Portrait of Chris Coghlan

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat Sitting MP

MP for Dorking and Horley · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Tel: 020 7219 6892

Email: chris.coghlan.mp@parliament.uk

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
52.6%
332 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
84 meetings attended
Debate contributions
109
in the 7 year window
Written questions
284
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
1
current

Biography

Chris Coghlan is the Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking and Horley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Dorking and Horley4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Liberal Democrat4 July 2024Present

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Leicester South
Battersea

Voting participation

Participation rate
52.6%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
332

602nd of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Liberal Democrat average 65.2%

Participation by year

Chris Coghlan voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 56.2%56.2%2025: 55.3%55.3%2026: 47.9%47.9%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236113 47.9%
2025322178 55.3%
20247341 56.2%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631332 52.6%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
109
Written questions
284
Oral questions
10
Early day motions
3
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
84

284th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 489 · Liberal Democrat average 595

Written questions per year
Chris Coghlan: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0501001502002024: 3320242025: 13413420252026: 1471472026
Oral questions per year
Chris Coghlan: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 0020242025: 3320252026: 772026
Early day motions per year
Chris Coghlan: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year0.00.51.01.52.02024: 0020242025: 1120252026: 222026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 51 36 147 7 2 1 0
2025 52 38 134 3 1 0 0
2024 6 4 3 0 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Treasury Committee Member 28 October 2024 84 of 84 100.0%

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Liberal Democrat average 99.4%

1 bill committee served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
109
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
78
distinct debates

joint 569th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Liberal Democrat average 419

Contributions per year
Chris Coghlan: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02550751002024: 6620242025: 525220252026: 51512026
Debates participated in per year
Chris Coghlan: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0132538502024: 4420242025: 383820252026: 36362026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for Dorking and Horley
    • – Joined Liberal Democrat
    • – Joined Treasury Committee

Constituency: Dorking and Horley

Dorking and Horley constituency boundary
Area
279.5 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
LD Gain · majority 5,391
Electorate
71,645 · turnout 69.7%
Postcode areas
GU6, KT11, KT18, KT20, KT22, KT23, RH1, RH12, RH2, RH3, RH4, RH5, RH6

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.