About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Monica Harding) represents you, and all of the people who live in Esher and Walton, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Esher and Walton

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @monicaharding.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Football (Offences) Act 1991
• Development Aid
• Special Educational Needs: Finance
• Huntington's Disease: Health Services
• Water Charges: Surrey

Currently held offices

• Member, International Development Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development) (since 18 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] ( 6 Nov 2024 to 13 Nov 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Dominic Raab
• Ian Taylor

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th Anniversary 6 May 2025

  On this 80th anniversary of VE Day, I pay tribute to those brave men and women from Esher and Walton who played their part; their names are etched on memorials throughout my constituency. All Saints church in Weston Green, Esher, has undertaken the invaluable project of recording the stories of some of the fallen on its memorial, including soldiers who fell in Italy, north Africa and the far...

• Middle East Update 6 May 2025

  The Israeli Government’s decision to approve plans for an expanded offensive, summarised by officials as the “conquest” of Gaza, is disgraceful. It will wreak more devastation and displacement on Palestinians after months of bombardment. It will also narrow the path back to a ceasefire, while severely harming the chances of getting the remaining hostages in Hamas’s captivity back to...

• Dedicated Schools Grant — [Dawn Butler in the Chair] 6 May 2025

  Does my hon. Friend agree that teachers and teaching assistants in schools were the first line of defence against cuts to public services from the last Conservative Government, and that, when the Department for Education is asking schools to make efficiencies alongside the extra funding they have received, that means that some TAs will lose their jobs? Last week, in my constituency of Esher...

More of Monica Harding’s recent appearances