Wera Hobhouse

Wera Hobhouse MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Bath
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Ben Howlett
Majority	11,218 (23.3%)
Rochdale Borough Councillor for Norden
In office 2004–2014
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2017–2019	Communities and Local Government
2019–2020	Environment and Climate Change
2019, 2020–2022	Justice
2019–2020, 2022–2024	Transport
2020, 2022–2024	Energy and Climate Change
2020–2022	Women and Equalities
2020–2024	Leader of the House of Commons
Personal details
Born	Wera Benedicta von Reden (1960-02-08) 8 February 1960 (age 64) Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Citizenship	British German
Political party	Liberal Democrats (2005–present)
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2005)
Spouse	William Hobhouse ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Münster (BA) Free University of Berlin (MA)
Website	www.werahobhouse.co.uk

Wera Benedicta Hobhouse (née von Reden, 8 February 1960) is a British-German Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017.

Hobhouse has previously served on the Liberal Democrat front bench as spokesperson for Communities and Local Government, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Energy and Climate Change, and as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.^[1]