Helen Maguire, MP for Epsom and Ewell
Helen Maguire has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer); National Security Strategy (Joint Committee).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer) (Opposition Department) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Defence) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Armed Forces Commissioner 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.
Helen Maguire has 17 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Julia Boddy - £2,000.00 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Michael Watson - £4,000.00 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom - £420.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Jockey Club Racecourses Limited - £560.00 | 10 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | KBR (Aspire Construction) Limited - £5,100.00 | 20 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | National Counties Building Society - £5,000.00 | 20 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Atkinsalis UK Ltd - £507.54 | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | CEFTUS Ltd - £420.00 | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Reeten Banerji - £3,000.00 | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Bridget Kendrick - £5,000.00 | 13 Jan 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 05 October 2025 and 11 October 2025 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director of Company [name redacted]. | 18 Aug 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Eyespealed Services Ltd | 29 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Merthyr Tydfil | 29 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Big Bright Futures Ltd | 29 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Tonypandy | 29 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.
Helen Maguire asked 807 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.
70 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
Helen Maguire represents Epsom and Ewell. 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
Helen Maguire won with 38% of the votes, and Mhairi Fraser (Conservative) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Maguire | Liberal Democrat | 20,674 | 37.9% |
| Mhairi Fraser | Conservative | 16,988 | 31.2% |
| Mark Todd | Labour | 8,325 | 15.3% |
| Mayuran Senthilnathan | Reform UK | 5,795 | 10.6% |
| Stephen McKenna | Green Party | 1,745 | 3.2% |
| Gina Miller | True & Fair Party | 845 | 1.5% |
| Damon Young | Social Democratic Party | 153 | 0.3% |
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 Helen Maguire took part in 180 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Helen Maguire voted the same way as their party in 179 of the 179 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
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| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
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| 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