Lisa Smart.

Hazel Grove's MP broke with her party twice on the assisted dying bill in June 2025, backing amendments that would have strengthened devolution protections and tightened restrictions on advertising assisted dying services — both positions her Lib Dem colleagues rejected. More recently she has been active on national security and armed forces legislation, voting on multiple amendments to both bills in June 2026, including backing oversight provisions to the National Security (State Threats) Bill. On democratic integrity she has been vocal: she is on record calling out Reform UK's acceptance of cryptocurrency donations and supporting the government's move to ban them.

At 66% voting participation, Smart sits below the Commons average. Within votes cast, she is a 99.5% party-line voter — her two assisted dying rebellions are the only departures on record. Her stance profile reveals consistent support for parliamentary scrutiny (96%) and Lords oversight (94%), and she is notably more sceptical of tax rises than her party average. She votes tougher on crime than most Lib Dems (+15 percentage points above party average) and more strongly in favour of pension protection (+14pp). Her 419 speech contributions span economy and jobs, local government, crime, social care, and defence — a broad portfolio with no single specialist focus.

Smart unseated Conservative William Wragg in July 2024, a MP whose resignation amid a blackmail scandal had dominated local coverage. Her early profile included a misstep — a remark stereotyping Liverpool residents during canvassing drew a BBC report and a public apology. Since then coverage has been largely neutral, with positive notes on rail freight advocacy and constituency transport issues. She holds no committee seats. News volume over the past 90 days is moderate, spread across crime, community, and housing, with no strongly positive or negative sentiment.