Iqbal Mohamed

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Iqbal Mohamed is the Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

353

Votes Cast

£110,062

Expenses 2024-25

6,934

Majority

41.1%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£110,062

Staffing£73,582
Office£19,682
Accommodation£11,628
Travel£5,171

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 38,070 voters

Independent
15,641 votes41.1%
Labour
8,707 votes22.9%
Reform UK
6,152 votes16.2%
Conservative
4,182 votes11.0%
Green Party
2,048 votes5.4%
Liberal Democrat
1,340 votes3.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

395

Written Questions

16

Oral Questions

215

Debates Spoken In

402

Speeches

353

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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353 votes — page 8 of 15

10 AYE1 NO

Employment Rights Bill

11 votes · 15 Sept 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

2 votes · 9 Sept 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jul 2025

2 AYE

Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage

2 votes · 8 Jul 2025

Financial Interests(5)

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)

Full time research assistant provided to the five Independent Alliance MPs to support their work in parliament

7 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

£40,000
Name of donor
International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)
Address of donor
Scottish Provident House, 1st Floor, 76-80 College Road, Harrow, England HA1 1BQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Full time research assistant provided to the five Independent Alliance MPs to support their work in parliament, value £40,000
Date received
7 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted
7 January 2026
Donor status
company, registration 13054048

Registered 28 January 2026

Visits outside the UK

Doha Forum

£6,300
Name of donor
Doha Forum
Address of donor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights (LHR to Doha), accommodation (4 nights) and food, value £6,300
Destination of visit
Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit
5 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Purpose of visit
To attend the annual Doha Forum 2025, to participate at the Doha Forum 2025 on Diplomacy, Dialogue and Diversity, including meetings with fellow cross-party Parliamentarians, political representatives of other countries and Qatari Ministers to discuss Qatar’s role in seeking to resolve current regional conflicts.

Registered 27 December 2025

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation
Adnaan Iqbal Mohamed Consulting Ltd.
Held jointly with or on behalf of
Spouse

Registered 30 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Voluntary Committee Member of Mohaddis-e-Azam Mission Dewsbury UK, a registered charity. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 30 July 2024)

Registered 30 July 2024

Miscellaneous

guarantee

Date interest arose
31 July 2025
Date interest ended
20 November 2025

Registered 10 September 2025; updated 19 December 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Iqbal in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the SHAC 2025 review of First Tier Tribunal decisions which identified an overch

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the verification of the accuracy of service costs covered by both Housing Benefit and Universal Credi

Department for Work and Pensions11 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of Housing Benefit payments made for services that were either never provided or were bill

Department for Work and Pensions11 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing a statutory requirement for landlords to notify local authorities and the Department for Wo

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent of the scrutiny gap where local authorities assume the Regulator of Social Housin

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will discuss with the Comptroller and Auditor General the potential merits of a National Audit Office investigation into the level of payments out of the

Treasury11 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department or the Legal Aid Agency received internal or external warnings between January 2020 and December 2024 concerning cyber security risks

Ministry of Justice10 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems were compliant with government cyber security standards at the time of t

Ministry of Justice10 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any recommendations relating to cyber security and system maintenance for the Legal Aid agency made prior to April 2025 were not implemented.

Ministry of Justice10 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons unauthorised access to Legal Aid Agency systems remained undetected for approximately four months from December 2024 to April 2025; what mon

Ministry of Justice10 Jun 2026
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