Tessa Munt MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills is Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
Tessa Munt sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Administration Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
| Justice Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Administration Committee | 26 July 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
| Education Committee | 12 July 2010 | 11 June 2012 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 25fb0f5b8003.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Tessa Munt, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (3), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Employment and earnings (1). Latest registration 15 December 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Director, Inaura School
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-02-24
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Vice Chair of WhistleblowersUK, a not for profit organisation. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Director of WhistleblowersUK, a not for profit organisation
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Property in Somerset
- Location of the land or property: Somerset
- A description of the property: Flat
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Councillor - Somerset Council
- Type of work or service being provided: Councillor
- Name of the payer: Somerset Council
- Agreement starting 05 May 2017 - £15,500.00
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Tessa Munt's office spent £93,144 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £22,660 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 | £93,143.68 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,659.94 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,403.11 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,534.46 |
| 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: Wells and Mendip Hills CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker ×4 (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Office Manager (fixed term part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Tessa Munt voted in the House of Commons: 377 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 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 Tessa Munt voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 130 written questions have been tabled by Tessa Munt, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Ministry of Justice and 1 other departments.
Maternity Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her predecessor’s statement made on 30 June 2026 (HCWS166) on the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, whether the funding announced to upgrade (1) outdated and (2) rund …
Gynaecology and Maternity Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the written statement made on 30 June 2026, HCWS166), on the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, whether funding available to NHS Trusts to upgrade facilities will be r …
ME/CFS: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to her answer to written parliamentary question 19983, which department or body holds the patient data recorded using the four categories of severity for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic …
Middle East: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK citizens located in countries in the Middle East, whether temporarily or permanently, provided their contact details to his Department during the Iran conflict co …
Prisoner Escorts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance.
Prisoner Escorts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistical information his Department holds on the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance for each month in the last five years.
Prisoner Escorts: Bristol
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure Serco delivers prisoners on time at Bristol Crown Court.
ME/CFS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England have been recorded using the SNOMED CT codes as having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for the four categories of severity that the SNOMED CT codes r …
Tyres: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of adopting an Australian-style shred-only export mandate to i) permanently eliminate non-compliance at foreign receivin …
ME/CFS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the publication of the Government's Final Delivery Plan on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on 22 July 2025, when will the one-year update be published.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 93c2aa306e09. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Tessa Munt.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Wells and Mendip Hills returned Tessa Munt with a majority of 11,121: 23,622 votes, 46.9% of those cast, against 12,501 for Meg Powell-Chandler. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Wells and Mendip Hills 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.