Wendy Chamberlain, MP for North East Fife
Wendy Chamberlain has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Liberal Democrat Chief Whip; Modernisation Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Liberal Democrat Chief Whip (Opposition Department) | 2020 to now | Now |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Wales) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) (Opposition Department) | 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development) (Opposition Department) | 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (Opposition Department) | 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 2025 | |
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Selection | 2024 | |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Firearms Bill | 2023 | |
| Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill | 2023 | |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill | 2022 | |
| Carer’s Leave Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2022) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
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.
Wendy Chamberlain has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | London Marathon Events Ltd - £350.00 | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Claire Enders - £15,000.00 | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Patrick H Foster - £12,000.00 | 5 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ghana between 28 July 2025 and 03 August 2025 | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the History of Parliament Trust (unremunerated) | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Honorary Vice President of Carers UK (unremunerated) | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Patrick H Foster - £2,400.00 | 6 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of The Fife Carers Centre (registered company number: SC282309) | 18 Oct 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | From my election to parliament, unremunerated trustee of the Links Trust, St Andrews, which manages the golf courses owned by the public around the town. As a trustee I receive a card entitling me to 25% discount in the golf course shops or restaurants. | 17 Jan 2020 |
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.
Wendy Chamberlain asked 75 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.
60 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
Wendy Chamberlain represents North East Fife. 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
Wendy Chamberlain won with 55% of the votes, and Stefan Hoggan-Radu (Scottish National Party) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Chamberlain | Liberal Democrat | 23,384 | 54.7% |
| Stefan Hoggan-Radu | Scottish National Party | 9,905 | 23.2% |
| Jennifer Gallagher | Labour | 4,026 | 9.4% |
| Matthew Wren | Reform UK | 2,094 | 4.9% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | 1,666 | 3.9% |
| Morven Ovenstone-Jones | Scottish Green Party | 1,653 | 3.9% |
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 Wendy Chamberlain took part in 167 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Wendy Chamberlain voted the same way as their party in 167 of the 167 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | 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 |
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| 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