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Last 12 months

How Naz Shah votes

Naz Shah voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 152 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

Naz Shah has 12 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Malaysia between 12 June 2026 and 19 June 20268 Jul 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to United States between 23 May 2026 and 05 June 202629 Jun 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Turkey between 23 April 2026 and 28 April 202619 May 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 24 March 2026 - £820.0030 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 28 February 2026 - £9,225.0011 Mar 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to United States between 06 February 2026 and 08 February 202624 Feb 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 14 December 202519 Dec 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Italy between 03 November 2025 and 09 November 202528 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 04 November 2025 - £8,225.0014 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Pakistan between 03 August 2025 and 28 August 202519 Sep 2025
Show the other 2
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAziz Foundation - £24,930.0010 Mar 2025
Employment and earningsWriting a book - A M Heath & Company Limited,25 Sep 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.

Naz Shah asked 19 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office4
Department for Transport3
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3
Department for Work and Pensions3
Department of Health and Social Care2

Latest questions

1 Jul 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 9 Jul 2026
1 Jul 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 9 Jul 2026
1 Jul 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 9 Jul 2026
26 Mar 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 13 Apr 2026
20 Feb 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 26 Feb 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£16,589
Office costs · claims for running an office£8,489
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,980
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£4,770
Miscellaneous · other claims£350

34 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Naz Shah represents Bradford West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Naz Shah

Labour

MAJORITY
707

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
48%

of people who could vote did

Naz Shah won with 32% of the votes, and Muhammed Islam (Independent) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Independent40% · 14,898
Labour32% · 11,724
Green Party10% · 3,690
Conservative8% · 3,055
Reform UK8% · 2,958
Liberal Democrat2% · 756
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Naz ShahLabour11,72431.6%
Muhammed IslamIndependent11,01729.7%
Khalid MahmoodGreen Party3,69010.0%
Akeel HussainIndependent3,5479.6%
Nigel MoxonConservative3,0558.2%
Jamie Hinton-WardleReform UK2,9588.0%
Imad AhmedLiberal Democrat7562.0%
Umar GhafoorIndependent3340.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£640 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
9.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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