Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: votes, interests and costs
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) is the MP for Slough, in the seat since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2 December 2024 | Current |
| Defence Committee | 11 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Exports) | Department for Business and Trade | 27 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) | HM Treasury | 6 September 2023 | 27 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) | Department for Transport | 10 April 2020 | 6 September 2023 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] | 7 February 2024 | 20 February 2024 |
| Firearms Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 8 December 2021 | 15 December 2021 |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 5 March 2020 | 11 May 2020 |
| Defence Committee | 2 March 2020 | 11 May 2020 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 23 July 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 16fdbc052c15.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, as the MP registered them: Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 23 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Chad between 24 May 2026 and 30 May 2026
- Purpose of the visit: The visit aimed to provide an insight into humanitarian conditions in Chad, including the impact of displacement from Sudan, and to observe Action Against Hunger’s work, alongside that of other partners including UK-funded programmes, and to meet with a range of stakeholders and affected communities
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-30
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: APPG Sudan and South Sudan
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi's 2024-25 staffing spend as £268,401 (budget £268,550). The figure for 2023-24 was £248,325. IPSA lists office spending of £22,281 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £268,401.31 | £248,324.83 | £231,708.29 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,280.78 | £20,233.60 | £24,761.86 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,047.12 | £3,496.26 | £3,994.93 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £912.15 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Slough BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (fixed term full time), Executive Officer ×2 (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi voted in the House of Commons: 490 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 50 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 1,332 written questions from Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Department for Transport and 6 other departments.
Crimes against the Person
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing an offence of harming, threatening or intimidating a person, whether or not in the performance of their duties, in order to punish, …
Warships: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 09 September 2026 to Question 26088 on Warships: Republic of Ireland, whether a Royal Navy vessel provided air defence support during the recent meeting of EU defence ministers in County …
Public Transport: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to a) detect individuals who persistently evade fares on public transport, b) prevent those individuals from future fare evasion, and c) recover money owed to public transport networks …
Israel: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the UK consulate in Jerusalem from unlawful obstruction by Israel.
Schools: Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of government funding for Private Finance Initiative schools in the constituency of Slough.
Overseas Trade: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to increase trade with Canada.
Tourists: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to attract Canadian tourists to the UK and increase the annual number of Canadians who visit the UK for tourism.
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available for research into (a) Alzheimer's disease and (b) other forms of dementia.
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the progress of research on treatments for (a) Alzheimer's and (b) dementia.
HMP Dovegate: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of calls to HMP Dovegate were answered in each of the last three months.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 66aa97b3a4b1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi.
2024 general election
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi won Slough at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 14,666 votes (33.9%), a majority of 3,647 over Azhard Chohan (Independent Network). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Slough figures
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