South East · England · 74,042Boundary · 2023

Esher & Walton

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Apr 2026

A safe LD seat, won with 53% of the vote in 2024. Covers West Molesey, Walton-on-Thames and Hersham. Population 104,045, highly educated (51% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 38% below the national average. Median income £43K (above average).

Esher and Walton's MP made her clearest parliamentary statement yet on 20 June 2025, voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading -- breaking with 96% of her Liberal Democrat colleagues who backed it. She also split from her party on several individual amendments, opposing measures that would have liberalised the assisted dying framework while supporting amendments designed to add safeguards or restrictions. Her position sits 63 percentage points below her party's average on assisted dying access, making this the sharpest divergence in her voting record.

Otherwise, Harding votes with the Liberal Democrats 96% of the time and maintains a consistently oppositional stance toward the Labour government -- she has never once voted with the government on budget measures and backs the government's agenda in only 8% of relevant divisions. Her 65% voting participation rate is below the Commons average, though not unusually so for a new MP balancing constituency work. She opposes the employer National Insurance rises, consistently backed Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill against government efforts to remove them, and has spoken across 35 debates on topics ranging from the economy and defence to health, social care, and education.

305
Commons votes
This parliament
£43k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
74.0k
Electorate
2024 GE

LD took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Monica Harding

Monica Harding

Liberal Democrats

Monica Harding is the Liberal Democrat MP for Esher and Walton, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development).

Notable Votes

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe LD seat, won with 53% of the vote in 2024. Covers West Molesey, Walton-on-Thames and Hersham. Population 104,045, highly educated (51% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 38% below the national average. Median income £43K (above average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Harding’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.339 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Harding has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
69
Economy
59
Employment
40
Crime & Policing
33
Welfare and Benefits
26
Pensions
21
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.12 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
ClaygateMary Marshall1,020Independ
EsherSimon Jonathan Leifer1,102Esher Re
Hersham VillageWendy Carol Gibbs1,349Liberal
Hinchley Wood Weston GreenGill Coates1,627Hinchley
Long DittonJez Langham1,493Liberal
Molesey EastKevin Malcolm Whincup1,291Liberal
Molesey WestPat Gormley1,032The Mole
Oatlands Burwood ParkJohn Cope1,259Conserva
Thames DittonAlex Batchelor1,344Thames D
Walton CentralStanley Francis Winston Luker1,055Liberal
Walton NorthJoshua Noah Lambert1,206Liberal
Walton SouthAlistair William Price1,389Liberal
Population (2021 Census)
104,045
Electorate 74,042 · 2024 register
Median income
£43,300
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
16.1%
England average 20.0%
Schools
38
22 primary · 4 secondary
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