MP Expenses
Wera Hobhouse
Current MP

Wera HobhouseMP expenses

£70,543 IPSA expenses in 2023-24

Liberal Democrat · Bath

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£3,878

Total claimed — selected period (2023-24)

£70,543

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Spend by category — 2023-24

Energy & utility comparison

This MP claimed £33 for Utilities in 2021-22.

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This MP claimed £33 for Utilities in 2021-22.

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This MP claimed £33 for Utilities in 2021-22.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £163 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £130 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £1,931 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £691 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £244 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £30 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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Year-on-year trend

Wera Hobhouse expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Wera Hobhouse, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£25,778Office Costs (£22,521)60View claims
2024-25£7,855Travel and Subsistence (£7,855)2View claims
2023-24£70,543Accommodation (£28,759)115View claims
2022-23£56,896Accommodation (£23,161)116View claims
2021-22£56,206Accommodation (£23,290)158View claims
2020-21£52,965Office Costs (£26,896)119View claims
2019-20£63,385Office Costs (£27,461)183View claims
2018-19£28,479Accommodation (£17,568)20View claims
2017-18£25,515Accommodation (£12,697)19View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsCleaning services£1252025-2624 Mar 2026Paid1380View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2732025-263 Mar 2026PaidLandline & internet package — 1370View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£7432025-261 Mar 2026Paid1367View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£702025-2628 Feb 2026Paid1366View source
Office CostsCleaning services£1252025-2625 Feb 2026Paid1365View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1562025-267 Feb 2026Paid1358View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2812025-263 Feb 2026PaidLandline & internet package — 1354View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£7432025-261 Feb 2026Paid1350View source
Office CostsCleaning services£1252025-2631 Jan 2026Paid1348View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£702025-2631 Jan 2026Paid1349View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£852025-2627 Jan 2026PaidXMA February 2026View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£7432025-266 Jan 2026Paid1336View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£3402025-263 Jan 2026PaidLandline & internet package — 1333View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£702025-2631 Dec 2025Paid1330View source
Office CostsCleaning services£1202025-2623 Dec 2025Paid1329View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2222025-263 Dec 2025PaidLandline & internet package — 1321View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1892025-261 Dec 2025Paid1318View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£7432025-261 Dec 2025Paid1317View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£702025-2630 Nov 2025Paid1316View source
Office CostsCleaning services£1202025-2625 Nov 2025Paid1314View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£4492025-263 Nov 2025PaidLandline & internet package — 1303View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£7432025-261 Nov 2025Paid1299View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£662025-2631 Oct 2025Paid1298View source
Office CostsCleaning services£1202025-2628 Oct 2025Paid1296View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£3282025-263 Oct 2025PaidLandline & internet package — 1288View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Rent in 2023-24. Browse all Rent claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Paul Holmes

Conservative

£16,0004 Jul 2023
Grahame Morris

Labour

£15,0002 Apr 2024
Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)

£11,93410 Apr 2023[200009104-2]
Anna McMorrin

Labour

£11,61114 Aug 2023[***]
John McDonnell

Labour

£10,5602 May 2023
Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

£8,0387 Feb 2024Annual rent for the Constituency Office for the period 6.5.23 to 5.5.24
Peter Kyle

Labour

£7,00014 Sept 2023constituency office rent
Peter Kyle

Labour

£7,0001 Jun 2023consituency office rent
Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative

£6,14620 Apr 2023- August 2022 to March 2023
Peter Kyle

Labour

£6,00021 Dec 2023constituency office rent
Alan Mak

Conservative

£5,98619 Jan 2024Back dated rent [***] from 1/6/23 to 31/12/23 totalling £5,986.24 [***]
Emily Thornberry

Labour

£5,9642 Apr 2024

Liberal Democrat average — 2023-24

£66,720

All-MP average — 2023-24

£51,602

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

4. Visits outside the UK

  • International visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 01 June 2026

    £2,333
    Registered 30 Jun 2026View source

6. Land and property (within or outside the UK)

  • Residential in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough

    Registered 5 Jul 2017View source

7. Shareholdings

  • Shares in Compotex GmbH

    Registered 5 Jul 2017View source

8. Miscellaneous

  • BGIPU (British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union) Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 24 Jan 2026View source
  • Director, Industry and Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 31 Oct 2024View source
  • Patron, Bath Festivals.

    Registered 5 Jul 2017View source

Wera Hobhouse expenses — common questions

How much did Wera Hobhouse claim in expenses in 2023-24?
Wera Hobhouse claimed £70,543 in IPSA business costs in 2023-24. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Wera Hobhouse claim for?
In 2023-24, Wera Hobhouse's largest published IPSA category was Accommodation (£28,759). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Wera Hobhouse's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.