides guidance to GPs on the suitability of premises for the delivery of GP services.
Woodlands Health Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on commissioning building upgrades at Woodlands Health Centre in Tunbridge Wells constituency.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 968ce3762002. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mike Martin.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Tunbridge Wells returned Mike Martin with a majority of 8,687: 23,661 votes, 43.6% of those cast, against 14,974 for Neil Mahapatra. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Tunbridge Wells 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.