Martin Wrigley is the Liberal Democrat MP for Newton Abbot, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Finance Committee (Commons).
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 334th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 26%. 19 contributions since 2024-10-16.
What they’ve raised
Martin Wrigley has engaged primarily through Commons debate speeches, with a particular focus on GP funding and access to primary care in the South West, where he raised concerns about insufficient funding, staffing pressures, and practice closures. He also raised significant concerns about the NHS Federated Data Platform and Palantir's role in NHS digitisation, arguing the system is poorly designed and advocating for a staged exit in favour of British alternatives. Additionally, he contributed to debates on children's services, including SEND support and adoption services, highlighting systemic delays and the need for preventative rather than crisis-driven approaches.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism218th of 89818.0
- Heart disease & stroke38th of 3869.0
- GP access28th of 2329.0
- Mental health380th of 8679.0
- Health inequalities130th of 2773.0
- Dementia106th of 2453.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
What they’ve said
“…It claims to have achieved waiting list reductions by removing people who do not respond to messages, but there is no external scrutiny or validation of results. This is a dreadful contract, and it is not in the national interest.…”
NHS Federated Data Platform · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform. We are at a key time for the NHS as it changes from analogue to digital, and data is key to achieving better health results for all our constituents, as well as to the future of the NHS.”
NHS Federated Data Platform · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…NHS England’s October 2025 medium-term planning framework mandates all NHS providers of acute, community and mental health services to sign up to the FDP, and it demands that any existing local data analysis systems are removed.”
NHS Federated Data Platform · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Will the Minister cancel the expansion of the FDP to community and mental health service providers? Palantir is the wrong supplier. Its name comes from a magical seeing stone in “The Lord of the Rings”. It is how the evil lord Sauron corrupted the good wizard Saruman—I think we should have known at the beginning.”
NHS Federated Data Platform · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗