MP for Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Bobby Dean is a Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, first elected on 4 July 2024. He serves as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (from October 2025) and sits on several Commons committees, including the Treasury Committee, Modernisation Committee, Members Estimate Committee, Restoration and Renewal Client Board, and the House of Commons Commission.
Dean has a 100% party loyalty score, but his voting attendance is 11%, below the party average of 19%. He has one rebel vote against his party on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Second Reading in 2024. His record shows a mixed pattern on welfare and economic issues, generally voting against stronger trade union powers and workers’ rights protections and against VAT changes; he tends to support stricter prison sentencing, regulation of bus services, and has supported transgender rights, climate measures, and mental health services.
Declares six financial interests, including gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; miscellaneous interests; donations and other support for activities as an MP (including loans); and visits outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
6 positions
House of Commons Commission
Since Jan 2026
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
Since Jan 2026
Members Estimate Committee
Since Jan 2026
Modernisation Committee
Since Oct 2025
Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Since Oct 2025
Treasury Committee
Since Oct 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against universal credit
has almost always voted against trade union powers
has almost always voted against workers rights protections
has almost always voted against vat changes
has voted a mixture of ways on prison sentencing
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has voted a mixture of ways on renter protections
has generally voted for transgender rights
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading