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How Wera Hobhouse votes

Wera Hobhouse voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 152 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesGoogle UK Ltd - £538.5018 Sep 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 01 June 202630 Jun 2026
MiscellaneousBGIPU (British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union) Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.24 Jan 2026
MiscellaneousDirector, Industry and Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role.31 Oct 2024
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough5 Jul 2017
ShareholdingsShares in Compotex GmbH5 Jul 2017
MiscellaneousPatron, 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

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero23
Department of Health and Social Care14
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs11
Department for Business and Trade7
Department for Education4

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Not answered yet

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£25,778
Office costs · claims for running an office£22,521
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,257

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.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

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.

WINNER, 2024
Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
11,218

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

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

Liberal Democrat41% · 19,883
Labour18% · 8,665
Conservative16% · 7,659
Green Party12% · 5,952
Reform UK8% · 3,798
Independent4% · 1,943
Everyone else0% · 230
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Wera HobhouseLiberal Democrat19,88341.3%
Dan BewleyLabour8,66518.0%
James WrightConservative7,65915.9%
Dom TristramGreen Party5,95212.4%
Teresa HallReform UK3,7987.9%
Colin BlackburnIndependent1,7493.6%
Matthew AlfordWorkers Party of Britain2300.5%
Bill BlockheadIndependent1690.4%
A ONIndependent250.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£837 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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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