Mid Dorset and North Poole.

Vikki Slade has been making noise in Westminster and in Dorset. In April she backed a motion to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment -- a cross-party push to hold the government to account that aligned her with the Conservative and nationalist opposition. In the same period she voted against asylum support regulations the Liberal Democrats regard as punitive, against the government's reserve power to direct pension fund investments, and repeatedly backed Lords amendments that the Commons was attempting to override. At constituency level, her campaign to save Upton Heath -- which included gathering 2,000 petition signatures and raising the matter at Prime Minister's Questions -- ended in a successful Dorset Wildlife Trust purchase. She has also launched a formal campaign demanding guaranteed GP investment in new housing developments, after visiting local surgeries and documenting the shortfall.

Her parliamentary record is active: 447 contributions across 265 debates, touching economy and jobs, local government, social care and health most frequently. Her participation rate of 70% sits somewhat below the Commons average, though it is worth noting new MPs often build up attendance over time. She has not broken with her party once, making her a 100% party-line Liberal Democrat voter -- but the Lib Dem position itself frequently places her against the government. Her strongest voting alignments are with Lords scrutiny (96%), parliamentary scrutiny (95%), and climate action (91%); she breaks from her party average by showing slightly more support for pro-housing development and armed forces welfare positions.

Slade sits on the Justice Committee, which provides context for her focus on criminal justice reform and her use of FOI requests to expose low charge rates on phone theft in Dorset. Local news coverage -- spanning 98 articles over 90 days -- is heaviest on culture, sport and transport, but her highest-impact stories are environmental and education-focused, suggesting her public profile is built around targeted campaigns rather than broad media presence.