Gideon Amos
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Gideon Amos is the Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton and Wellington, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing and Communities).
435
Votes Cast
£230,303
Expenses 2024-25
11,939
Majority
48.4%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£230,303
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 50,294 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
233
Written Questions
11
Oral Questions
198
Debates Spoken In⚑
360
Speeches⚑
435
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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1 AYE1 NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
2 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading
21 Jan 2026
3 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
4 AYE2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
3 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
Financial Interests(8)
Visits outside the UK
Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Secretariat for the APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy
£808
Visits outside the UK
Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Secretariat for the APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy
- Name of donor
- Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Secretariat for the APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy
- Address of donor
- PRASEG, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0DX
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Estimate of the probable value: Accommodation, return flights, subsistence, value £808
- Destination of visit
- Denmark (Copenhagen)
- Dates of visit
- 23 October 2025 to 24 October 2025
- Purpose of visit
- APPG visit to high-level meetings and site visits in Copenhagen cross-channel cooperation for decarbonising heat and energy.
Registered 4 November 2025
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Chartered Architects & Town Planners
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(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Chartered Architects & Town Planners
- Name of company or organisation
- AEC Ltd
- Nature of business
- Chartered Architects & Town Planners
Registered 1 August 2024
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
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(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of company or organisation
- French Weir Affordable Homes LLP
Registered 1 August 2024
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Partner of French Weir Affordable Homes LLP. (Registered 26 July 2024)
Registered 26 July 2024
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Army Cadet Force - Adult Instructor. (Registered 29 July 2024)
Registered 29 July 2024
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Gideon in Parliament
Planning: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the role of local nature recovery strategies in local pl
Planning Authorities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bind ring-fenced planning department budgets within local authorities.
Property Development: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure new developments are built to standards which reflect (a) nature and (b) climate targets
Planning: Carbon Emissions and Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will include the Land Use Framework to support (a) nature recovery and (b) net
Planning Authorities: Ecology
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of planning authorities’ access to ecological expertise.
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to increase data available on the number of planning officers per (a) authority and (b) region.
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has plans to increase the number of additional planning officers.
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what weighting the Land Use Framework will have in planning decision making.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington of 5 November 2024 on the AB
River Tone: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide funding to (a) improve water quality in the river Tone in Somerset and (b) reduce pollution discharges (i) ups
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