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Last 12 months

How Lisa Smart votes

Lisa Smart voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 166 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
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 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.

Lisa Smart has 21 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousVice President of Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.12 Aug 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 20261 Jun 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPRichard Pym - £1,000.0030 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPRichard Pym - £1,494.5030 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPDominic Mathon - £1,000.0030 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPHilary Stone - £2,000.0030 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJoseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited - £3,000.0021 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJames Moore - £5,000.0021 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPElizabeth Desmond - £3,000.0021 Apr 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,140.0027 Jan 2026
Show the other 11
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPElizabeth Desmond - £3,000.0025 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPHilary Stone - £2,500.0011 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesElizabeth Desmond - £1,641.4911 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPDominic Mathon - £2,500.006 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAhmed Hindawi - £5,000.006 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAdam Management Holdings Ltd - £2,000.0021 Oct 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £863.6927 Sep 2024
MiscellaneousGovernor at Fairway Primary School, Offerton. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousTrustee of Barrack Hill Educational Charity. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousUnpaid director of Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited and JRRT (Properties) Limited. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousStockport Canal Boat Trust for Disabled People. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 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.

Lisa Smart asked 175 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care53
Department for Transport23
Department for Work and Pensions12
Home Office12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government12

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 18 Sep 2026
2 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Sep 2026

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
£23,142
Office costs · claims for running an office£20,263
Staffing · claims relating to staff£455
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,424

79 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

Lisa Smart represents Hazel Grove. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
6,500

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Lisa Smart won with 38% of the votes, and Claire Vibert (Labour) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat38% · 17,328
Labour24% · 10,828
Conservative20% · 9,011
Reform UK15% · 6,955
Green Party4% · 1,763
Social Democratic Party0% · 113
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lisa SmartLiberal Democrat17,32837.7%
Claire VibertLabour10,82823.5%
Paul AthansConservative9,01119.6%
John KellyReform UK6,95515.1%
Graham ReidGreen Party1,7633.8%
Tim O'RourkeSocial Democratic Party1130.2%

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
£760 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
2.6%
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
This MPParty average
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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