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How Max Wilkinson votes

Max Wilkinson voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 172 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree 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

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.

Max Wilkinson has 12 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPBrian and Alexis Cassin - £2,000.0019 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,140.0018 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesThe Lucky Onion Group Ltd - £584.4014 Aug 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJames Moore - £4,000.0014 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLTA Operations Ltd - £220.0022 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLTA Operations Limited - £370.006 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesBlanc Brasseries Limited - £311.006 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesGleeds UK Ltd - £1,000.0016 Dec 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJulian Dunkerton - £5,000.0019 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJames Moore - £2,500.0019 Nov 2025
Show the other 2
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesAllwyn Entertainment Ltd - £1,485.003 Oct 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £863.6923 Sep 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.

Max Wilkinson asked 256 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office78
Department of Health and Social Care54
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government24
Department for Work and Pensions20
Department for Education19

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet

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
£11,110
Office costs · claims for running an office£9,851
Staffing · claims relating to staff£58
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£234
Miscellaneous · other claims£967

49 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

Max Wilkinson represents Cheltenham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Max Wilkinson

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
7,210

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Max Wilkinson won with 51% of the votes, and Alex Chalk (Conservative) came second with 36%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat51% · 25,076
Conservative36% · 17,866
Green Party6% · 3,160
Labour5% · 2,665
Independent2% · 775
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Max WilkinsonLiberal Democrat25,07650.6%
Alex ChalkConservative17,86636.1%
Daniel WilsonGreen Party3,1606.4%
Lara ChaplinLabour2,6655.4%
Daud McDonaldIndependent7751.6%

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
£829 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
2.7%
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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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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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