Mr Gagan Mohindra, MP for South West Hertfordshire
Gagan Mohindra has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons); Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2023 to 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 2024 | |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 2024 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | 2024 | |
| Renters (Reform) Bill | 2023 | |
| Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill | 2023 |
Show the other 8
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 2022 to 2023 | |
| National Security Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 | |
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill | 2022 | |
| Glue Traps (Offences) Bill | 2022 | |
| Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [Lords] | 2021 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2020 |
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.
Gagan Mohindra has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | Embassy of the State of Qatar - £780.00 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | Embassy of the State of Qatar - £1,002.00 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Limited - £1,860.00 | 22 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Discovery Corporate Services Limited - £500.00 | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Discovery Corporate Services Limited - £500.00 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Australia between 19 December 2025 and 05 January 2026 | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | UK Hospitality Industries - £307.80 | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Elected member of the Executive of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (BGIPU). This is an unpaid role. | 15 Dec 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | 3 Nov 2024 |
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.
Gagan Mohindra asked 6 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.
16 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
Gagan Mohindra represents South West Hertfordshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Gagan Mohindra won with 34% of the votes, and Sally Symington (Liberal Democrat) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gagan Mohindra | Conservative | 16,458 | 34.1% |
| Sally Symington | Liberal Democrat | 12,002 | 24.9% |
| Alex Sufit | Labour | 9,637 | 20.0% |
| Keith Steers | Reform UK | 6,790 | 14.1% |
| Narinder Sian | Green Party | 2,532 | 5.2% |
| Bernadette O'Malley | Party of Women | 295 | 0.6% |
| Victor Silkin | Rejoin EU | 232 | 0.5% |
| Michael McGetrick | Social Democratic Party | 158 | 0.3% |
| Ketankumar Pipaliya | UK Voice | 150 | 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 Gagan Mohindra took part in 194 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gagan Mohindra voted the same way as their party in 192 of the 192 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 | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | 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% | 100% |
| 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