Horsham / data
John Milne · Liberal Democrats · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
357
of 504 possible
Attendance
71%
147 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
412
131 debates
Written Qs
187
186 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£163k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 132 claims
Interests
2
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 70 | |
| Economy | 61 | |
| Employment | 39 | |
| Education | 32 | |
| Crime & Policing | 29 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 26 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Housing | 17 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 39 | 20,156 |
| Fiscal Policy | 22 | 15,304 |
| Local Government | 32 | 15,177 |
| Social Care | 31 | 14,015 |
| Environment | 16 | 9,347 |
| Housing | 12 | 7,198 |
| Labour Market | 13 | 6,837 |
| Health | 15 | 5,909 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1845)That is an interesting point about the need for a collaborative approach, particularly because of the cohort that is coming through from special educational needs. They have to end… | 31 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1845)On the specific issue of powers, do you think you have enough powers from Government? | 15 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1845)Do you see any potential conflict between an urgent priority to boost economic growth and the longer-term investment that is involved in youth training? | 24 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1845)Good morning. I have a couple of questions. The first is: what do you think your main achievements have been in your first 10 months? It is perhaps a little unkind to ask you that … | 75 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1845)We have been talking a lot about the challenges of youth employment, but you do not actually have a specific priority around young people. How does increasing youth employment, edu… | 36 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsT2. There are some brilliant specialist SEND schools in my constituency, such as Muntham House and Aurora Vincent House. In the White Paper, there is currently no clear definition … EducationSocial CareLabour Market | 69 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsT4. At a time when our rivers and seas are not fit to swim in, the all-party parliamentary group on swimming reports that 1,200 pools have closed since 2010. In my constituency, a … Culture CommunityEconomy JobsLocal Government | 79 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)Thank you very much for your honesty. Peter is going to carry on. | 13 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)Thank you—that was a very thorough answer. Daniel, is there anything you want to add? | 15 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)This question is for Ed McPherson in particular. Getting a definition of child poverty that is accurate and meaningful is a crucial first step, because in the end Government interv… | 68 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillFirst, may I express my support for the words of the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) with regard to pre-1997 pensions and that long-standing scandal? … Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsSocial Care | 716 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)I have a very quick question, I hope. Should the strategy include explicit targets relating to social mobility? If so, what targets might it set? | 25 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)Thank you. Alun, do you have anything to add? | 9 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Crime and Policing BillI shall speak to Lords amendments 6 and 333, regarding fly-tipping and vape shop closures respectively. On the face of it, those are very different issues, but they share a common … CrimeTechnologyCulture Community | 734 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Pride in Place: Community SpacesThere are real concerns that Pride in Place is just another example of this Government’s blind spot on rural areas. Groups such as the Rural Services Network and Plunkett UK warn t… Local GovernmentCulture Community | 73 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Work and Pensions | 41 | 21.9% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 33 | 17.6% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 26 | 13.9% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 20 | 10.7% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 12 | 6.4% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 12 | 6.4% |
| Ministry of Justice | 10 | 5.3% |
| Department for Education | 6 | 3.2% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to question UIN 117033, how many of the 5 ML3 licences referenced are for non-military purposes. | Pending |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Horsham of 6 January 2026. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the Hon. Member Horsham sent to the Minister for Pensions on 23 November 2025. | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, progress his department has made on testing personalised employment support in the Wakefield Pathfinder pilots; and whether an assessment has been made of the potential impact on user exp… | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Department plans to publish the findings from its employment support pilot schemes; and what assessment has been made of their potential impact on employment outcomes. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times the incorporation SIEL, issued on 26 November 2024, for export to Israel by Thales UK has been used; on which dates; and whether that licence has been exhausted. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any UK military facilities have been used for the testing and training of the Watchkeeper X drone. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Delivery Model Assessment undertaken by his Department for the new Jobs and Careers Service included an assessment of existing AI-powered technologies available in the private… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the in-house replacement for the Department’s Find a Job digital service will (a) offer additional functions to the current service, (b) if those additional functions will be avai… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the in-house digital replacement for the DWP's Find a Job service, whether an assessment has been carried out of its potential impact on (a) jobseeker outcomes and (b) e… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing breast cancer screening for women under 40 with Neurofibromatosis type 1. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will list ML3 arms export licences to Israel licensing the transfer of ammunition for civilian use extant between 1 January 2025 and 31 September 2025. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licences covering military training equipment to Israel were extant between 1 January 2025 and 31 September 2025. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has assessed the risk of diversion for ammunition for civilian use licensed from the UK to Israel, including to settlers in the West Bank. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will list ML3 arms export licences to Israel licensing the transfer of bullets extant for August 2025. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 28 Oct 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 102 | 27,750 | 17.0% |
| Accommodation | 17 | 12,681 | 7.8% |
| Staffing | 3 | 120,107 | 73.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,874 | 1.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 711 | 0.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 14,071 |
| Rent | Accommodation | 6 | 9,731 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 5,709 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 4,900 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 4 | 2,174 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 43 | 1,636 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,555 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 6 | 1,528 |
| Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Office Costs | 2 | 830 |
| Parking | Office Costs | 8 | 816 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 643 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 12 | 633 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jul 2025 | Staffing Pooled staffing services | Parliamentary Support Team (Liberal Democrat) | 4,900 | Paid |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 18 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 167 | Paid |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 5,691 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011793-118] | 45 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,019 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.RYMAN.CO.UK [200011725-8369] | 20 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | RYMAN 1129 [200011725-8147] | 30 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 1,320 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AGA PRINT LTD [200011725-5490] | 54 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 35 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,150 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 29 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AGA PRINT LTD [200011725-4196] | 40 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Staffing Training - staff | PARLI-TRAINING | 219 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 167 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings2 entries
20 Jan 2026
Remuneration: £1,174.80 a month
Until: 8 April 2025.
Hours: 15 hrs a month approximate
(Registered 22 July 2024; updated 20 September 2024 and 15 January 2026)
20 Jan 2026
Role, work or services: West Sussex County Councillor
Until: 8 April 2025.
Payer: West Sussex County Council, County Hall, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RG
(Registered 22 July 2024; updated 15 January 2026)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 16 wards, 32 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billingshurst | John Maurice Trollope | Liberal Democrats | 926 | 04 May 2023 |
| Billingshurst | Mark Alexander Baynham | Liberal Democrats | 1,044 | 04 May 2023 |
| Billingshurst | Samantha Leigh Bateman | Liberal Democrats | 1,069 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadbridge Heath | James John Brookes | Liberal Democrats | 579 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadbridge Heath | Jonathan Charles Herbert Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 503 | 04 May 2023 |
| Colgate Rusper | Liz Kitchen | Conservative and Unionist Party | 681 | 04 May 2023 |
| Colgate Rusper | Tony Hogben | Conservative and Unionist Party | 639 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cowfold Shermanbury West Grinstead | Joanne Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 669 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cowfold Shermanbury West Grinstead | Lynn Audrey Lambert | Conservative and Unionist Party | 690 | 04 May 2023 |
| Denne | Clive Trott | Liberal Democrats | 1,153 | 04 May 2023 |
| Denne | John Milne | Liberal Democrats | 1,204 | 04 May 2023 |
| Denne | Ruth Margaret Fletcher | Liberal Democrats | 1,337 | 04 May 2023 |
| Forest | Colin Minto | Liberal Democrats | 1,362 | 04 May 2023 |
| Forest | David Skipp | Liberal Democrats | 1,382 | 04 May 2023 |
| Forest | Jon Olson | Liberal Democrats | 1,316 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holbrook East | Nick Grant | Liberal Democrats | 874 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holbrook East | Warwick John Hellawell | Liberal Democrats | 784 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holbrook West | Christopher Franke | Liberal Democrats | 913 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holbrook West | Nigel Douglas Emery | Liberal Democrats | 1,039 | 04 May 2023 |
| Itchingfield Slinfold Warnham | Kasia Greenwood | Liberal Democrats | 740 | 04 May 2023 |
| Itchingfield Slinfold Warnham | Tricia Youtan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 683 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nuthurst Lower Beeding | Dennis Stephen Livingstone | Liberal Democrats | 464 | 04 May 2023 |
| Roffey North | Anthony David Bevis | Liberal Democrats | 845 | 04 May 2023 |
| Roffey North | Belinda Walters | Liberal Democrats | 771 | 04 May 2023 |
| Roffey South | Jay Mercer | Liberal Democrats | 715 | 04 May 2023 |
| Roffey South | Sam Raby | Liberal Democrats | 746 | 04 May 2023 |
| Rudgwick | Dick Landeryou | Conservative and Unionist Party | 497 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southwater North | Claire Vickers | Conservative and Unionist Party | 618 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Southwater South Shipley | Alex Jeffery | Liberal Democrats | 699 | 04 May 2023 |
| Southwater South Shipley | Colette Mary Blackburn | Liberal Democrats | 889 | 04 May 2023 |
| Trafalgar | Anthony John Frankland | Liberal Democrats | 1,212 | 04 May 2023 |
| Trafalgar | Martin Boffey | Liberal Democrats | 1,287 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 103,902 | Electorate 79,150 (2024) |
| Median age | 43 | years |
| Degree-educated | 37.2% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 92.4% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 72.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 15.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 11.7% | households |
| Employment rate | 62.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.