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
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (London) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill | 2025 | |
| Crime and Policing Bill | 2025 | |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Two 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 sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 | 19 Sep 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Councillor - London Borough of Sutton | 22 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement - £1,012.00 | 22 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
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.
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.
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.
Liberal Democrat
votes ahead of second place
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
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 17,576 | 36.9% |
| Tom Drummond | Conservative | 13,775 | 28.9% |
| Chrisni Reshekaron | Labour | 8,430 | 17.7% |
| Ryan Powell | Reform UK | 5,787 | 12.2% |
| Aasha Anam | Green Party | 1,721 | 3.6% |
| Hamilton Action-Man Kingsley | Independent | 317 | 0.7% |
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 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
| 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 |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 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 |
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