Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.

A reliable Conservative line-voter who has been most visible recently through local campaigning rather than Westminster rebellion, Neil O'Brien voted with his party on every recorded division -- including backing a Privileges Committee referral for Prime Minister Starmer over the Mandelson appointment, and repeatedly opposing the government's handling of Lords amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Outside the chamber, he has been loudly active in Harborough: mobilising a 12,000-signature petition against proposals to merge Harborough District Council with Leicester City, publicly calling for the Light and Life festival to be permanently banned following resident complaints, and pressing Leicestershire County Council to fix what constituents described as dangerous road junctions.

At 68% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- O'Brien is not the most frequent presence in divisions, but his 538 contributions across 104 debates suggest he prefers speaking to voting. Education dominates his speech record, followed by the economy, social care, and labour market issues. His stance profile marks him out as strongly pro-business and anti-tax, consistent with the Conservative mainstream, though he deviates notably from his party on assisted dying -- voting against access where roughly half of Conservative MPs have supported it -- and shows slightly stronger alignment with NHS funding positions than most colleagues.

Two caveats on the data: his last recorded speech dates from March 2026, so more recent parliamentary activity may not be captured here. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume (74 articles) but largely neutral in sentiment, with crime and culture stories dominating -- suggesting his local profile is broad but not especially controversial. He holds no current committee roles.