Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, MP for Slough
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Liaison Committee (Commons); National Security Strategy (Joint Committee); Defence Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Exports) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2020 to 2023 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Defence Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Firearms Bill | 2023 | |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2020 | |
| Defence Committee | 2020 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2018 to 2019 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Chad between 24 May 2026 and 30 May 2026 | 23 Jun 2026 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi asked 678 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
90 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi represents Slough. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Tan Dhesi won with 34% of the votes, and Azhard Chohan (Independent Network) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tan Dhesi | Labour | 14,666 | 33.9% |
| Azhard Chohan | Independent Network | 11,019 | 25.5% |
| Moni Kaur Nanda | Conservative | 7,457 | 17.2% |
| Robin Jackson | Reform UK | 3,352 | 7.7% |
| Chelsea Whyte | Liberal Democrat | 2,060 | 4.8% |
| Julian Edmonds | Green Party | 1,873 | 4.3% |
| Adnan Shabbir | Workers Party of Britain | 1,105 | 2.6% |
| Chandra Muvvala | Independent | 995 | 2.3% |
| Diana Coad | Independent | 402 | 0.9% |
| Jaswinder Singh | Independent | 204 | 0.5% |
| Nick Smith | Heritage Party | 145 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi took part in 199 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi voted the same way as their party in 197 of the 197 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this