About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Shivani Raja) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leicester East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Leicester East

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Transport
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business and Trade
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
• Railways: Midlands
• Asylum: Hotels
• Bangladesh: British Nationals Abroad
• Sports: Finance

Currently held offices

• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (since 25 Nov 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Claudia Webbe
• Keith Vaz
• Peter Bruinvels
• Tom Bradley
• Terence Donovan
• Abraham Lyons
• Edward Wise
• John Loder
• George Banton
• Henry Evans
• George Banton
• Gordon Hewart

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Endometriosis: Health Services 17 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support women diagnosed with endometriosis in (a) Leicester and (b) the United Kingdom.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Hotels 11 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotel rooms her Department has currently contracted for the purpose of accommodating asylum seekers.

• Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Business: Fraud 7 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from fraudulent business practices.

More of Shivani Raja’s recent appearances

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