Stuart Anderson, MP for South Shropshire
Stuart Anderson has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Minister (Defence); Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2023 | |
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2022 to 2023 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2024 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Committee of Selection | 2024 | |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 2021 | |
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 2021 | |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 2021 | |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 2021 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Defence Committee | 2020 to 2022 |
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.
Stuart Anderson has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Mr Lindsay C N Bury - £5,000.00 | 21 Aug 2026 |
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.
Stuart Anderson asked 623 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.
94 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
Stuart Anderson represents South Shropshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Stuart Anderson won with 34% of the votes, and Matthew Green (Liberal Democrat) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Anderson | Conservative | 17,628 | 34.1% |
| Matthew Green | Liberal Democrat | 16,004 | 31.0% |
| Charles Shackerley-Bennett | Reform UK | 9,171 | 17.8% |
| Simon Thomson | Labour | 6,939 | 13.4% |
| Hilary Wendt | Green Party | 1,911 | 3.7% |
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 Stuart Anderson took part in 151 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Stuart Anderson voted the same way as their party in 149 of the 149 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 | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: 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% |
| May 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