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.

1576

Votes Cast

£306,189

Expenses 2024-25

11,218

Majority

41.3%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£306,189

Staffing£246,892
Accommodation£29,290
Office£26,080
Travel£3,928

Year-on-Year

2024-25£306,189
2023-24£268,660
2022-23£244,363
2021-22£210,595
2020-21£224,096
2019-20£204,083
2018-19£199,013
2017-18£152,104

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 48,130 voters

✓Liberal Democrat
19,883 votes41.3%
Labour
8,665 votes18.0%
Conservative
7,659 votes15.9%
Green Party
5,952 votes12.4%
Reform UK
3,798 votes7.9%
Independent
1,749 votes3.6%
Workers Party of Britain
230 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

224

Written Questions

45

Oral Questions

268

Debates Spoken In⚑

453

Speeches⚑

376

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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2 AYE1 NO

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

2 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

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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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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Name of company or organisation
Compotex GmbH
Nature of business
Technical textile finishing

Registered 5 July 2017

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Patron, Bath Festivals. (Registered 5 July 2017)

Registered 5 July 2017

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
26 October 2024

Registered 31 October 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
20 January 2026

Registered 24 January 2026

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Wera in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contribution his Department plans to make to the World Food Programme's appeal for $450 million to maintain food a

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office3 Nov 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to promote the dissemination across the NHS of good practice in the treatment and care of autistic people with eating

Department of Health and Social Care21 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of electricity relative to gas to support the adoption of low-carbon heating tech

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero16 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to maintain the funding committed to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme through to 2029/30 following the Budget.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero16 Oct 2026

To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming business rates to enable open-plan co-working spaces to claim small business rate relie

Treasury14 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ofcom effectively enforces the Online Safety Act 2023 where online platforms, in

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport13 Oct 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the zero rate of VAT to heat batteries by adding them to the Energy Saving Materials list.

Treasury9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing or delaying Warm Homes Plan funding on the Government’s clean heat and

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing the call-in process by ward and parish councill

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government9 Oct 2026

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will reform energy market regulations to enable community-run energy schemes to sell power directly to local households and busin

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero15 Sept 2026
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