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

Sentencing Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 29 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Oct 2025

4 AYE

Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 27 Oct 2025

4 AYE2 NO

Sentencing Bill Committee

6 votes · 21 Oct 2025

2 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee

3 votes · 20 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Mental Health Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Oct 2025

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

Asylum and Immigration: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the asylum and immigration tribunal system was of commissioning reports from Independent Social Workers in each of the last five years.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice20 Nov 2024

Asylum and Immigration: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports were produced by Independent Social Workers for the immigration and asylum tribunals in the last year for which data is available.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice20 Nov 2024

Asylum and Immigration: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports were produced by Independent Social Workers for the immigration and asylum tribunals which recommended that a person liable to be removed fr

AnsweredMinistry of Justice20 Nov 2024

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of partner visas were granted where the applicant used cash savings to count towards the minimum income threshold in

AnsweredHome Office19 Nov 2024

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were spent on Level 7 Appenticeships in each year since the creation of the levy.

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 Nov 2024

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to allow firms to use up to 50% of the Growth And Skills Levy to fund non-apprenticeship training.

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 Nov 2024

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people starting apprenticeships in each year of this Parliament.

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 Nov 2024

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on the future of the Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport18 Nov 2024

Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will publish a breakdown of the offences committed by

AnsweredMinistry of Justice18 Nov 2024

Reaction Engines: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the collapse of Reaction Engines Ltd on the UK Hypersonic Air Vehicle programme.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence18 Nov 2024
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