Shockat Adam, MP for Leicester South
Shockat Adam has been an MP since 2024.
Roles and committees
Shockat Adam holds no government or opposition post and sits on no committee at the moment, and Parliament lists none for the past.
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.
Shockat Adam has 8 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Your Party - £324.80 | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025 | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Your Party UK Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee without share capital which was incorporated on 31 July 2025 | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Director - Shu Investments Ltd | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Director - Alpha Eye Clinic LTD | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Director - Sask Optics Ltd | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in London | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Shu Discretionary Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 30 Jul 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.
Shockat Adam asked 167 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.
56 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
Shockat Adam represents Leicester South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Independent
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Shockat Adam won with 35% of the votes, and Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) came second with 33%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shockat Adam | Independent | 14,739 | 35.2% |
| Jonathan Ashworth | Labour | 13,760 | 32.9% |
| Gerri Hickton | Conservative | 4,820 | 11.5% |
| Sharmen Rahman | Green Party | 3,826 | 9.1% |
| Craig Harwood | Reform UK | 2,470 | 5.9% |
| Carol Weaver | Liberal Democrat | 1,425 | 3.4% |
| Osman Admani | Independent | 329 | 0.8% |
| Ann Green | Communist Party of Britain | 279 | 0.7% |
| Ezechiel Adlore | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 189 | 0.5% |
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 Shockat Adam took part in 153 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Shockat Adam voted the same way as their party in 126 of the 133 votes where parties gave instructions (95%), and went the other way in 7.
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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (7)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb | Financial help for industry and exports: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 13 Jan | Tax changes (the Finance Bill): a proposed change | Against | For |
| 29 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 29 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 21 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 20 Oct | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: a vote on one part | Against | For |
| 14 Oct | Mental health: a proposed change | For | Against |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 69% | 73% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 76% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 66% |
| Jan 26 | 90% | 66% |
| Feb 26 | 80% | 68% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 75% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 75% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 71% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 86% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 89% |
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