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

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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

Childcare: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made on the impact that the national insurance increase will have on the cost of paid-for childcare.

AnsweredDepartment for Education5 Nov 2024

Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the note entitled Allowance for impact on public sector organisations in Table 5.1 on page 118 of Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October

AnsweredTreasury5 Nov 2024

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11294 on Armed Forces: Cadets, what discussions she had with the Minister for Veterans and People on

AnsweredDepartment for Education5 Nov 2024

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 11035 on Social Security Benefits, if her Department will resume its annual publication entit

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions29 Oct 2024

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 11035, on Social Security Benefits, for which benefit lines the Department holds data on the

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions29 Oct 2024

Army Cadet Force: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the Army Cadet force in each year since 2019; and what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purs

AnsweredMinistry of Defence28 Oct 2024

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the ending of support payments on the provision of combined cadet forces in state

AnsweredDepartment for Education28 Oct 2024

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9771 on Social Security Benefits, for which benefit lines the Department records data on the

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions24 Oct 2024

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Universal Credit were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions24 Oct 2024

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Employment and Support Allowance were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions24 Oct 2024
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