Neil O'Brien

MP since 8 Jun 2017

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Neil O'Brien is the Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development).

1797

Votes Cast

£311,946

Expenses 2024-25

2,378

Majority

36.9%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£311,946

Staffing£242,307
Accommodation£32,656
Office£25,035
Travel£11,949

Year-on-Year

2024-25£311,946
2023-24£295,863
2022-23£276,613
2021-22£212,611
2020-21£219,570
2019-20£204,543
2018-19£191,241
2017-18£134,916

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 50,386 voters

Conservative
18,614 votes36.9%
Labour
16,236 votes32.2%
Reform UK
6,332 votes12.6%
Liberal Democrat
4,732 votes9.4%
Green Party
4,269 votes8.5%
Social Democratic Party
203 votes0.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

855

Written Questions

6

Oral Questions

86

Debates Spoken In

171

Speeches

406

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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3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

4 AYE

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

2 AYE

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 16 Jun 2026

2 AYE

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 10 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Committee

3 votes · 2 Jun 2026

Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
25 April 2018

Registered 16 June 2020

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Neil in Parliament

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of providing free breakfast clubs in primary schools in each financial year to 2028-29.

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2025

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost of providing free breakfast clubs in every primary school will be.

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2025

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department are qualified teachers.

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2025

Armed Forces: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the consultation entitled Technical consultation - Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment, published on 30 October 2024

AnsweredTreasury24 Jan 2025

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23834 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, what types of offences were committed by foreign nat

AnsweredHome Office24 Jan 2025

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders who left prison following a sentence of 12 months or more were deported in each (a) qu

AnsweredHome Office20 Jan 2025

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools delivering free school breakfasts will be allowed to charge for provision outside the free 30 minute entitlement.

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Jan 2025

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teachers staffing free school breakfast clubs will count as directed time.

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Jan 2025

Remittances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of personal remittances from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

AnsweredTreasury20 Jan 2025

Immigration: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were exempted from the spouse visa financial requirements on account of receiving benefits which exempted them in the latest peri

AnsweredHome Office20 Jan 2025
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