Shivani Raja MP: votes, interests and costs
Shivani Raja (Conservative) is the MP for Leicester East, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Shivani Raja sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting Events Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Women and Equalities Committee | 25 November 2024 | 2 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c9f65b9add11.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Shivani Raja, as the MP registered them: Visits outside the UK (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 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 India between 07 October 2026 and 11 October 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To visit a major wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in Jamnagar and meet its veterinary teams and leadership.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-10-07
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-10-11
What a shot Leicester Ltd - £750.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Donation covering costs for Shivani's Community Cricket Day. The costs covered were the ground hire, the paramedics on the day and other incidentals (safety equipment and signage)
- Value of the benefit: £750.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-27
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-27
- Name of the donor: What a shot Leicester Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: What a shot Leicester Ltd
International visit to India between 09 March 2026 and 15 March 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-03-09
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-03-15
Property in Newcastle; Gainford
- Location of the land or property: Newcastle; Gainford
- A description of the property: House
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 2
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Commercial
Personal License holder of a company that owns venue. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-03-03
- 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 Shivani Raja's 2024-25 staffing spend as £147,043 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £30,188 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £147,042.89 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,188.33 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,313.21 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £17,521.72 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Leicester East BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Support Officer (fixed term part time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Senior Executive Officer (fixed term part time), Researcher (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Shivani Raja voted in the House of Commons: 399 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 38 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Shivani Raja voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
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
Shivani Raja has tabled 841 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care and 3 other departments.
Mobile Phones: Pornography
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what legislative steps her Department plans to take against major technology companies following the expiry of the deadline for tech firms to introduce device-level nudity-blocking techn …
Mobile Phones: Pornography
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what legislative enforcement action her Department plans to take against major technology companies following the expiry of the Government deadline for tech firms to introduce device-lev …
Social Security Benefits: Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the factors contributing to the year-on-year reduction of 355 benefit claimants in Leicester East between July 2025 and July 2026; and what steps are being tak …
Social Services: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 2 of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s document entitled Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2025-2026, published on 24 September 2026, what steps he …
Social Services: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 2 of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2025-2026, published on 24 September 2026, what steps her Department is ta …
Childcare and Family Hubs: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Action for Children's document entitled Where is child poverty increasing in the UK?, published on 17 April 2026, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that early years childcare …
Exploitation: Boys
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support and guidance her Department provides to young male victims of online exploitation.
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of online financial child abuse.
Cardiovascular Diseases: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted strategies are in place to address female cardiovascular mortality.
Buses: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of buses purchased with Government funding that are fitted with air conditioning and (b) whether operators are required to use fitted air conditioning whe …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8bc032167fd7. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Shivani Raja.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Leicester East returned Shivani Raja with a majority of 4,426: 14,526 votes, 31.1% of those cast, against 10,100 for Rajesh Agrawal. Result as published: Con gain from Lab.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Leicester East figures
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