Portrait of Rachel Gilmour

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat Sitting MP

MP for Tiverton and Minehead · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: rachel.gilmour.mp@parliament.uk

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
43.0%
271 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
74 meetings attended
Debate contributions
235
in the 7 year window
Written questions
294
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
1
current

Biography

Rachel Gilmour is the Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Minehead, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Tiverton and Minehead4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Liberal Democrat4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
43.0%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
271

629th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Liberal Democrat average 65.2%

Participation by year

Rachel Gilmour voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 43.8%43.8%2025: 45.0%45.0%2026: 39.8%39.8%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
202623694 39.8%
2025322145 45.0%
20247332 43.8%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631271 43.0%

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
235
Written questions
294
Oral questions
9
Early day motions
7
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
74

276th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 489 · Liberal Democrat average 595

Written questions per year
Rachel Gilmour: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0501001502002024: 525220242025: 15915920252026: 83832026
Oral questions per year
Rachel Gilmour: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0.01.32.53.85.02024: 0020242025: 5520252026: 442026
Early day motions per year
Rachel Gilmour: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year0.01.32.53.85.02024: 0020242025: 3320252026: 442026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 85 63 83 4 4 1 0
2025 127 100 159 5 3 0 0
2024 23 11 52 0 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Public Accounts Committee Member 28 October 2024 74 of 74 100.0%

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
235
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
174
distinct debates

joint 416th of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Liberal Democrat average 419

Contributions per year
Rachel Gilmour: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0501001502002024: 232320242025: 12712720252026: 85852026
Debates participated in per year
Rachel Gilmour: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002024: 111120242025: 10010020252026: 63632026

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 Tiverton and Minehead
    • – Joined Liberal Democrat
    • – Joined Public Accounts Committee

Constituency: Tiverton and Minehead

Tiverton and Minehead constituency boundary
Area
1,278.9 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
LD Gain · majority 3,507
Electorate
72,087 · turnout 65.9%
Postcode areas
EX14, EX15, EX16, EX35, EX36, TA2, TA21, TA22, TA23, TA24, TA4, TA5

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.