North Cornwall.

A vocal defender of Cornish autonomy, Ben Maguire has made local governance a signature issue -- publicly warning that proposed joint-mayor arrangements pose a "dangerous" threat to Cornwall's independence and voting consistently against Lords amendments that backed government devolution proposals. His one rebel vote since 2024 came on the assisted dying bill, where he backed New Clause 2 while his party opposed it, making him notably softer on safeguards than his Lib Dem colleagues. In the Commons, he has backed the Lib Dem position on the Mandelson privileges referral, opposed asylum seeker regulations he characterised as punitive, and resisted government powers to direct pension fund investments.

At 62% voting participation, Maguire sits below the Commons average, though this may reflect the practical pressures of representing a large rural constituency. Where he does vote, he follows his party 99.7% of the time. His stance profile shows strong alignment with parliamentary scrutiny (95%) and climate action (88%), but he votes with pro-business positions far more often than pro-workers'-rights ones -- a split that puts him at odds with much of the progressive left. He deviates from his Lib Dem colleagues most sharply on civil liberties, where he votes at 100% versus the party's 79%.

His 206 contributions across 138 debates show a busy parliamentary voice, with the economy, local government, and crime dominating his speeches. Coverage in Cornish local media has been consistently positive -- NHS dentistry, SEND provision, water pollution, Digital ID, and banking access all feature. He sits on the Home Affairs Committee. No data gaps worth flagging; the picture is of an energetic, constituency-first MP whose independence shows mainly at the margins.