Mike Martin.

One story has dominated Mike Martin's recent profile: South East Water's repeated failure to supply Tunbridge Wells with reliable water. Since late 2025 he has publicly demanded the resignation of the company's chief executive, called on shareholders to sack the board, proposed a detailed £44m infrastructure resilience plan, and pushed regulators to redirect fines into upgrades rather than pocketing them. That pressure campaign — pursued through letters, media appearances, and threats to haul executives before parliamentary committees — is the clearest signal of what he treats as his primary job: holding a failing utility to account for a constituency-wide crisis.

His parliamentary record is that of a reasonably active but not hyperactive MP. At 59% voting participation he sits below the Commons average, though newer MPs often build up over time. He votes with the Liberal Democrats on almost every division — a 99.7% party-line rate — with one recorded rebel vote, backing the government's position on AI copyright transparency provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Bill rather than supporting the Lords amendment his party favoured. His speeches cluster heavily around defence and the economy, and he sits on the Defence Committee and the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill — a focus consistent with someone who joined the military before entering politics.

On stances, he leans strongly toward parliamentary and Lords scrutiny, climate action, and victims' rights, while scoring low on fiscal conservatism and progressive taxation — broadly in line with the Liberal Democrat centre. He deviates from his party average most notably on the private school VAT levy (more supportive than most Lib Dem colleagues) and on benefit cuts (less opposed). Speech data covers 266 contributions across 163 debates; full voting context before July 2024 is unavailable, as he has only held the seat since that election.