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

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Transport
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Education
• Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
• Railways: Midlands
• Bangladesh: British Nationals Abroad
• Asylum: Hotels
• Burial: Minority Groups

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 — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Kashmir: Terrorism 15 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that consular support is available to British tourists travelling in Pahalgam following the attack near Pahalgam on 22 April 2025.

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Young People 29 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase youth participation in (a) civil society and (b) sport.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Employers' Contributions: Public Houses 29 Apr 2025

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pubs that will close in (a) Leicester East and (b) the United Kingdom as a result of employer National Insurance contribution rises.

More of Shivani Raja’s recent appearances

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