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Last 12 months

How Shivani Raja votes

Shivani Raja voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 153 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
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
4 SepMotion to sit in privateAgainstSame 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.

Shivani Raja has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesWhat a shot Leicester Ltd - £750.0027 Aug 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to India between 09 March 2026 and 15 March 202625 Mar 2026
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Newcastle, Leicester, Gainford3 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousPersonal License holder of a company that owns venue. This is an unpaid role.25 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.

Shivani Raja asked 619 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Transport156
Department of Health and Social Care102
Home Office76
Department for Education67
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government40

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet

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
£24,319
Office costs · claims for running an office£16,189
Staffing · claims relating to staff£5,300
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,830

84 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

Shivani Raja represents Leicester East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Shivani Raja

Conservative

MAJORITY
4,426

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Shivani Raja won with 31% of the votes, and Rajesh Agrawal (Labour) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Conservative31% · 14,526
Labour22% · 10,100
Independent16% · 7,324
Liberal Democrat14% · 6,329
One Leicester8% · 3,681
Reform UK6% · 2,611
Everyone else5% · 2,143
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivani RajaConservative14,52631.1%
Rajesh AgrawalLabour10,10021.6%
Zuffar HaqLiberal Democrat6,32913.5%
Claudia WebbeIndependent5,53211.8%
Keith VazOne Leicester3,6817.9%
Raj SolankiReform UK2,6115.6%
Mags LewisGreen Party2,1434.6%
Malihah AdamIndependent9742.1%
Nagarjun AgathIndependent7031.5%
Khandu PatelIndependent1150.2%

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
£603 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
4.8%
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
This MPParty average
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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