Horsham.

Horsham's Liberal Democrat MP has been active on several fronts recently, backing the cross-party push to refer Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment -- a significant move that put the Lib Dems alongside the Conservatives in demanding accountability. He also voted against government regulations that would strip asylum seekers of support for working illegally, against the government's bid to restore ministerial power to direct pension fund investment decisions, and in favour of retaining Lords amendments to the English Devolution Bill. None of these votes broke with Lib Dem positions; Milne has a 100% party alignment record with no rebel votes.

His participation rate of 71% sits below the Commons average. Within that voting record, he shows strong consistency on Lords scrutiny (97% aligned) and parliamentary accountability (95%), while diverging sharply from progressive positions on housing development (8% aligned) and fiscal expansion. His speeches -- 256 contributions across 151 debates -- cluster heavily around economy and jobs, social care, local government, and fiscal policy, topics that align with his membership of the Work and Pensions Committee. Local news coverage highlights campaigns on Southern Water pollution, rural road safety, high street business pressures, and biodiversity protections, suggesting a constituency-focused operation.

Milne arrived in 2024 as part of the Liberal Democrat surge in southern England, taking a seat held for years by the Conservatives. His modest deviations from Lib Dem norms on assisted dying -- slightly less supportive than his party average on both access and safeguards -- are the only measurable policy divergences in the data. News sentiment across 191 articles is broadly neutral, with no sustained negative coverage. Voting data and speeches provide a reasonably full picture of his parliamentary activity.