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Cameron Thomas · Liberal Democrats · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
294
of 504 possible
Attendance
58%
210 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
414
107 debates
Written Qs
362
353 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£163k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 167 claims
Interests
6
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 65 | |
| Economy | 49 | |
| Employment | 39 | |
| Crime & Policing | 30 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 23 | |
| Pensions | 21 | |
| Education | 20 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 18 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Defence | 30 | 7,455 |
| Economy Jobs | 32 | 5,884 |
| Local Government | 15 | 5,023 |
| Fiscal Policy | 17 | 4,472 |
| Social Care | 25 | 3,993 |
| Culture Community | 10 | 3,495 |
| Cost Of Living | 12 | 3,262 |
| Education | 10 | 2,755 |
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.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Jun 2025 | Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16Vote on whether to remove a clause in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill that allows UK product rules to be met by complying with equ… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | BBC5. What steps she is taking to support the BBC. Culture CommunityFiscal Policy | 10 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BBCTrump donor Larry Ellison and his son David own CBS News, will soon own CNN, and part-own TikTok. In 2024, Ellison senior’s Oracle paid a six-figure sum to Hanover Communications, … Culture CommunityFiscal Policy | 96 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Cost of Heating OilI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Many of my rural constituents are also paying the price of President Trump’s latest exploration into market manipulation.… EnergyCost Of LivingUtilities | 66 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Billrose— EducationTechnologyHealth | 1 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)That would be helpful. Thank you for the content that you do create, by the way. My daughter also watches Milkshake! and I grew up with Nickelodeon. | 27 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Do you know who Jools Sweeney was? Giles Derrington indicated assent. | 11 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Jools lived just a couple of miles away from me, until he took his own life. If you found your child the way that Jools’s mother found him, would you want to know why? | 34 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)The safeguards that you have in place, though, are there for a reason, right? | 14 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Would you mind if I opened with a couple of very well-known psychological experiments? In 1967, the blue eyes/brown eyes experiment was run by third-grade teacher Jane Elliott. She… | 173 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I think it was you in particular, Ian, who said, “We want our children to be safe.” We all do. Both your organisations have safeguards to make sure that the content you create is s… | 62 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Ian, you mentioned your concerns. Is one of those concerns perhaps that you put your content up in good faith and it is safe content, but children who go to YouTube for your conten… | 46 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)What is the best way to ensure that that doesn’t happen and children are not exposed to more damaging material on whatever platform? | 23 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Any thoughts on that, Louise? | 5 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)My daughter is five too. If you believed that another person was influencing your child to harm themselves, would you want to know about it? | 25 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Do you think they should be in place across the board? | 11 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 73 | 20.2% |
| Department for Education | 60 | 16.6% |
| Home Office | 40 | 11.0% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 27 | 7.5% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 26 | 7.2% |
| Treasury | 22 | 6.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 18 | 5.0% |
| Department for Transport | 17 | 4.7% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of preventable conditions resulting from lack of access to oral health education and care. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital admissions related to dental infections or complications preventable through earlier oral health education and intervention. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic discussions she has had with European counterparts about the potential merits of agreeing a combined minerals strategy. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to secure the UK's supply of critical minerals. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients with systemic conditions linked to poor oral health, like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, receive appropriate oral health education. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic discussions she has had with allies about decreasing dependence on China for minerals. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a strategy on delivering preventative oral health education to adults outside of dental practices. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for providing preventative oral health advice to individuals unable to access an NHS dentist. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure early detection of dental issues for adults who cannot access NHS dental services. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of stalking. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle stalking. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve co-ordination between police forces in cases of stalking. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the incidence of stalking cases being mishandled due to incidents occurring across the borders of two or more police forces. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of stalking in the UK. | Answered |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve oral health for those without access to preventative dental care. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 13 Nov 2025 | 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 | 125 | 23,921 | 14.7% |
| Accommodation | 19 | 22,427 | 13.8% |
| Staffing | 1 | 108,077 | 66.5% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 5,011 | 3.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 3,064 | 1.9% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 11 | 20,574 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 6,283 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 3 | 5,602 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 4,900 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 28 | 4,589 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 61 | 3,391 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,342 |
| Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 1,198 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 802 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 4 | 678 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 1 | 538 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 6 | 514 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 198 | Paid |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 11 | Paid |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 40 | Paid |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 11 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,470 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,257 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,257 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,470 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Television | 199 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 35 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Window for Office | 595 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 98 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 80 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 80 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 80 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 49 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 177 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Window Cleaning | 20 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | ONE STOP 0404 [200011725-5414] | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | 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.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources4 entries
08 Apr 2025
Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, Westminster, London SW1A2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1080 plus £200 exact fee for becoming a member of the National Liberal Club, value £1,280
Date received: 3 March 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 14 March 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 28 March 2025; updated 1 April 2026)
24 Mar 2026
Name of donor: Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd
Address of donor: 21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality for two people at Cheltenham Racecourse for one afternoon, value £560
Date received: 13 March 2026
Date accepted: 13 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02909409
(Registered 19 March 2026)
24 Mar 2026
Name of donor: The Premier League
Address of donor: Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket with hospitality for the Tottenham Hotspur vs Borussia Dortmund Uefa Champions League game, value £450
Date received: 20 January 2026
Date accepted: 20 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07331384
(Registered 17 March 2026)
18 Nov 2025
Name of donor: Knights Tailoring Ltd
Address of donor: 1 Brassey Road, Old Potts Way, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. SY3 7FA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the RWHA Annual Banquet for myself and a guest. Tickets include a meal & hospitality, value £624
Date received: 4 November 2025
Date accepted: 4 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07036550
(Registered 12 November 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK2 entries
04 Nov 2025
Name of donor: (1) Safelane Global (via Animar Travel Network) (2) Guartel Technologies (via Animar Travel Network) (3) Alford Technology (via Animar Travel Network) (4) NIC Instruments (via Animar Travel Network) (5) RSK Group (via Animar Travel Network)
Address of donor: (1) Unit 2 Phocle Park, Phocle Green, Upton bishop, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire HR9 7XU (2) 4 Ravenscroft Court Buttington Cross Enterprise Park, Buttington, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 8SL (3) Alford House Epsom Square, White Horse Business Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, BA14 0XG (4) Gladstone Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5NF (5) Spring Lodge, 172 Chester Road, Helsby, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA6 0AR
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) £763.20 20% of all: Flights & Train (£237.80), internal travel (£53.80), accommodation (£154.80), hospitality (£210.20), Tech Equipment (£106.60). (2) £763.20 20% of all: Flights & Train (£237.80), internal travel (£53.80), accommodation (£154.80), hospitality (£210.20), Tech Equipment (£106.60). (3) £763.20 20% of all: Flights & Train (£237.80), internal travel (£53.80), accommodation (£154.80), hospitality (£210.20), Tech Equipment (£106.60). (4) £763.20 20% of all: Flights & Train (£237.80), internal travel (£53.80), accommodation (£154.80), hospitality (£210.20), Tech Equipment (£106.60). (5) £763.20 20% of all: Flights & Train (£237.80), internal travel (£53.80), accommodation (£154.80), hospitality (£210.20), Tech Equipment (£106.60)
Destination of visit: Ukraine
Dates of visit: 5 October 2025 to 11 October 2025
Purpose of visit: To raise the importance of humanitarian demining on the Ukrainian political agenda through dialogue and engagement with Ukrainian parliamentarians and officials.
(Registered 3 November 2025; updated 7 November 2025)
08 Apr 2025
Name of donor: (1) Friends of Ukraine (2) Zhytomyr Administration (3) Kyivstar (4) Yes Foundation
Address of donor: (1) 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth P06 3BL (2) Public service and Government, Bud 1 Kimn, 406, Vul. Lesi Ukrainky. Zhytomyr (3) 03113, m. Kyiv, vul. Dehtiarivska, 53 (4) 01601, Ukraine, Кyiv, Shovkovychna Street, 42-44
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Transportation £17.24, value £17.24 (2) Day trip £25.00, value £25 (3) Meal £50.00, value £50 (4) Conference £150, value £150
Destination of visit: Ukraine
Dates of visit: 18 February 2025 to 28 March 2025
Purpose of visit: Support, aid, and to highlight areas that have been devastated by the war.
(Registered 31 March 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 17 wards, 35 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown Brookfield With Hucclecote | Gilbert Ian Yates | Liberal Democrats | 898 | 04 May 2023 |
| Churchdown Brookfield With Hucclecote | Paul Edward Smith | Liberal Democrats | 926 | 04 May 2023 |
| Churchdown Brookfield With Hucclecote | Richard James Gilbert Smith | Liberal Democrats | 944 | 04 May 2023 |
| Churchdown St Johns | Liz Skelt | Liberal Democrats | 986 | 04 May 2023 |
| Churchdown St Johns | Mary Louise Jordan | Liberal Democrats | 1,097 | 04 May 2023 |
| Churchdown St Johns | Stewart Richard Dove | Liberal Democrats | 1,015 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve Grange | Thomas Jacob Budge | Liberal Democrats | 334 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve Hill | Lorraine Cheryl Agg | Liberal Democrats | 901 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve Hill | Nigel David Adcock | Liberal Democrats | 943 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve St Michaels | Alex Hegenbarth | Liberal Democrats | 771 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve St Michaels | Kashan Pervaiz | Liberal Democrats | 527 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve West | Murray Robert Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 740 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cleeve West | Richard John Stanley | Liberal Democrats | 988 | 04 May 2023 |
| Elmbridge | Anne Marie Clare Radley | Liberal Democrats | 1,065 | 02 May 2024 |
| Elmbridge | Vicky Norledge | Liberal Democrats | 875 | 02 May 2024 |
| Innsworth | Paul William Ockelton | Liberal Democrats | 455 | 04 May 2023 |
| Innsworth | Sarah Jane Hands | Liberal Democrats | 485 | 04 May 2023 |
| Isbourne | Christopher Francis Coleman | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 719 | 04 May 2023 |
| Isbourne | Mel Gore | Conservative and Unionist Party | 450 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longlevens | Linda Susan Castle | Liberal Democrats | 1,482 | 02 May 2024 |
| Longlevens | Luke Samuel Shervey | Liberal Democrats | 1,109 | 02 May 2024 |
| Longlevens | Sarah Dawn Sawyer | Liberal Democrats | 1,367 | 02 May 2024 |
| Northway | Elaine J Mactiernan | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 348 | 04 May 2023 |
| Northway | Pauline Ann Godwin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 275 | 04 May 2023 |
| Severn Vale North | Heather Christina Mclain | Conservative and Unionist Party | 363 | 04 May 2023 |
| Severn Vale South | Mark Julian Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 468 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury East | Helena Sundarajoo | Green Party of England and Wales | 842 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury East | Hilarie Jane Bowman | Green Party of England and Wales | 899 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury North Twyning | Mike Sztymiak | Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents | 1,202 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury North Twyning | Philip Noel Workman | Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents | 1,143 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury South | Cate Cody | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,025 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tewkesbury South | Matt Dimond-Brown | Green Party of England and Wales | 802 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winchcombe | David Gray | Conservative and Unionist Party | 834 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winchcombe | Gemma Claire Madle | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 814 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winchcombe | Jim Mason | Conservative and Unionist Party | 958 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 94,723 | Electorate 73,458 (2024) |
| Median age | 44 | years |
| Degree-educated | 35.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 94.6% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 74.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 14.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 11.7% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.3% | 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.