Lisa Smart, MP for Hazel Grove
Lisa Smart has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office); Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (Opposition Department) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 to now | Now |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 2024 | |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 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.
Lisa Smart has 21 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Vice President of Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role. | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Pym - £1,000.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Pym - £1,494.50 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Dominic Mathon - £1,000.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Hilary Stone - £2,000.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited - £3,000.00 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | James Moore - £5,000.00 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Elizabeth Desmond - £3,000.00 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 27 Jan 2026 |
Show the other 11
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Elizabeth Desmond - £3,000.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Hilary Stone - £2,500.00 | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Elizabeth Desmond - £1,641.49 | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Dominic Mathon - £2,500.00 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Ahmed Hindawi - £5,000.00 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Adam Management Holdings Ltd - £2,000.00 | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £863.69 | 27 Sep 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor at Fairway Primary School, Offerton. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Barrack Hill Educational Charity. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director of Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited and JRRT (Properties) Limited. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Stockport Canal Boat Trust for Disabled People. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Aug 2024 |
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.
Lisa Smart asked 175 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.
79 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
Lisa Smart represents Hazel Grove. 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
Lisa Smart won with 38% of the votes, and Claire Vibert (Labour) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Smart | Liberal Democrat | 17,328 | 37.7% |
| Claire Vibert | Labour | 10,828 | 23.5% |
| Paul Athans | Conservative | 9,011 | 19.6% |
| John Kelly | Reform UK | 6,955 | 15.1% |
| Graham Reid | Green Party | 1,763 | 3.8% |
| Tim O'Rourke | Social Democratic Party | 113 | 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 Lisa Smart took part in 168 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Lisa Smart voted the same way as their party in 166 of the 166 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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | 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 |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
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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