Marie Goldman, MP for Chelmsford
Marie Goldman has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities); Draft Conversion Practices Bill (Joint Committee); Administration Committee; Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Conversion Practices Bill (Joint Committee) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Administration Committee | 2026 to now | Now |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2024 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Programme Board | 2024 to now | Now |
| House of Commons Commission | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Members Estimate Committee | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 to 2025 |
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.
Marie Goldman has 8 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,608.00 | 2 Oct 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Red Installations Ltd. | 31 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Piktical Ltd. | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Red Glazing Systems Ltd. | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Piktical Ltd | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Red Installations Ltd | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Red Glazing Systems Ltd | 31 Jul 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.
Marie Goldman asked 83 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.
22 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
Marie Goldman represents Chelmsford. 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
Marie Goldman won with 40% of the votes, and Vicky Ford (Conservative) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Goldman | Liberal Democrat | 20,214 | 39.9% |
| Vicky Ford | Conservative | 15,461 | 30.5% |
| Darren Ingrouille | Reform UK | 6,754 | 13.3% |
| Richard Parry | Labour | 6,108 | 12.0% |
| Reza Hossain | Green Party | 1,588 | 3.1% |
| Richard Hyland | Independent Network | 230 | 0.5% |
| Mark Lawrence | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 187 | 0.4% |
| Mark Kenlen | Workers Party of Britain | 105 | 0.2% |
| Kamla Sangha | Independent | 69 | 0.1% |
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 Marie Goldman took part in 189 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Marie Goldman voted the same way as their party in 187 of the 187 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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