Official portrait of Shivani Raja

Shivani Raja

Conservative MP for Leicester East, since 4 July 2024

Shivani Raja is the Conservative MP for Leicester East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

63.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
363 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
212 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
8 Debates spoken in 485 written questions tabled

Ranked 464 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
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Aye 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Aye 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 Aye 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 Aye 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 Aye 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 Aye 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 Aye 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 Aye 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 Aye 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 Aye 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Aye 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No 318–170

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.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: NXT Foundation
Address of donor: 275, 276 Media House, Captain Gaur Marg, Sriniwaspuri, New Delhi, Delhi
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Attendance, participation, flights and accommodation at the NXT Conference. A thank you hamper was also provided with an estimated value of £200, value £4,961.91
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 9 March 2026 to 15 March 2026
Purpose of visit: Attended the NXT Conference in India to give a speech on Youth Engagement in Politics and take part in panel discussions on issues facing the global community. My Spouse accompanied me to care for our 6 month old baby.
(Registered 25 March 2026; updated 7 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Commercial property (House)
Number of properties: 3
Location: Newcastle, Leicester, Gainford
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Personal License holder of a company that owns venue. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 3 March 2026
(Registered 25 July 2024; updated 20 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £8,207 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
9 Mar 2026 Shivani Raja sitting MP NXT Foundation Other Visit £4,961
1 Dec 2024 Shivani Raja sitting MP Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) Company Visit £3,245

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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