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Jess Brown-Fuller, MP for Chichester

Jess Brown-Fuller has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice).

Roles and committees

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

In opposition

PostWhen
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) (Opposition Department)2025 to nowNow
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Hospitals and Primary Care) (Opposition Department)2024 to 2025

Committees

PostWhen
Courts and Tribunals Bill2026
Backbench Business Committee2024 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.

Jess Brown-Fuller has 12 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPDavid Hoare - £5,000.007 Aug 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPCherie Robertson - £2,000.007 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesThe Goodwood Estate Company Limited - £444.0010 Jun 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPRamesh Dewan - £2,182.5019 Dec 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAdam Management Holdings Ltd - £5,000.0021 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPCherie Robertson - £2,000.0011 Sep 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJames Moore - £5,000.0011 Sep 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPRichard Evans - £3,000.0011 Sep 2025
MiscellaneousTrustee of Chichester Festival Theatre. This is an unpaid role.4 Aug 2024
Employment and earningsLocal Councillor - Chichester District Council4 Aug 2024
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TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousTrustee of the Pest House Charity, a charity that provides support to Midhurst residents that find themselves in difficult financial situations and require support. This is an unpaid role.4 Aug 2024
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employmentAgreement - £416.004 Aug 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.

Jess Brown-Fuller asked 306 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care69
Department for Education40
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government34
Ministry of Justice31
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs30

Latest questions

11 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 21 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 18 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 11 Sep 2026
4 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 15 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
£14,878
Office costs · claims for running an office£9,608
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,500
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,771

66 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

Jess Brown-Fuller represents Chichester. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
12,172

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Jess Brown-Fuller won with 49% of the votes, and Gillian Keegan (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat49% · 25,540
Conservative26% · 13,368
Reform UK15% · 7,859
Labour6% · 3,175
Green Party3% · 1,815
Independent0% · 190
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jess Brown-FullerLiberal Democrat25,54049.2%
Gillian KeeganConservative13,36825.7%
Teresa De SantisReform UK7,85915.1%
Tom CollingeLabour3,1756.1%
Tim YoungGreen Party1,8153.5%
Andrew EmersonIndependent1900.4%

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
£690 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
3.6%
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 Jess Brown-Fuller took part in 198 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Jess Brown-Fuller voted the same way as their party in 196 of the 196 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 voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree 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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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