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Neil O'Brien

Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, since 8 June 2017

Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)

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).

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Scorecard

68.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
395 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
180 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
1 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
443 Debates spoken in 1304 written questions tabled

Ranked 393 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 188 Aye 160–319
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 36 Aye 159–317
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Third Reading No 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Schedule 2 No 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 297 Aye 167–328
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 291 Aye 164–324
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110 Aye 168–314
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 337–98
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 Aye 105–409
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 87 Aye 106–340
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30 Aye 189–324
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 95–323
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–75
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill: Third Reading No 339–172
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: Amendment 67 Aye 167–347
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 8 Aye 176–332
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 113–331
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory No vote 147–298
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: Family businesses Aye 108–313
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Second Reading No vote 317–55
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 70–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 2 No vote 61–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 4 Aye 153–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye 100–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 59–316

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

8. Miscellaneous

A member of the advisory board of Onward, a think tank which aims to produce modernising ideas to address some of the biggest challenges facing the UK. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 25 April 2018
(Registered 16 June 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

443 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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