Anna Sabine, MP for Frome and East Somerset
Anna Sabine has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport); Committee on Standards; Committee of Privileges.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (Opposition Department) | 2025 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Crime and Policing Bill | 2025 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Privileges | 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.
Anna Sabine has 8 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | James Moore - £4,000.00 | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Rafe Offer - £5,000.00 | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 | 5 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The FA Group - £358.00 | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | James Moore - £3,032.25 | 17 Oct 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 | 24 Sep 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | I am a trustee of a charity called GrandFriends | 12 Aug 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Cassia Holdings 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.
Anna Sabine asked 97 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.
90 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
Anna Sabine represents Frome and East Somerset. 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
Anna Sabine won with 35% of the votes, and Lucy Trimnell (Conservative) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Sabine | Liberal Democrat | 16,580 | 35.5% |
| Lucy Trimnell | Conservative | 11,165 | 23.9% |
| David Swain | Reform UK | 6,441 | 13.8% |
| Robin Moss | Labour | 6,416 | 13.7% |
| Martin Dimery | Green Party | 5,083 | 10.9% |
| Shaun Hughes | Independent | 737 | 1.6% |
| Gavin Heathcote | Independent | 294 | 0.6% |
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 Anna Sabine took part in 155 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Anna Sabine voted the same way as their party in 152 of the 153 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
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 |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | For | Against |
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 | 97% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 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