Wera Hobhouse

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Wera Hobhouse MP
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament for Bath
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Ben Howlett
Majority	12,322 (23.6%)
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–present	Transport
2020, 2022–present	Energy and Climate Change
2020–2022	Women and Equalities
2020–present	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 politician. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017 and serves as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change and Transport under Ed Davey.^[1]

Hobhouse served under Tim Farron and Vince Cable as Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government from 2017 to 2019. She served under Jo Swinson as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Transport from 2019 to 2020. She was the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change from February 2019 to August 2019 and again from January 2020 to September 2020.