Vikki Slade, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Vikki Slade has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Justice Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 2025 | |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 2025 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Renters’ Rights 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.
Vikki Slade has 15 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | James Moore - £2,500.00 | 23 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Accommodation Bid Ltd, which formed part of my previous role as leader of BCP Council. This was an unpaid role. | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Bahrain between 02 May 2025 and 05 May 2025 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice President of the LGA Liberal Democrats | 18 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Rental income from lodger under Ukraine Family Scheme | 6 Sep 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Western Counties Executive of Liberal Democrats: unpaid role | 17 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice Chair of the Campaign for Gender Balance - Associated Organisation for Liberal Democrats | 17 Aug 2024 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 | 4 Aug 2024 |
Show the other 5
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Company Director - Seascape Group (BCP Council Property Company. As Leader I was appointed to the Board automatically). This is an unpaid role, which I have agreed will continue until May 2027 when the Council term ends. | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Broadstone Youth Club. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Councillor - BCP Council | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement - £14,458.00 | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum. This is an unpaid role. | 10 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.
Vikki Slade asked 313 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.
64 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
Vikki Slade represents Mid Dorset and North Poole. 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
Vikki Slade won with 43% of the votes, and Michael Tomlinson (Conservative) came second with 41%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vikki Slade | Liberal Democrat | 21,442 | 43.3% |
| Michael Tomlinson | Conservative | 20,090 | 40.6% |
| Candice Johnson-Cole | Labour | 4,566 | 9.2% |
| Ben Pantling | Green Party | 2,355 | 4.8% |
| John Dowling | Social Democratic Party | 1,061 | 2.1% |
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 Vikki Slade took part in 191 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Vikki Slade voted the same way as their party in 189 of the 189 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 | 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