Neil O'Brien MP: votes, interests and costs
Neil O'Brien (Conservative) is the MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, in the seat since 8 June 2017. Current post: Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development), held since 22 July 2025.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Neil O'Brien, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development) | HM Official Opposition | 22 July 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 8 September 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 19 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 16 September 2021 | 19 September 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 4 November 2024 | 22 July 2025 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 15 January 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill | 15 June 2022 | 11 July 2022 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 11 September 2017 | 21 January 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bd9ca78d19c4.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Neil O'Brien: Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 16 June 2020. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
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 on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2018-04-25
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Neil O'Brien's 2024-25 staffing spend as £242,307 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £222,530. IPSA lists office spending of £25,035 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 | £242,306.73 | £222,529.60 | £217,283.15 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,034.68 | £23,771.83 | £13,770.96 |
| Accommodation: spent | £32,656.03 | £33,671.23 | £27,885.42 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,948.95 | £15,890.30 | £16,233.58 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,440.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £42,650 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Researcher (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Neil O'Brien is recorded voting in 423 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Neil O'Brien voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Neil O'Brien has tabled 860 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Cabinet Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and 2 other departments.
Undocumented Workers: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the collection 'Employers: illegal working penalties', last updated on 9th September 2026, whether the Department will publish or provide a record of all illegal working civil penalt …
Pay: Children and Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly earnings by single year of age for those aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24 and (j) 25 were in each year between 1997 and 2010.
Asylum: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28021, for what reason a breakdown of asylum claimants who previously held a study visa by sponsoring institution is not currently published.
Environment Agency: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 70 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2015/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £50.2m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Cont …
Cannabis: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she considers the volume of prescriptions issued for cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be consistent with patient safety.
Cannabis: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department and the MHRA are taking to enforce restrictions on the advertising of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on social media.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 were discharged from hospital in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, broken down by section.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were ineligible for government-funded childcare in 2023/4, 2024/5 and 2025/6 as a result of the £100,000 earnings limit; and what her Department's estimate is of the value of funded childcare …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7195a75180c1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Neil O'Brien.
2024 general election
Neil O'Brien won Harborough, Oadby and Wigston at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,614 votes (36.9%), a majority of 2,378 over Hajira Piranie (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Harborough, Oadby and Wigston figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Neil O'Brien corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Neil O'Brien:
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