Saqib Bhatti

Saqib Bhatti
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Assumed office
19 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Shadow Minister of State for Health and Social Care
Assumed office
19 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded byThe Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Business
In office
30 September 2022 – 13 November 2023
LeaderLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Member of Parliament
for Meriden and Solihull East
Meriden (2019–2024)
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byCaroline Spelman
Majority4,586 (10.4%)
Personal details
Born (1985-06-18) 18 June 1985 (age 39)
Walsall, West Midlands, England
Political partyConservative
ResidenceDorridge
Alma materLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Websitewww.saqibbhatti.org.uk

Mohammad Saqib Bhatti[1] MBE (born 18 June 1985)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden and Solihull East (formerly Meriden) since the 2019 general election.[3] He has been Shadow Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and Shadow Minister of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024.[4] He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from November 2023 to July 2024. He previously served as the Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Business.[5]

Prior to serving in parliament, Bhatti founded the pro-Brexit group Muslims for Britain, which advocated for leaving the European Union (EU) in the 2016 referendum.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ James Rodger (12 December 2019). "Meriden general election results 2019 – Birmingham Live". birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench". policymogul.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Jake Berry MP Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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