Saqib Bhatti, MP for Meriden and Solihull East
Saqib Bhatti has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Minister (Education).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2023 to 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2025 | |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill | 2022 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) | 2022 | |
| Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill | 2022 | |
| Health and Care Bill | 2021 |
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.
Saqib Bhatti has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Jaguar Land Rover Limited - £355.00 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | P Investments Limited - £20,000.00 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Dukehill Services Limited - £5,000.00 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Family members engaged in third-party lobbying | Aminah Bhatti employed as Lobbyist | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Walsall | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Walsall | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Younis Bhatti & Co. Ltd | 10 Jan 2020 |
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.
Saqib Bhatti asked 152 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.
67 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
Saqib Bhatti represents Meriden and Solihull East. 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
Saqib Bhatti won with 38% of the votes, and Sarah Alan (Labour) came second with 28%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saqib Bhatti | Conservative | 16,792 | 38.1% |
| Sarah Alan | Labour | 12,208 | 27.7% |
| Malcolm Sedgley | Reform UK | 8,753 | 19.9% |
| Sunny Virk | Liberal Democrat | 3,353 | 7.6% |
| Shesh Sheshabhatter | Green Party | 2,929 | 6.7% |
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 Saqib Bhatti took part in 182 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Saqib Bhatti voted the same way as their party in 180 of the 180 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 |
| 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 |
| 7 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