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Luke Taylor, MP for Sutton and Cheam

Luke Taylor has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (London); Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (London) (Opposition Department)2024 to nowNow

Committees

PostWhen
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill2025
Crime and Policing Bill2025
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee2024 to nowNow

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.

Luke Taylor has 5 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousTwo complimentary tickets and lunch for myself and my Chief of Staff at the 2026 Farnborough Air Show (the value of this interest falls below the threshold for registration under Category 3).19 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,140.0020 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,552.8619 Sep 2024
Employment and earningsCouncillor - London Borough of Sutton22 Jul 2024
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employmentAgreement - £1,012.0022 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.

Luke Taylor asked 160 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care35
Treasury19
Home Office16
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office14
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government12

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 8 Sep 2026
15 Jul 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 7 Sep 2026
15 Jul 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 7 Sep 2026
15 Jul 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 1 Sep 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£11,139
Office costs · claims for running an office£11,139

68 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Luke Taylor represents Sutton and Cheam. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Luke Taylor

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
3,801

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Luke Taylor won with 37% of the votes, and Tom Drummond (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat37% · 17,576
Conservative29% · 13,775
Labour18% · 8,430
Reform UK12% · 5,787
Green Party4% · 1,721
Independent1% · 317
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Luke TaylorLiberal Democrat17,57636.9%
Tom DrummondConservative13,77528.9%
Chrisni ReshekaronLabour8,43017.7%
Ryan PowellReform UK5,78712.2%
Aasha AnamGreen Party1,7213.6%
Hamilton Action-Man KingsleyIndependent3170.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£824 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Luke Taylor took part in 185 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Luke Taylor voted the same way as their party in 183 of the 183 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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
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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