Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath
Wera Hobhouse has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Panel of Chairs; Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (Opposition Department) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy) (Opposition Department) | 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (Opposition Department) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment and Climate Change) (Opposition Department) | 2019 to 2020 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) (Opposition Department) | 2019 | |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2019 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2025 to now | Now |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Great British Energy Bill | 2024 | |
| Prison Media Bill | 2024 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 2024 | |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 2024 | |
| Restoration and Renewal Programme Board | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2017 to 2019 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Wera Hobhouse has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Google UK Ltd - £538.50 | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 01 June 2026 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | BGIPU (British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union) Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director, Industry and Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough | 5 Jul 2017 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Compotex GmbH | 5 Jul 2017 |
| Miscellaneous | Patron, Bath Festivals. | 5 Jul 2017 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Wera Hobhouse asked 79 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
60 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Wera Hobhouse represents Bath. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Liberal Democrat
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Wera Hobhouse won with 41% of the votes, and Dan Bewley (Labour) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wera Hobhouse | Liberal Democrat | 19,883 | 41.3% |
| Dan Bewley | Labour | 8,665 | 18.0% |
| James Wright | Conservative | 7,659 | 15.9% |
| Dom Tristram | Green Party | 5,952 | 12.4% |
| Teresa Hall | Reform UK | 3,798 | 7.9% |
| Colin Blackburn | Independent | 1,749 | 3.6% |
| Matthew Alford | Workers Party of Britain | 230 | 0.5% |
| Bill Blockhead | Independent | 169 | 0.4% |
| A ON | Independent | 25 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Wera Hobhouse took part in 154 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Wera Hobhouse voted the same way as their party in 152 of the 152 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this