Adam Dance.

A steady but engaged backbencher, Adam Dance has made early education and neurodiversity his signature cause. In September 2025 he introduced a private member's bill seeking mandatory neurodiversity screening in primary schools — backed by Jamie Oliver and amplified by the British Dyslexia Association — which drew national coverage and reflects his own lived experience of neurodivergence. More recently he presented a constituency petition to Parliament raising concerns about the closure of a local stroke unit, arguing the medical evidence on response times demanded the decision be reversed.

Dance votes with the Liberal Democrats 100% of the time and has not rebelled once since entering Parliament in 2024. His participation rate of 72% sits modestly below the Commons average. His voting record shows strong backing for parliamentary and Lords scrutiny (96% aligned on both), civil liberties (86%), and climate action (85%) — he supported both the 2026 Carbon Budget Order and the associated credit limit regulations. He diverges sharply from his party on workers' rights (27% aligned) and fiscal responsibility (13%), and opposed planning regulations in July 2026 that would have shifted smaller housing decisions from elected councillors to planning officers, consistent with his above-party-average score on local democratic accountability. His 206 contributions across 128 debates span economy, health, social care, and local government.

Dance sits on no select committees. His news coverage is broadly positive, with education and health dominating substantive stories; defence-spending generates the most recent articles but at neutral sentiment, likely reflecting broader Somerset and South West coverage rather than personal positions. The Marcus Fysh standards report appearing in his news data relates to his predecessor, not Dance himself.