Official portrait of Tessa Munt

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat MP for Wells and Mendip Hills, since 4 July 2024

Tessa Munt is the Liberal Democrat MP for Wells and Mendip Hills, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

59.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
319 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 25 as teller
231 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
6 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
490 Debates spoken in 187 written questions tabled

Ranked 510 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No vote 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No vote 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No vote 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No vote 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No vote 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No vote 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No vote 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No vote 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No vote 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No vote 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No vote 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No vote 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No vote 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No vote 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Councillor
Payer: Somerset Council, County Hall, Taunton, Somerset
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

£15,500

Remuneration: £15,500 a year
From: 5 May 2017.
Hours: 15 hrs a week approximate
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Somerset
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Director, Inaura School
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
Date interest ended: 24 February 2025
(Registered 15 December 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 25 Mar 2026

Vice Chair of WhistleblowersUK, a not for profit organisation. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 15 December 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 25 Mar 2026

Director of WhistleblowersUK, a not for profit organisation
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 15 December 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 28 January 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

490 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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