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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2 AYE

Opposition day

2 votes · 3 Sept 2025

1 AYE1 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

2 votes · 2 Sept 2025

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 15 Jul 2025

AYETax
You
AYEWelfare
You
1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jul 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

5 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

5 votes · 18 Jun 2025

Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
25 April 2018

Registered 16 June 2020

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Neil in Parliament

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) apprenticeship courses started and (b) apprenticeship levy spent were for (i) Level 6 and (ii) Level 7 apprenticeships in each year

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Nov 2024

Employers Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.41 of the Autumn Budget, published on 24 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the

AnsweredTreasury26 Nov 2024

Special Educational Needs: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average cost of a child receiving SEND support in a state school.

AnsweredDepartment for Education25 Nov 2024

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14487 on Private Education: Special Educational Needs, if she will publish the information that info

AnsweredDepartment for Education25 Nov 2024

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were (i) newly graded inadequate or (ii) received a second consecutive Requires Improvement by Ofsted in eac

AnsweredDepartment for Education25 Nov 2024

Private Education: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill, what definition her Department is using o

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government25 Nov 2024

Railways: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of wifi available across the rail network.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport21 Nov 2024

Labour Force Survey

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the outputs from the Transformed Labour Force Survey will be published.

AnsweredCabinet Office20 Nov 2024

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents were recorded by each police force in each year since 2014.

AnsweredHome Office20 Nov 2024

Immigration: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Independent Social Workers are recognised by the Tribunal system as qualified to provide independent reports in immigration cases.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice20 Nov 2024
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