MP for Bath
Wera Hobhouse is the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, first elected in 2017. She currently serves on the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee and is a member of the Panel of Chairs. In Parliament she has previously acted as Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Transport, Energy and Climate Change, Women and Equalities, and Justice, reflecting a broad policy remit.
She shows full party loyalty (100%) with a voting attendance rate of 64%, well above her party’s average. Her record includes backing welfare and public service funding (notably Universal Credit and NHS funding), opposing immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme, and taking mixed positions on VAT, transgender rights, and prison sentencing, placing her around the centre-left of the spectrum.
Declared financial interests include miscellaneous entries (three), land and property (within or outside the UK), and shareholdings.
Generated 21 February 2026
19 positions
Panel of Chairs
Since Jan 2025
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Since Oct 2024
Great British Energy Bill
Sept 2024 - Oct 2024
Prison Media Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
Feb 2024 - May 2024
Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
Feb 2023 - May 2024
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has almost always voted against immigration controls
has generally voted against vat changes
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has almost always voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has almost always voted against trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading