Portrait of Tessa Munt

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat Sitting MP

MP for Wells and Mendip Hills · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: tessa.munt.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency office

Tessa Munt Freepost

Tel: 01934 440639

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
60.5%
382 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
71.4%
5 meetings attended
Debate contributions
405
in the 7 year window
Written questions
149
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
2
current

Biography

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

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Wells and Mendip Hills4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time
Wells6 May 201030 March 2015Elected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Liberal Democrat6 May 2010Present

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Ipswich
South Suffolk

Voting participation

Participation rate
60.5%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
382

548th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Liberal Democrat average 65.2%

Participation by year

Tessa Munt voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 57.5%57.5%2025: 59.3%59.3%2026: 63.1%63.1%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236149 63.1%
2025322191 59.3%
20247342 57.5%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631382 60.5%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
405
Written questions
149
Oral questions
17
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
5

joint 386th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Liberal Democrat average 595

Written questions per year
Tessa Munt: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0501001502002024: 8820242025: 363620252026: 1051052026
Oral questions per year
Tessa Munt: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 5520242025: 6620252026: 662026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 153 97 105 6 0 0 0
2025 205 78 36 6 0 1 0
2024 47 33 8 5 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Administration Committee Member 28 October 2024 0 of 2 0.0%
Justice Committee Member 28 October 2024 5 of 5 100.0%

513th of 515 current MPs · all MPs average 99.6% · Liberal Democrat average 99.4%

1 bill committee served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
405
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
208
distinct debates

joint 282nd of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Liberal Democrat average 419

Contributions per year
Tessa Munt: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0631251882502024: 474720242025: 20520520252026: 1531532026
Debates participated in per year
Tessa Munt: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002024: 333320242025: 787820252026: 97972026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2010

    • – Became MP for Wells
    • – Joined Liberal Democrat
    • – Joined Administration Committee
  2. 2024

    • – Became MP for Wells and Mendip Hills
    • – Joined Administration Committee
    • – Joined Justice Committee

Constituency: Wells and Mendip Hills

Wells and Mendip Hills constituency boundary
Area
671.5 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
LD Gain · majority 11,121
Electorate
73,538 · turnout 68.5%
Postcode areas
BA16, BA3, BA4, BA5, BA6, BS21, BS24, BS25, BS26, BS27, BS28, BS29, BS39, BS40, BS49, TA7, TA9

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.