Shockat Adam MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Leicester South is Shockat Adam (Independent).
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no government or opposition post and no select committee membership for Shockat Adam (read 15 October 2026).
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Shockat Adam, as the MP registered them: Employment and earnings (3), Miscellaneous (2), Visits outside the UK (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Latest registration 29 December 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Participation in Doha Forum
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-12-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-12-08
Your Party - £324.80
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two night's accommodation associated with being a guest speaker at Your Party conference Liverpool
- Value of the benefit: £324.80
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-30
- Name of the donor: Your Party
- Status of the donor: Registered Party
Unpaid Director of Your Party UK Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee without share capital which was incorporated on 31 July 2025
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-31
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Flat
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Director - Alpha Eye Clinic LTD
- Type of work or service being provided: Director
- Name of the payer: Alpha Eye Clinic LTD
- Brief description of the payer's business: Ophthalmology services
Director - Shu Investments Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Director
- Date the agreement started: 2022-07-04
- Name of the payer: Shu Investments Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: Investment Company
Director - Sask Optics Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Director
- Name of the payer: Sask Optics Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: Chain of Optometry Practices
Trustee of Shu Discretionary Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Shockat Adam's office spent £177,180 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £24,044 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 | £177,179.89 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,044.26 |
| Accommodation: spent | £23,427.85 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,559.94 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £36,491 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Leicester South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Personal Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Shockat Adam voted in the House of Commons: 354 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 22 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 Shockat Adam voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 No; Amendment 51 No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye; Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: No |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 140 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 Aye |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness: No |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No; New Clause 4 Aye |
| 8 June 2026 to 9 June 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No; New Clause 12 No; Amendment 20 No; New Clause 2 Aye; Amendment 12 No |
| 2 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Aye; New Clause 6 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 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 232 written questions from Shockat Adam since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and 1 other departments.
River Soar: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the ecological status of the River Soar and its tributaries in Leicester and Leicestershire; what steps are being taken to ta …
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the devolved Governments on adopting a consistent UK-wide approach to the diagnosis and treatment of PANS and PANDAS.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research into the diagnosis, treatment and long-term outcomes of PANS and PANDAS her Department is currently supporting through the National Institute for Health and Care Research; and if she …
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to collect data on the number of children and young people affected by PANS and PANDAS in England.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will develop an awareness and training package on PANS and PANDAS for frontline clinicians, developed in conjunction with clinicians, families and specialist bodies.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department will take to ensure that the forthcoming UK clinical guidelines on PANS and PANDAS are consistently disseminated and embedded across integrated care boards in England.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Antibiotics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the evidence on early treatment with antibiotics for suspected cases of PANS and PANDAS; and whether she will support the issuing of advice to GPs on pres …
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will commit to formally reviewing and adopting the UK clinical guidelines for Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pa …
Pupils: Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local authorities meet their duties under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 in respect of children with PANS and PANDAS who are unable to attend school; and when …
Personal Care Services: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Youth Guarantee and apprenticeship reforms will support apprenticeships in labour-intensive service sectors such as hair and beauty.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b80006eef22d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Shockat Adam.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Leicester South returned Shockat Adam with a majority of 979: 14,739 votes, 35.2% of those cast, against 13,760 for Jonathan Ashworth. Result as published: Ind gain from Lab.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Leicester South figures
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