Christine Jardine, MP for Edinburgh West
Christine Jardine has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill; Panel of Chairs; Women and Equalities Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2025 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2025 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Trade) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Opposition Department) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) (Opposition Department) | 2019 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip (Opposition Department) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) (Opposition Department) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (Opposition Department) | 2019 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (Opposition Department) | 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill | 2024 | |
| Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill | 2023 | |
| Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill | 2022 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Christine Jardine has 6 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Scottish Rugby Union - £500.00 | 14 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Scottish Rugby Limited - £798.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Vatican City between 21 October 2025 and 23 October 2025 | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - £370.00 | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | I am the President of The Debating Group, which organises informal debates on policy issues. This is an unpaid role. | 3 Dec 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Sole Trader, Christine Jardine Communications (inactive), media consultancy. | 6 Jul 2017 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Christine Jardine asked 50 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
85 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Christine Jardine represents Edinburgh West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Liberal Democrat
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Christine Jardine won with 51% of the votes, and Euan Hyslop (Scottish National Party) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Jardine | Liberal Democrat | 26,645 | 50.8% |
| Euan Hyslop | Scottish National Party | 10,175 | 19.4% |
| Michael Davidson | Labour | 7,854 | 15.0% |
| Alastair Shields | Conservative | 2,897 | 5.5% |
| Otto Inglis | Reform UK | 2,209 | 4.2% |
| James Puchowski | Scottish Green Party | 2,100 | 4.0% |
| David Henry | Independent | 363 | 0.7% |
| Nick Hornig | Independent | 143 | 0.3% |
| Tam Laird | Scottish Libertarian Party | 85 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Christine Jardine took part in 137 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Christine Jardine voted the same way as their party in 135 of the 135 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this