Rt Hon Shailesh Vara
Conservative
North West Cambridgeshire
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The Rt Hon Shailesh Vara is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
North West Cambridgeshire
2005-05-05 → 2010-05-06
North West Cambridgeshire
Party history
2005-05-05 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
2022-07-07 → 2022-09-06
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2018-07-23 → 2018-11-15
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
2018-01-09 → 2018-07-23
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
2015-07-09 → 2016-07-18
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
2013-10-07 → 2016-07-18
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2006-11-08 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Committee memberships
2005-07-12 → 2006-12-11
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
2010-07-26 → 2011-11-14
Administration Committee
2011-11-14 → 2013-01-14
Finance and Services Committee
2020-03-02 → 2020-10-12
Environmental Audit Committee
2020-11-10 → 2024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2022-03-02 → 2022-03-22
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill
2024-03-13 → 2024-03-19
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
2024-03-20 → 2024-04-17
British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 17 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary British-Norwegian Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-06-25 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Argentina
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 11 | 2024-05-29 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sleep Apnoea
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2025-02-25 |
|
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 23 | 2024-05-13 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-12-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.