House of CommonsIn officeConservative PartyEast Midlands · Harborough, Oadby and WigstonMember of Parliament
Neil O'Brien
Profile
Neil O'Brien is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston since 2024, having previously represented Harborough since 2017. A former special adviser to George Osborne and Theresa May, O'Brien has held various government roles, including Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health. He is a prominent policy thinker, having founded the think tank Onward and authored reports on economic policy, housing, and education. Since July 2025, he has served as the Shadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development.
Details
- Born
- 1978-11-06 · 47 years old
- Birth place
- Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- Education
- All Saints High School, Greenhead College, Christ Church, Oxford
- Career
- Outreach worker with homeless people, chair of school governors, director of Open Europe, director of Policy Exchange, special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister
