Wera Hobhouse MP: votes, interests and costs
Wera Hobhouse represents Bath in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat and has done since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Wera Hobhouse sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 29 January 2025 | Current |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) | Opposition Department | 11 July 2022 | 18 September 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) | Opposition Department | 11 July 2022 | 18 September 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 10 July 2022 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 10 July 2022 |
| Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy) | Opposition Department | 6 January 2020 | 7 September 2020 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) | Opposition Department | 21 August 2019 | 6 January 2020 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment and Climate Change) | Opposition Department | 7 February 2019 | 7 September 2020 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) | Opposition Department | 7 February 2019 | 21 August 2019 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Opposition Department | 16 June 2017 | 8 February 2019 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Great British Energy Bill | 11 September 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
| Prison Media Bill | 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 28 February 2024 | 6 March 2024 |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 7 February 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Restoration and Renewal Programme Board | 7 February 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill | 16 November 2022 | 23 November 2022 |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2c8cca83535c.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Wera Hobhouse, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1), Shareholdings (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Latest registration 18 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Google UK Ltd - £538.50
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by social Market Foundation, in partnership with Google
- Value of the benefit: £538.50
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-02
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-02
- Name of the donor: Google UK Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Google UK Ltd
International visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 01 June 2026
- Purpose of the visit: APPG visit to Dharamshala, residence of his Holiness the Dalai Lama for a private audience with his Holiness, to attend the inauguration of the Sikyong Penba Tsering, visit the Tibetan Parliament in Exile and meet with representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-06-01
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Tibet APPG
BGIPU (British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union) Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-01-20
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director, Industry and Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Compotex GmbH
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Compotex GmbH
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Technical textile finishing
Residential in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough
- Location of the land or property: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough
- A description of the property: house
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Owned jointly with my husband
- 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
Patron, Bath Festivals.
- The type of interest: Other
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 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 £246,892 for Wera Hobhouse in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £206,122. IPSA lists office spending of £26,080 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £246,891.57 | £206,121.57 | £191,823.17 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,079.68 | £28,564.02 | £22,552.80 |
| Accommodation: spent | £29,290.00 | £26,840.00 | £25,080.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,927.73 | £7,134.73 | £4,907.35 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Bath CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Research Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Wera Hobhouse is recorded voting in 371 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Wera Hobhouse voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 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 220 written questions from Wera Hobhouse since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Health and Social Care and 2 other departments.
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 businesses.
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward regulations to introduce a public food waste reporting requirement for large businesses.
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific …
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific care needs t …
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government remains committed to delivering the Replacing Animals in Science Strategy; whether it is his Department that will be leading on this; and when an update on p …
Wind Power: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of analysis from Aurora Energy Research which notes that rebalancing a share of planned Scottish offshore wind tow …
Wind Power: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of onshore wind in Scotland in the upcoming Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.
Energy Supply: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Demand report entitled Powered by People, Powered by Place, what assessment has his Department has made of the appropriateness of the exclusion of contracted consum …
National Grid: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for empowering local authorities to assess flexibility and microgrid opportunities before pursuing network buildout, in the context of the recomme …
Energy Supply: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Regional Energy Strategic Plans, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the 10% voting share for demand-side stakeholders on Strategic Boards, as highlighted in the …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8ae5984deb14. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Wera Hobhouse.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 11,218 for Wera Hobhouse in Bath in July 2024, from 19,883 votes on a turnout of 69.1%. Result as published: LD hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Bath 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.