Wera Hobhouse
MP since 8 Jun 2017
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Wera Hobhouse is the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
1552
Votes Cast
£306,189
Expenses 2024-25
11,218
Majority
41.3%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£306,189
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 48,130 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
214
Written Questions
45
Oral Questions
257
Debates Spoken In⚑
439
Speeches⚑
352
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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1552 votes — page 6 of 63
3 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 25 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 25 Nov 2025
3 AYE1 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 24 Nov 2025
5 NOEmployment Rights Bill
5 votes · 5 Nov 2025
Employment Rights Bill
5 votes · 5 Nov 2025
4 AYESentencing Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Financial Interests(5)
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
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Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
- Type of land/property
- Residential property (house)
- Number of properties
- 1
- Location
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough
- Ownership details
- Owned jointly with my husband
- Rental income
- Yes
Registered 5 July 2017
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Technical textile finishing
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(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Technical textile finishing
- Name of company or organisation
- Compotex GmbH
- Nature of business
- Technical textile finishing
Registered 5 July 2017
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Patron, Bath Festivals. (Registered 5 July 2017)
Registered 5 July 2017
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 26 October 2024
Registered 31 October 2024
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 20 January 2026
Registered 24 January 2026
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Wera in Parliament
Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the paragraph 52 of the Second Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2019 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyda
Plastic Packaging Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will include in the forthcoming Budget proposals relating to the plastic packaging tax - chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach consu
Plastic Packaging Tax: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with His Majesty's Treasury on the Government's re
Sizewell C Power Station: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the funding that his Department has allocated to the proposed new nuclear plant at Sizewell C has been a
Energy: Consumers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of flexible energy systems on consumers.
National Energy System Operator
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) integrates demand side flexibility into it
Sizewell C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for public expenditure of the provision of a further £5.5 billion for addition
Great British Nuclear: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2122 on Great British Nuclear: Recruitment, if he will list (a) the organisations
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the merits of introducing mandatory food waste reporting.
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that mandatory food waste reporting will take into account companies who (a)
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