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Winchester

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Apr 2026

A safe LD seat, won with 52% of the vote in 2024. Covers Winchester, Kings Worthy and New Alresford. Population 104,147, highly educated (47% degree-holders).

Winchester's Liberal Democrat MP has notched a rare legislative achievement for a first-term backbencher: his Private Members' Bill on animal welfare passed both Houses and became law in November 2025, a result his veterinary background made him unusually well-placed to pursue. More recently, he has tabled parliamentary amendments pushing for tighter restrictions on social media platforms for children -- describing it as the "biggest mental health risk" to young people -- and presented a 500-signature petition to Parliament over threatened school bus cuts in his constituency. On assisted dying, he broke from his party in June 2025 to back a stricter advertising ban in the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, reflecting a voting pattern on that issue that sits 26 percentage points above his party's average on safeguards.

Chambers votes with the Liberal Democrats 99.7% of the time overall, making him a reliable party-line MP outside a handful of conscience-driven deviations. His participation rate of 73% is below the Commons average. His speeches are dominated by health (93 contributions), social care, and economy and jobs -- consistent with his role as the Lib Dem mental health spokesperson. He is strongly aligned with parliamentary and Lords scrutiny (96% on both), and opposed the government's pension mandation powers and its attempts to override several Lords amendments in April 2026, in line with his party.

354
Commons votes
This parliament
£36k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
78.3k
Electorate
2024 GE

LD took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Danny Chambers

Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrats

Dr Danny Chambers is the Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Mental Health).

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe LD seat, won with 52% of the vote in 2024. Covers Winchester, Kings Worthy and New Alresford. Population 104,147, highly educated (47% degree-holders).

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.370 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Chambers 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
77
Economy
65
Employment
35
Education
33
Crime & Policing
31
Welfare and Benefits
24
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 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
Alresford Itchen ValleyClare Pinniger1,768Liberal
Badger Farm Olivers BatteryJan Warwick1,618Conserva
Central Meon ValleySuzanne Emma White1,717Green Pa
Colden Common TwyfordHannah Jane Greenberg1,035Liberal
St BarnabasKelsie Learney1,632Liberal
St BartholomewJohn Tippett-Cooper1,237Liberal
St LukeJamie Scott618Liberal
St MichaelRichard Murphy2,217Liberal
St PaulChristopher John Westwood1,315Liberal
The WorthysSteve Cramoysan1,275Liberal
Upper Meon ValleyJerry Pett932Liberal
Wonston MicheldeverStephen Godfrey1,423Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
104,147
Electorate 78,289 · 2024 register
Median income
£36,200
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
17.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
55
36 primary · 4 secondary
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