Official portrait of Saqib Bhatti

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative MP for Meriden and Solihull East, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Minister (Education)

Saqib Bhatti is the Conservative MP for Meriden and Solihull East, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Education).

Scorecard

66.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
394 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
196 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
7 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
284 Debates spoken in 378 written questions tabled

Ranked 418 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£20,000

Name of donor: P Investments Limited
Address of donor: Meriden Hall, Main Road, Meriden, Coventry, West Midlands CV7 7PT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000
Donor status: company, registration 04881705
(Registered 1 December 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

£5,000

Name of donor: Dukehill Services Limited
Address of donor: 4 Birchley Estate, Birchfield Lane, Oldbury B69 1DT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company, registration 06317947
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
Address of donor: Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to attend the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Annual Dinner as a guest of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), value £355
Date received: 25 November 2025
Date accepted: 25 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01672070
(Registered 1 December 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

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: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Walsall
Ownership details: 25% share
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 10 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Walsall
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 10 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Younis Bhatti & Co. Ltd
Nature of business: Chartered accountants
(Registered 10 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Aminah Bhatti
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Consultant
Name of employer: Flint Global (which advises international businesses and investors on policy, politics, regulation, and competition issues in UK and European markets)
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,954 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
6 Apr 2025 Saqib Bhatti sitting MP Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) Other Visit £4,954

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 2 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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