Tessa Munt | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 11,121 (22.08%) |
Member of Parliament for Wells | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
Succeeded by | James Heappey |
Member of Somerset Council for Wells | |
Assumed office 4 May 2017 Serving with Theo Butt-Philip (Since 2022) | |
Preceded by | John Osman |
Majority | 1,494 (38.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Surrey, England | 16 October 1959
Political party | Liberal Democrats (after 1997) |
Other political affiliations | Labour (mid-1990s) |
Spouse |
Martin Munt
(m. 1992, separated) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Sutton High School, London |
Website | tessamunt |
Tessa Jane Munt (née Vasey) (born 16 October 1959)[1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills in Somerset, having previously been elected as the MP for Wells from 2010 to 2015 and serving as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable.[2] As a councillor on Somerset Council, she was the executive member for Children, Families and Education from 2022 until 2023.