At a glanceSaqib Bhatti is a Conservative MP for Meriden and Solihull East, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Education). They have cast 387 votes in Commons divisions (67% attendance), tabled 368 written questions and registered 8 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Saqib Bhatti did not vote in 188. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Education).
Current roles
- Shadow Minister (Education) Opposition post · Department for Education since 22 Jul 2025
- Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee since 25 Jun 2025
- Meriden and Solihull East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 384 of 384 shared votes
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Lewis Cocking
Conservative
100.0% · 371 of 371 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 367 of 367 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 366 of 366 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 365 of 365 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sarah Edwards
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 252 shared votes
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Steve Reed
Labour (Co-op)
0.0% · 0 of 164 shared votes
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Lisa Nandy
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 112 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
0.3% · 1 of 343 shared votes
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Daniel Zeichner
Labour
0.3% · 1 of 306 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Family members engaged in third-party lobbying1
- Aminah Bhatti employed as Lobbyist (registered 31 Oct 2024)
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP2
- P Investments Limited - £20,000.00 (registered 1 Dec 2025)
- Dukehill Services Limited - £5,000.00 (registered 1 Sep 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited - £355.00 (registered 1 Dec 2025)
- The Warwickshire County Cricket Club Ltd - £2,400.00 (registered 2 Jul 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)2
- Residential in Walsall (registered 10 Jan 2020)
- Residential in Walsall (registered 10 Jan 2020)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Younis Bhatti & Co. Ltd (registered 10 Jan 2020)
Written questions
European Convention on Human Rights: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
We assess that current ECHR interpretation has undermined our Immigration Rules and effective immigration control.The Immigration, Asylum and Appeals Bill, introduced on the 30 June, will therefore, deliver a fundamental reset of the balance between indiv...
Extracurricular Activities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how funding for the Every Child Can Enrichment programme will be allocated to schools and colleges.
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
I am responding as the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth with responsibility for DCMS youth enrichment policy, including Every Child Can. As announced on 14 June, we will align the Every Child Can funding with DfE’s Enrichment Framework...
Special Educational Needs: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Inclusion 2028 programme.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The government is committed to ensuring every child can access high-quality physical education (PE) and school sport by removing barriers to participation. As part of our curriculum reforms, work is underway to develop a new curriculum and assessment syst...
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information has been provided to schools about plans to phase out the Primary PE and School Sport Premium during the 2026/27 Academic Year.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The government is committed to ensuring every child can access high-quality physical education (PE) and school sport by removing barriers to participation. As part of our curriculum reforms, work is underway to develop a new curriculum and assessment syst...
Special Educational Needs: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures is she taking as part of the new curriculum to ensure that disabled children can access and participate in PE and sport at school.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The government is committed to ensuring every child can access high-quality physical education (PE) and school sport by removing barriers to participation. As part of our curriculum reforms, work is underway to develop a new curriculum and assessment syst...
Private Education: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent primary and secondary schools have been taken over by Chinese businesses or Chinese nationals in the past five years.
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
The information the department holds on the management of independent schools is available via Get Information about Schools: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.
Private Education: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish a list of a) independent primary schools and b) independent secondary schools that are owned by Chinese businesses or Chinese nationals.
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
The information the department holds on the management of independent schools is available via Get Information about Schools: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.
Private Education: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Minister of State for Security on independent primary and secondary schools owned by Chinese (a) businesses and (b) nationals.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
My constituents in Meriden and Solihull East are greatly concerned about abuse of the European convention on human rights, including article 8. They deem cases like that of the Albanian criminal who was not deported because his son would n…
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
Does my hon. Friend agree that those early votes to which the hon. Member for Stevenage (Kevin Bonavia) referred were actually a Trojan horse to allow sex offenders to be released under such schemes? We have brought this motion to the Hous…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I have lots of time for the Minister who will be closing the debate as well, but I have not heard him speak yet, so I will reserve judgment. The hon. Member for Rhondda and Ogmore made a valiant effort at defending the Government’s reco…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) for his excellent speech. I agree with everything he just said. This is a really important debate, and the motion put forward by His Majesty’s Opposition is so signi…
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John, and to respond to this moving and, sadly, harrowing debate. I am the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group against antisemitism. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for L…
22 Jun 2026 PE and Sport Premium: Primary Schools
I say to the Minister that the Government cannot do more if they are making a 22% cut to funding. The whole nation is watching the world cup and millions of children have recently competed in their annual sports days, yet the Government sn…
22 Jun 2026 SEND: Improvement
Just a few months ago, the TES reported that the Government had frozen the high needs funding block, which special schools rely on. Headteachers are warning that the Government’s decision means that children will not get the support they n…
17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs
I am greatly concerned by this issue. I spoke in the consideration of the steel Bill, and I raised the concerns of some of my businesses. The Minister rightly said that the measures expire on 30 June, but there is less than two weeks to go…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I thank Members across the House for their moving stories of charity in their local pubs, the exciting growth stories and the stories of community. The Minister has heard very loudly the deafening calls for change. Hospitality is crying ou…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I will speed up, Mrs Hobhouse, but I encourage the Minister to wait until I have finished. The litany of regulation, such as in the Employment Rights Act 2025, and the taxes that the Government have raised have had a huge impact. Labour is…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I love the Minister’s passion, but I have not finished yet, and I encourage him—[Interruption.]
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
The hon. Member makes an interesting point. When publicans speak to me about taxes, they talk about their turnover either increasing or staying stable but the costs going up. The Government have to set out what they will do to improve the…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I could not agree more. That is exactly why we are here today. I am really concerned about the core of our communities being hollowed out by Government interventions. For elderly people in particular, a good pub lunch with great drinks and…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
Bhatti: I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, but I think we should have a rule in this House that when a Member says they have the best constituency, they owe everyone a pint. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] I could get used to this…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of fiscal support for rural pubs. It is a pleasure to lead this debate on fiscal support for our country’s great rural pubs. Although this debate is about fiscal support, it is…
2 Jun 2026 Children: Development of Essential Skills
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Dr Allin-Khan, and may there be many more. I thank the hon. Member for Bracknell (Peter Swallow) for opening the debate, and for his thoughtful contributions that we hav…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
My hon. Friend is delivering a passionate speech. Is he reassured in any way by the changes the Secretary of State alluded to that will help strengthen the patient voice?
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton), not least because I agree with a lot of what she just said, especially around accountability and the impact on integrated care boards and Healthwatch…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
The shadow Secretary of State is making an excellent speech, and I commend his speechwriter! I am sure my right hon. Friend wrote it himself. On accountability, the Secretary of State spoke repeatedly about devolving powers, but this Bi…
21 May 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
The Secretary of State is shaking his head. If that is not going to happen, let us look at the HS codes. He needs to recognise that there will be a serious impact on the steel industry and the peripheral industries that rely on steel manuf…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 13 Nov 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) · Department for Culture, Media and Sport 6 Nov 2024 – 22 Jul 2025
- Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology) · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
- Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) · Department of Health and Social Care 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- Foreign Affairs Committee 29 Nov 2022 – 11 Dec 2023
- Procurement Bill [HL] 25 Jan 2023 – 21 Feb 2023
- Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill 7 Dec 2022 – 15 Dec 2022
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) 2 Nov 2022 – 29 Nov 2022
- Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2 Mar 2022 – 22 Mar 2022
- Health and Care Bill 20 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021
Previous seats
- Meriden · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 3423
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
631 Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 1AR
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Saqib Bhatti, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Saqib Bhatti?
Saqib Bhatti is a Member of Parliament representing Meriden and Solihull East in the House of Commons. See Saqib Bhatti's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Saqib Bhatti represent?
Saqib Bhatti sits as Conservative. See Saqib Bhatti's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Saqib Bhatti represent?
Saqib Bhatti is the Member of Parliament for Meriden and Solihull East. See Saqib Bhatti's official Parliament profile.
How long has Saqib Bhatti been an MP?
Saqib Bhatti has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Saqib Bhatti's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Saqib Bhatti?
Saqib Bhatti has 8 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Saqib Bhatti's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.