Naz Shah MP: votes, interests and costs
Naz Shah represents Bradford West in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Naz Shah as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Conversion Practices Bill (Joint Committee) | 14 September 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) | Home Office | 4 December 2021 | 15 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 19 September 2021 | 4 December 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 April 2020 | 19 September 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) | Government Equalities Office | 10 July 2018 | 10 April 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
| Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill | 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 11 September 2017 | 23 July 2018 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 26 October 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9d3046bf109b.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 10 entries for Naz Shah: Visits outside the UK (8), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 21 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to United States between 21 September 2026 and 03 October 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Attending the United Nations General Assembly and speaking at an event on empowering and supporting women globally; visiting the Canadian Parliament to meet parliamentary counterparts, and speaking at events with local communities in Canada.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-09-21
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-10-03
International visit to Malaysia between 12 June 2026 and 19 June 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Speaking to key figures within Malaysia on Islamic and Ethical Finance and how to benefit from economic growth in the UK by leveraging London's ethical finance sector.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-06-12
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-06-19
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: APPG on Islamic and Ethical Finance
International visit to United States between 23 May 2026 and 05 June 2026
- Purpose of the visit: US booked tour for my newly published book. I was accompanied by a member of Staff and two family members.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-23
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-06-05
International visit to Turkey between 23 April 2026 and 28 April 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To attend the Global Donors Forum conference, participate and speak in discussions on ethical leadership.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-04-23
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-28
International visit to United States between 06 February 2026 and 08 February 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Attending a Public Narrative training weekend
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-06
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-08
International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 14 December 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Attending the Doha Forum
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-12-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-12-14
International visit to Italy between 03 November 2025 and 09 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To attend the annual Concordia forum retreat, including the youth programme,
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-03
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-09
International visit to Pakistan between 03 August 2025 and 28 August 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Speaking engagements, connecting with international stakeholders and developing insights into Muslim organisational working in the US.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-08-03
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-08-28
Aziz Foundation - £24,930.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Funding for two interns in the office, from 1st March until end of December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £24,930.00
- Name of the donor: Aziz Foundation
- Status of the donor: Other
- Description of donor status, where this could not be covered by defined options: Charity
Writing a book - A M Heath & Company Limited,
- Type of work or service being provided: Writing a book
- Date the agreement started: 2024-09-10
- Name of the payer: A M Heath & Company Limited,
- Brief description of the payer's business: Literary Agency
- Payment received on 24 March 2026 - £820.00
- Payment received on 28 February 2026 - £9,225.00
- Payment received on 04 November 2025 - £8,225.00
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £231,337 for Naz Shah in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £228,929. Office costs came to £24,422 of a £33,020 budget. 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 | £231,337.41 | £228,928.63 | £190,857.67 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,422.19 | £30,092.97 | £25,797.09 |
| Accommodation: spent | £40,314.30 | £37,137.81 | £36,638.70 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £16,562.35 | £10,688.69 | £7,748.33 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £310.00 | £960.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £49,330 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Bradford West BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Office Manager/Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker/Researcher (permanent full time), Executive Officer ×2 (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×3 (fixed term full time), Researcher (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 404 votes by Naz Shah in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 21 May 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 21 written questions have been tabled by Naz Shah, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Home Office; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Education; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and others.
Asylum: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to operationalise a named Community Sponsorship scheme for refugee resettlement.
Asylum: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what assessment her Department made of the intended scale of a Names Community Sponsorship Scheme.
Asylum: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what assessment her Department has made of the timeline for establishing a Names Community Sponsorship Scheme.
Incontinence: Bradford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Bradford District and Craven Integrated Care Board has sufficient resources to meet local demand for NHS-funded continence products in the Bradford District.
Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to the Mosque Security Funding Scheme (a) how many mosques have applied for funding; (b) how many applications are currently pending; (c) how many applications have been granted; and (d) h …
Palliative Care: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for children’s palliative care services in Bradford West; and what steps the Modern Service Framework for palliative and end of life care is t …
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to accept the recommendations of the Law Commission’s report on disabled children’s social care, published on 16 September 2025.
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle regional variations in disabled children’s social care in the context of the publication of the Law Commission’s report on 16 September 2025.
Cats
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) requiring free-roaming cats to be neutered and (b) supporting animal rescue centres with the costs associated wit …
Highway Code: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which specific sections of the Highway Code are under review to improve safety for (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, (c) motorcyclists and (d) other vulnerable road users.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2eecc3866642. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Naz Shah.
2024 general election
Naz Shah won Bradford West at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 11,724 votes (31.6%), a majority of 707 over Muhammed Islam (Independent). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Bradford West figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.