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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.

See Neil O'Brien’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Neil O'Brien — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,797 of 2,121 (85%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 Ayes 323, Noes 160 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Ayes 145, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 no vote recorded
22 Apr 2026 Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 Ayes 380, Noes 7 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Ayes 290, Noes 163 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 292, Noes 162 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Ayes 300, Noes 149 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 286, Noes 163 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Ayes 295, Noes 162 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 291, Noes 158 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 361, Noes 84 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 77, Noes 280 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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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