Taunton and Wellington.

Gideon Amos broke from his party four times on the assisted dying bill in June 2025, voting against Third Reading and backing amendments to close what he saw as a loophole allowing voluntary starvation to qualify someone as terminally ill -- positions that put him to the cautious side of most Liberal Democrats on the legislation. His stance profile bears this out: he scores 28 percentage points above his party on end-of-life autonomy concerns and 26 points above on safeguards, suggesting a consistent preoccupation with the bill's boundaries rather than outright opposition to assisted dying. Beyond Westminster, local coverage credits him with securing funding for a Wellington railway access road, reopening a local pharmacy, and pushing in Parliament for mandatory solar panels on car parks and warehouses.

At 74% voting participation -- below the Commons average of roughly 80% -- Amos is not among the most present MPs in the division lobbies, though 560 speech contributions across 206 debates suggests he is active when present. His speeches cluster heavily around local government, housing, and the economy. He votes with the Liberal Democrats 96% of the time and reliably backs Lords scrutiny, parliamentary oversight, and climate measures, while consistently opposing Labour's fiscal and taxation positions -- standard Liberal Democrat territory. He opposed the government's power to direct pension fund investments and backed a Privileges Committee referral for the Prime Minister over the Mandelson appointment.

The picture that emerges is a constituency-focused MP with a genuine specialism in planning and local government -- he was formerly chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association -- which explains the dominance of housing and local government in his speeches. No committee memberships are recorded, which limits his formal scrutiny role. News sentiment over the past 90 days runs mildly positive, strongest on health and transport issues where his local interventions have been most visible.