Gideon Amos MP: votes, interests and costs
Gideon Amos represents Taunton and Wellington in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing and Communities), held since 1 October 2025.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists one current post for Gideon Amos.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing and Communities) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing and Planning) | Opposition Department | 18 September 2024 | 1 October 2025 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 24 April 2025 | 22 May 2025 |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 16 October 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 10298edd09b1.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Gideon Amos, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (5), Shareholdings (2), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 4 November 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Denmark between 23 October 2025 and 24 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: APPG visit to high-level meetings and site visits in Copenhagen cross-channel cooperation for decarbonising heat and energy.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-23
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-24
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group
Shares in French Weir Affordable Homes LLP
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: French Weir Affordable Homes LLP
Shares in AEC Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: AEC Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Chartered Architects & Town Planners
Director of AEC Ltd.
- The type of interest: Financial interest or material benefit
Chartered Town Planner Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chartered Architect Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Army Cadet Force - Adult Instructor.
- The type of interest: Financial interest or material benefit
Partner of French Weir Affordable Homes LLP.
- The type of interest: Financial interest or material benefit
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £168,753 for Gideon Amos in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £28,602 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £168,753.32 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,602.03 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,475.55 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £16,471.79 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Taunton and Wellington CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Researcher (permanent full time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Personal Assistant (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Senior Press Officer (fixed term part time), Intern ×3 (fixed term part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Gideon Amos voted in the House of Commons: 451 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 25 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Gideon Amos voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 257 written questions from Gideon Amos since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Ministry of Defence, Department for Work and Pensions and 1 other departments.
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the difference between the Universal Infant Free School Meals funding rate and the average cost of meal provision charged by catering providers; and whether she …
Army: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the future of the Army Careers Centre in Taunton, including any plans to close that office or transfer its recruitment functions to another contractor.
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service's use of its enforcement powers in recovering unpaid child maintenance; and what steps he is taking to ensure that paren …
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Collect and Pay charges on the financial stability of paying parents; whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of intr …
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made on the availability of NHS Funding for the breast cancer drug Enhertu in England and Wales, in the context of treatment available to Scottish patients.
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has been made of the effectiveness of the Disabled Facilities Grant means-testing system for homeowners.
Building Alterations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reform the Disabled Facilities Grant to improve access for disabled homeowners with high adaptation needs, particularly those with degenerative conditions such as Pr …
Wildcat Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for Army Air Corps Wildcat AH1 airframes following their withdrawal from service from 2027, including whether any will be retained as a source of certified spares for the Royal Navy …
Wildcat Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) alternative operational roles, including as an airborne command and control platform coordinating uncrewed systems, (b) transferring airframe …
Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints submitted to the Child Maintenance Service in the last 12 months; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Case Examiner proc …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3785d63b2bcb. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gideon Amos.
2024 general election
Gideon Amos won Taunton and Wellington at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 24,331 votes (48.4%), a majority of 11,939 over Rebecca Pow (Conservative). Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Taunton and Wellington figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.