North Devon.

Roome made headlines in April after Health Secretary Wes Streeting publicly credited him with lobbying hard enough for NHS investment that Devon secured a share of a £237m national health boost -- Streeting reportedly joked that Roome had "jumped out to collar" him over local services. That same week, Roome voted with the Liberal Democrats to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson vetting affair, and opposed government powers to direct pension fund investments, backing the Lords' position across several ping-pong votes on both the Pension Schemes Bill and the English Devolution Bill.

At 56% participation -- below the Commons average -- Roome is not the most active division voter, though he has voted in full alignment with the Liberal Democrats on every occasion he has participated. His stance profile places him firmly behind Lords and parliamentary scrutiny (94% aligned on both), and he scores unusually high on opposing tax increases relative to his party average, while sitting notably below the Liberal Democrat average on crime policy. His 126 contributions span 85 debates, with a striking concentration on defence -- 34 contributions -- alongside economy, health, and local government.

That defence focus is no accident: Roome sits on both the Defence Committee and the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill, which shapes much of his parliamentary activity. His transport advocacy is also prominent in local news, having launched a petition over flood-damaged rail infrastructure and presented 3,000 signatures to Parliament in February 2026. The two negative news items in the coverage data relate to his predecessor, Selaine Saxby, not Roome himself. Overall, local coverage over the past 90 days is broadly neutral across a wide spread of issues.