Sarah Gibson MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Chippenham is Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Sarah Gibson as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | 1 October 2025 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| Employment Rights Bill | 13 November 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3f13f5d759dd.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 6 entries for Sarah Gibson: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3), Employment and earnings (2), Shareholdings (1). The most recent was registered on 24 August 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
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
Silverstone Circuits Limited - £1,860.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG for Motorsport
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets with hospitality for Saturday Qualifying at Silverstone
- Value of the benefit: £1,860.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-04
- Name of the donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
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: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-20
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Company
Lecturer (Part-Time) - University of Bath
- Type of work or service being provided: Lecturer (Part-Time)
- Name of the payer: University of Bath
- Payment received on 25 November 2025 - £418.78
- Agreement starting 01 December 2025 - £431.28
- Payment received on 25 June 2025 - £825.98
- Payment received on 25 January 2025 - £797.90
- Payment received on 25 March 2025 - £802.48
- Payment received on 25 September 2024 - £4,064.50
- Payment received on 25 November 2024 - £797.90
- Payment received on 25 October 2025 - £418.78
- Payment received on 25 September 2025 - £837.55
- Payment received on 25 August 2025 - £837.55
- Payment received on 25 July 2024 - £3,914.50
- Payment received on 25 April 2025 - £825.98
- Payment received on 25 February 2025 - £797.90
- Payment received on 25 October 2024 - £797.90
- Payment received on 25 May 2025 - £825.98
- Payment received on 25 August 2024 - £3,914.50
- Payment received on 25 July 2025 - £825.98
Councillor - Wiltshire Council
- Type of work or service being provided: Councillor
- Date the agreement ended: 2025-04-30
- Name of the payer: Wiltshire Council
- Payment received on 25 December 2024 - £1,492.78
- Payment received on 25 January 2025 - £1,375.00
- Agreement - £1,322.42
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 8 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Shares in Labox Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Labox Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Architectural practice
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sarah Gibson's office spent £182,406 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £19,049 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 | £182,405.92 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,049.25 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,152.10 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,527.63 |
| 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: Chippenham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Research Manager (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Policy Researcher (fixed term full time), Policy Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Sarah Gibson is recorded voting in 383 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 29 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. 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 |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: 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; New Clause 2 Aye |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Aye; Amendment 13 Aye; Amendment 8 Aye |
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
Sarah Gibson has tabled 396 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Home Office; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department of Health and Social Care.
Domestic Abuse: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Homicide Reviews were awaiting their first assessment by the Home Office Quality Assurance Board on 1 September 2026; and what the median time was between submission by a Community S …
Domestic Abuse: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on the frequency of progress updates to bereaved families during Domestic Homicide Reviews commissioned before 15 September 2026; and who is responsible for provi …
Domestic Abuse: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on options for improving oversight of the implementation of recommendations from Domestic Homicide Reviews; and when she expects to announce the outcome of that w …
Domestic Abuse: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Homicide Reviews commissioned before 15 September 2026 remain unpublished; and, of those, how many have been in progress for more than (a) two years and (b) three years.
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Department is taking to prevent an interruption to specialist British Sign Language-accessible domestic abuse support when the current funding period ends in October 2026.
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment has been completed for the 2026-29 procurement of specialist domestic abuse support for deaf and disabled victims and survivors.
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Department has made of the potential effect of changes to the procurement of specialist domestic abuse support for deaf and disabled victims and survivors on (a) waiting times, (b)
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated in each financial year from 2026-27 to 2028-29 for the provision of specialist domestic abuse support for deaf and disabled victims and survivors; and how that fund …
Odour Pollution: Wiltshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cause of the persistent odour affecting residents in Calne, Wiltshire; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the …
Diabetes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of 18 were newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years, and how many of those cases involved hospital admission through accident and emergenc …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 29bcb611eb4f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sarah Gibson.
2024 general election
Sarah Gibson won Chippenham at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 22,552 votes (45.5%), a majority of 8,138 over Nic Puntis (Conservative). Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Chippenham figures
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