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Solihull West & Shirley

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Apr 2026

Won by Con in its first election in 2024 by 9.9%. Covers Solihull, Dickens Heath and Cheswick Green. Population 93,837.

A surgeon-turned-MP, Neil Shastri-Hurst has been most active recently on assisted dying legislation, where his medical background has visibly shaped his position. In June 2025 he cast five rebel votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- all focused tightly on the "voluntary stopping of eating and drinking" loophole, consistently supporting amendments that would prevent self-starvation from qualifying someone as terminally ill. His stance runs notably against the grain of his own party: his alignment on end-of-life autonomy (33%) and assisted dying safeguards (33%) sits well below the Conservative average of 63% and 60% respectively, suggesting a more cautious approach to the Bill than most of his colleagues. In Westminster's ongoing Lords-versus-Commons battles, he has backed the upper chamber's position on pension fund protections and the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill amendments.

At 78% voting participation, Shastri-Hurst is modestly below the Commons average. He is a 95.8% party-line voter overall, firmly anti-tax-increase (93%), pro-business (90%), and tough-on-crime (89%). His speeches -- 293 contributions across 139 debates -- cluster around social care, health, economy, and defence. He deviates from his party average most sharply on pension protection (0% vs the party's 47%) and scores above his party average on public health and anti-sexual-exploitation votes.

382
Commons votes
This parliament
£32k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
71.8k
Electorate
2024 GE

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review.

Current Member of Parliament

Neil Shastri-Hurst

Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative and Unionist Party

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst is the Conservative MP for Solihull West and Shirley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance, devolution, and regulatory consultation. The excerpts focus on New Clause 20, which would require the Secretary of State to issue guidance (consulting chief medical officers and palliative/hospice care providers) and enable Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on devolved health matters.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Won by Con in its first election in 2024 by 9.9%. Covers Solihull, Dickens Heath and Cheswick Green. Population 93,837.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Shastri-Hurst’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.395 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Shastri-Hurst has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
92
Economy
79
Employment
49
Crime & Policing
44
Education
35
Constitution and Democracy
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025
No
§ 08The local picture.7 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BlytheKeith Frank Green2,459Conserva
LyndonJosh O'Nyons1,323Conserva
OltonSarah Jane Phipps1,858Liberal
Shirley EastKaren Anne Grinsell2,027Conserva
Shirley SouthMax McLoughlin1,914Green Pa
Shirley WestPrish Sharma1,449Conserva
St AlphegeBob Grinsell2,807Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
93,837
Electorate 71,816 · 2024 register
Median income
£32,000
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
13.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
44
29 primary · 6 secondary
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