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David Warburton

Independent Former MP · left 19 June 2023

Represented Somerton and Frome · in Parliament since 7 May 2015

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
62.5%
507 of 811 divisions
Committee attendance
–
no published attendance
Debate contributions
35
in the 7 year window
Written questions
167
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

David Warburton died on 26th August 2025. He was most recently the Independent MP for Somerton and Frome, and left the Commons on 19 June 2023.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Somerton and Frome7 May 201519 June 2023Elected 3 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Independent5 April 202219 June 2023
Conservative7 May 20155 April 2022

Voting participation

Participation rate
62.5%
Eligible divisions
811
Divisions voted
507

524th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Independent average 55.3%

Participation by year

David Warburton voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%201920202021202220232024202520262019: 100.0%100.0%2020: 86.3%86.3%2021: 88.8%88.8%2022: 22.7%22.7%2023: 54.8%54.8%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
202312669 54.8%
202225157 22.7%
2021242215 88.8%
2020190164 86.3%
201922 100.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th811507 62.5%

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
35
Written questions
167
Oral questions
10
Early day motions
1
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
0

joint 369th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Independent average 730

Written questions per year
David Warburton: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year025507510020192020: 0020202021: 232320212022: 787820222023: 66662023202420252026
Oral questions per year
David Warburton: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year03581020192020: 0020202021: 9920212022: 1120222023: 002023202420252026
Early day motions per year
David Warburton: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year0.00.30.50.81.020192020: 0020202021: 1120212022: 0020222023: 002023202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2023 0 0 66 0 0 0 0
2022 2 1 78 1 0 0 0
2021 25 17 23 9 1 0 0
2020 8 7 0 0 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

No data for this measure.

1 bill committee served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
35
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
25
distinct debates

joint 634th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Independent average 248

Contributions per year
David Warburton: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0613192520192020: 8820202021: 252520212022: 2220222023: 002023202420252026
Debates participated in per year
David Warburton: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0510152020192020: 7720202021: 171720212022: 1120222023: 002023202420252026

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. 2015

    • – Became MP for Somerton and Frome
    • – Joined Conservative

  2. 2022

    • – Joined Independent

  3. 2023

    • – Left the House of Commons (Resignation (Northstead))

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.