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Neil O'Brien

Conservative Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting record

1
Voted for
7
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 95%

How often Neil O'Brien voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Neil O'Brien currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development) — HM Official Opposition — since 2025-07-22 Shadow
Previously held
Shadow Minister (Education) — Department for Education (2024-11-04 to 2025-07-22) Shadow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) — Department of Health and Social Care (2022-09-08 to 2023-11-13) Government
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021-09-19 to 2022-07-06) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2021-09-16 to 2021-09-19) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Neil O'Brien →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

8. Miscellaneous

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 interest arose: 25 April 2018
(Registered 16 June 2020)

Constitution & elections

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Neil O'Brien yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Neil O'Brien has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£329,273.42 paid out to or for Neil O'Brien across 215 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Neil O'Brien’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £243,506.73 (5 claims)
Office Costs — £38,275.07 (127 claims)
Accommodation — £35,542.67 (76 claims)
MP Travel — £9,253.15 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,288.70 (2 claims)
Dependant Travel — £407.10 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £3,968.46, 2026-03-27 — EVOLUTION PRINT [200013613-14593]
Service charge & ground Rent — £91.57, 2026-03-19 — Office quarterly service charge [200013637-230]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £65.35, 2026-03-08 — Landline & internet package
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £87.92, 2026-03-05 — Landline & internet package
Council tax — £122.00, 2026-03-02 — Council tax
Newspapers, journals, magazines — £74.00, 2026-02-28 — ECONOMIST GBP - GBP
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £60.35, 2026-02-08 — Landline & internet package
Parking — £71.87, 2026-02-06 — [200013637-227]

Every claim on file for Neil O'Brien →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Neil O'Brien — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Neil O'Brien’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Neil O'Brien isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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