Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst, MP for Solihull West and Shirley
Neil Shastri-Hurst has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Health and Social Care); Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill; Committee on Standards; Committee of Privileges.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 2025 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Privileges | 2024 to now | Now |
| Justice Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
Neil Shastri-Hurst has 27 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Ideas Network 2030 Limited - £300.00 | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 03 September 2026 - £166.67 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 25 August 2026 - £4,050.00 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 June 2026 - £300.00 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Stuart Leach Associates Limited - £1,000.00 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 08 June 2026 - £2,750.00 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Persimmon PLC - £1,464.00 | 27 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 12 May 2026 - £1,200.00 | 12 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 05 May 2026 - £8,181.25 | 5 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 April 2026 - £1,666.67 | 30 Apr 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Stuart Leach Associates Limited - £4,000.00 | 10 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 April 2026 - £250.00 | 10 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | UB Healthcare Ltd - £2,000.00 | 3 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 20 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | THE NORTON MOTORCYCLE CO. LIMITED - £40.00 | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | THE NORTON MOTORCYCLE CO. LIMITED - £899.00 | 6 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 08 January 2026 - £700.00 | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 14 October 2025 - £630.00 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 October 2025 - £8,220.00 | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lord Banner KC - £445.10 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 September 2025 - £3,750.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 11 September 2025 - £150.00 | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 03 September 2025 - £1,700.00 | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Legal services rendered as a barrister - Confidential in accordance with footnote 9 of paragraph 8(b) of the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Member of the Appeals Committee for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Barrister - No5 Chambers | 10 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (West Midlands). This is an unpaid role. | 10 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.
Neil Shastri-Hurst asked 101 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.
70 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
Neil Shastri-Hurst represents Solihull West and Shirley. 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
Neil Shastri-Hurst won with 35% of the votes, and Deirdre Fox (Labour) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Shastri-Hurst | Conservative | 16,284 | 34.7% |
| Deirdre Fox | Labour | 11,664 | 24.9% |
| Ade Adeyemo | Liberal Democrat | 7,916 | 16.9% |
| Mary McKenna | Reform UK | 7,149 | 15.3% |
| Max McLoughlin | Green Party | 3,270 | 7.0% |
| Julian Knight | Independent | 594 | 1.3% |
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 Neil Shastri-Hurst took part in 217 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way as their party in 215 of the 215 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | 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 |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
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| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
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| 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