[5] He served as Director for Dhesi Construction Limited which became insolvent as records show on Companies House from July 2002 to January 2007 and DGP Logistics PLC from October 2005 to April 2011.

[7][8] He was elected represent Northfleet and Gravesham West on Kent County Council in 2017, serving alongside Lauren Sullivan until his resignation in 2019.

[5][7] At the 2015 general election, Dhesi stood as the Labour candidate in Gravesham, coming second with 30.1% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Adam Holloway.

[15][16] Dhesi served on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee from July 2018 until the dissolution of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom on 6 November 2019.

[19] Dhesi briefly served on the Defence Committee from March until May 2020, when he was appointed Shadow Railways Minister after Keir Starmer became Opposition Leader.

It was claimed that the posting of the job was an administrative error and that Dhesi himself was unaware of its existence, but he declined to comment to the HuffPost to confirm this.