About Wera Hobhouse

Wera Hobhouse represents the people who live in Bath, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Bath

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Social Media

• @werahobhouse.org.uk
• @Wera_Hobhouse
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Other offices held in the past

• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (11 Jul 2022 to 18 Sep 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) (11 Jul 2022 to 18 Sep 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 7 Sep 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) ( 7 Sep 2020 to 10 Jul 2022)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) ( 7 Sep 2020 to 10 Jul 2022)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy) ( 6 Jan 2020 to 7 Sep 2020)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (21 Aug 2019 to 6 Jan 2020)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice) ( 7 Feb 2019 to 21 Aug 2019)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment and Climate Change) ( 7 Feb 2019 to 7 Sep 2020)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (16 Jun 2017 to 8 Feb 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ben Howlett
• Don Foster
• Chris Patten
• Edward Brown
• Isaac Pitman
• Thomas Guinness
• Charles Baillie-Hamilton
• Charles Foxcroft
• Frank Raffety
• Charles Foxcroft
• Alexander Thynne
• Charles Hunter
• Alexander Thynne
• Charles Hunter
• George Gooch
• Donald Maclean
• Charles Murray
• Edmund Wodehouse
• Charles Murray
• Edmund Wodehouse
• Charles Murray
• Edmund Wodehouse
• Robert Laurie
• Robert Blaine
• Edmund Wodehouse
• Arthur Hayter
• Nathaniel Bousfield
• Arthur Hayter
• Grey De Wilton
• Chelsea
• William Tite
• Donald Dalrymple
• William Tite
• James McGarel-Hogg
• William Tite
• Arthur Way
• William Tite
• Arthur Elton
• William Tite
• Thomas Phinn
• George Scobell
• Ashley
• Duncan
• John Roebuck
• Duncan
• William Bruges
• John Roebuck
• Charles Palmer
• John Roebuck
• Charles Palmer
• John Thynne
• Charles Palmer
• George Pratt
• John Thynne
• George Pratt
• Charles Palmer
• John Thynne
• Charles Palmer
• John Thynne
• Charles Palmer
• John Thynne
• Charles Palmer
• John Thynne
• Charles Palmer
• John Palmer
• John Thynne
• John Palmer
• John Thynne
• John Palmer
• John Thynne

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Railways Bill Committee (4 out of 14)
• Chairman, Data (Use and Access) Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Chairman, Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee (6 out of 14)
• Great British Energy Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Chairman, Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prison Media Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)