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Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat - Dorking and Horley

5,391 (10.8%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


Chris Coghlan is not a member of any APPGs
Chris Coghlan has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Chris Coghlan has voted in 41 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Luke Charters (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Home Office
(2 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(2 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Finance Bill 2024-26
(717 words contributed)
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Dorking and Horley Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Dorking and Horley signature proportion
Petitions with most Dorking and Horley signatures
Chris Coghlan has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Chris Coghlan

2nd September 2024
Chris Coghlan signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th December 2024

Ban trophy hunting imports

Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House notes CITES data and investigations by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting published in the national media showing British trophy hunters are killing and bringing home trophies of threatened species including African elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippopotamuses, zebras, wolves, monkeys, wild cats, lynxes, cougars, bears, and African …
94 signatures
(Most recent: 11 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 33
Liberal Democrat: 29
Independent: 11
Scottish National Party: 7
Plaid Cymru: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Green Party: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Conservative: 2
Alliance: 1
Ulster Unionist Party: 1
9th December 2024
Chris Coghlan signed this EDM on Tuesday 10th December 2024

Review into breast cancer screening

Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
That this House recognises the worrying rise in breast cancer cases in younger women; notes with concern that breast cancer accounts for 43% of all cancers diagnosed in women aged 25-49, yet women wait until they are 50 or older to begin routine screening; urges everyone to work together to …
42 signatures
(Most recent: 17 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 27
Labour: 10
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Chris Coghlan, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Chris Coghlan has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Chris Coghlan has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Chris Coghlan has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Chris Coghlan has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 3 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
25th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help progress the planning application for Betchwood Vale Academy.

The construction contractor, appointed by the department to progress the detailed designs, is currently producing the necessary reports and surveys required to submit the planning application for Betchwood Academy.

Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
6th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing volumes and the time taken for blood specimens to reach the laboratory for separation, including those within 16 hours, is not currently monitored by NHS England.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advises that serum samples for PSA testing should be received by the laboratory within 16 hours. Pathology services are expected to implement this NICE recommendation.

All pathology services in England, including prostate specific antigen tests, are also expected to maintain international standards for laboratory quality, certified through UK Accreditation Service (UKAS).

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
6th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing volumes and the time taken for blood specimens to reach the laboratory for separation, including those within 16 hours, is not currently monitored by NHS England.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advises that serum samples for PSA testing should be received by the laboratory within 16 hours. Pathology services are expected to implement this NICE recommendation.

All pathology services in England, including prostate specific antigen tests, are also expected to maintain international standards for laboratory quality, certified through UK Accreditation Service (UKAS).

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)