Neil O'Brien

Neil O'Brien
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development
Assumed office
22 July 2025
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byOffice established
Shadow Minister for Education
In office
4 November 2024 – 23 July 2025
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byGagan Mohindra
Succeeded bySaqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health
In office
8 September 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byJames Morris (Primary Care)
Maggie Throup (Public Health)
Succeeded byAndrea Leadsom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution
In office
17 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLia Nici
Member of Parliament
for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Harborough (2017–2024)
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded bySir Edward Garnier
Majority2,378 (4.7%)
Personal details
BornNeil John O'Brien
(1978-11-06) 6 November 1978
PartyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford (BA)
Websitewww.neilobrien.org.uk
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Neil John O'Brien OBE (born 6 November 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, previously Harborough, since 2017. He has served as Shadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development since July 2025. He was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health from September 2022 to November 2023. He was previously a special adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne from 2012 to 2016 and Theresa May during the first year of her tenure as Prime Minister.