Jonathan Sayeed (born 20 March 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He lives in Westminster with his wife Anne and their two sons.

Sayeed was first Member of Parliament for Bristol East from 1983 (defeating Tony Benn) until 1992, when he lost the seat to Jean Corston. He returned as MP for Mid Bedfordshire in the 1997 general election until 2005.

He has served on the Environment, Defence and Broadcasting select committees; has been a member of the Chairman's Panel - chairing Standing Committees and acting as Deputy Speaker in Westminster Hall; was shadow Environment Minister until he resigned in opposition to the second Iraq war.

He secured a Urban Development Corporation for Bristol despite the opposition of the then Environment Secretary, Nicholas Ridley; proposed sweeping changes to the Nuclear non proliferation treaty - some of which were subsequently adopted; was Parlaimentary Private secretary Northern Ireland; was critisised by the Standards and Privileges committee for being 'at the least negligent at the worst careless' in respect of a company in which he once had an interest; has introduced a number of Bills one of which, the Census (Amendment) Act became law.

He retired from Parliament at the General Election of 2005 and currently is Chairman of a Public Affairs company.

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