A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including: an internal combustion engine and an electric motor each configured to generate a driving force to be transmitted to a driving wheel (6A, 6B); a manual transmission connected to the internal combustion engine via a clutch, and including: a transmission mechanism to establish one of gear stages; and a transmission member to move in a direction of an axis thereof and rotate about the axis in response to an operation of a shift lever to thereby move the transmission mechanism and cause it to establish the one gear stage; a shift position sensor configured to detect respective positions of the transmission member in the direction of the axis and in a rotational direction about the axis, these positions corresponding to the established gear stage of the manual transmission; a neutral switch configured to detect that the transmission member is not rotated in the rotational direction to thereby detect that the established gear stage is neutral; and a reverse switch configured to detect that the established gear stage is a reverse gear stage, a rotational direction of the electric motor being switched according to an advancing direction of the hybrid vehicle, the control device comprising a control unit configured to perform, for the electric motor, a driving control based on the detection result by the shift position sensor, wherein the control unit prohibits said driving control on a first condition that the detection result by the shift position sensor fails to match the detection results by the neutral switch and the reverse switch. the hybrid vehicle including: an internal combustion engine and an electric motor each configured to generate a driving force to be transmitted to a driving wheel (6A, 6B); a manual transmission connected to the internal combustion engine via a clutch, and including: a transmission mechanism to establish one of gear stages; and a transmission member to move in a direction of an axis thereof and rotate about the axis in response to an operation of a shift lever to thereby move the transmission mechanism and cause it to establish the one gear stage; a shift position sensor configured to detect respective positions of the transmission member in the direction of the axis and in a rotational direction about the axis, these positions corresponding to the established gear stage of the manual transmission; a neutral switch configured to detect that the transmission member is not rotated in the rotational direction to thereby detect that the established gear stage is neutral; and a reverse switch configured to detect that the established gear stage is a reverse gear stage, an internal combustion engine and an electric motor each configured to generate a driving force to be transmitted to a driving wheel (6A, 6B); a manual transmission connected to the internal combustion engine via a clutch, and including: a transmission mechanism to establish one of gear stages; and a transmission member to move in a direction of an axis thereof and rotate about the axis in response to an operation of a shift lever to thereby move the transmission mechanism and cause it to establish the one gear stage; a shift position sensor configured to detect respective positions of the transmission member in the direction of the axis and in a rotational direction about the axis, these positions corresponding to the established gear stage of the manual transmission; a neutral switch configured to detect that the transmission member is not rotated in the rotational direction to thereby detect that the established gear stage is neutral; and a reverse switch configured to detect that the established gear stage is a reverse gear stage, a rotational direction of the electric motor being switched according to an advancing direction of the hybrid vehicle, the control device comprising a control unit configured to perform, for the electric motor, a driving control based on the detection result by the shift position sensor, wherein the control unit prohibits said driving control on a first condition that the detection result by the shift position sensor fails to match the detection results by the neutral switch and the reverse switch.