Alloa & Grangemouth / data
Brian Leishman · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
377
of 504 possible
Attendance
75%
127 absent / paired
Whip alignment
95%
vs party majority
Speeches
120
91 debates
Written Qs
105
101 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£183k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 62 claims
Interests
2
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 89 | |
| Economy | 76 | |
| Crime & Policing | 42 | |
| Employment | 33 | |
| Education | 33 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 20 | |
| Energy | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 40 | 9,752 |
| Social Care | 23 | 8,443 |
| Environment | 17 | 5,420 |
| Health | 16 | 4,747 |
| Fiscal Policy | 15 | 4,514 |
| Energy | 21 | 3,959 |
| Labour Market | 14 | 3,942 |
| Defence | 14 | 3,652 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments MPs voted on whether to accept the remaining Lords amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, a wide-ranging policing and criminal justice b… | Rebelled | No |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Vote on regulations to raise university tuition fees in England by 2.71% for 2026-27. The Labour government backed the increase, while oppos… | Rebelled | No |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025MPs voted on new regulations expanding the Public Order Act 2023 to criminalise interference with key national infrastructure, such as energ… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsIncreasing the uptake of bowel cancer screening improves rates of early diagnosis and saves lives, but about a third of people eligible for a FIT test—a faecal immunochemical test—… HealthLocal Government | 73 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseWhen I went campaigning with Paul Godzik, Suzanne Grahame and Siobhan Paterson, three outstanding Scottish Labour candidates in the Holyrood elections, I was often asked, “What’s t… Local GovernmentEnergyCost Of Living | 125 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I thank the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) for bringing this very important debate to Westminster Hall… CrimeLabour Market | 838 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateIt is expected that food inflation will hit 4%. That means that a typical family’s annual grocery bill will increase by approximately £240. In Scotland, approximately 1 million peo… EnergyCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 77 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceI have been very clear—I have said it outside the Chamber, and I will say it inside—that I do not want Scotland or the United Kingdom to have any nuclear weapons. What is the hon. … DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 38 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Oil and GasI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, which is generous of him. I have been very critical of my Government in relation to the closure of Grangemouth refinery, but I will give … EnergyEconomy JobsEnvironment | 46 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceYes, I do. But when I look at the threats that we face in this country, I have an inbox full of constituents who are saying that they have to make the incredible decision of whethe… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 131 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Oil and GasI would like to draw the House’s attention to my membership of Unite the union. I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds): the framing of this … EnergyEconomy JobsEnvironment | 441 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceThe hon. Gentleman focuses on the constitutional question that is such a huge part of Scottish and UK politics. I honestly have no issue with people who voted yes and I have no iss… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 224 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceIn January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists— DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 8 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This will be a tough enough listen for many in the Chamber to hear it just the once—I do not need to do it three times. In January, the Bulletin of… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 395 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Middle EastUS military aircraft departed from the Scottish Government-owned Prestwick airport up to 32 times in the 10 days before American and Israeli strikes started on Iran. Like many of m… DefenceEnergyEconomy Jobs | 81 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir John, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) for securing this debate. When it comes t… Economy JobsLocal GovernmentCulture Community | 421 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceIt is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I refer Members to my registered interests. I thank the hon. Member for Exmouth and Exeter East (David Reed) for securing the d… UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 276 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Immigration ReformsI appreciate it, and I will be quick. I understand what my hon. Friend is saying, but could he clarify what he thinks, with regard to Labour values, about the horrendous social med… ImmigrationSocial CareEconomy Jobs | 47 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 28 | 26.7% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 28 | 26.7% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 11 | 10.5% |
| Treasury | 8 | 7.6% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 8 | 7.6% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 5 | 4.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 4 | 3.8% |
| Home Office | 4 | 3.8% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her Moroccan counterpart on the suppression of protests and events supporting self-determination in occupied Western Sahara. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 1 April 2025 to question 41654 on Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara, if he will update that guidance to include the need for consent to comply wit… | Pending |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle inequalities in bowel cancer screening participation. | Answered |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HMRC will ensure that workforce planning decisions do not incentivise replacement of permanent staff with externally supplied labour. | Answered |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff. | Answered |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Managed Service Provider staff and HMRC employees will have differing pay, terms, training and progression. | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to UK steel safeguarding measures and import quotas on small and medium-sized enterprises that rely on a stable supply of i… | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the future surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme can be used to increase the pensions of members of that Scheme. | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the standstill feature from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising the undistributed surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to fund a pension bonus to members in 2026-2027… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to help ensure that the labelling of food originating in Western Sahara is not (a) mislabelled and (b) misleading. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Moroccan counterpart on access to Western Sahara for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. | Answered |
| 02 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the seizure of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera and the removal of its captain and first officer from UK jurisdiction by United States Coast Guards, what engagement the Gov… | Pending |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote modal shift of freight from road to sea; and when she last discussed this matter with counterparts in the Scottish Government. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 14 | 17,305 | 9.5% |
| Office Costs | 34 | 15,088 | 8.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 25,535 | 14.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 8,275 | 4.5% |
| Staffing | 0 | 114,582 | 62.7% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 1,906 | 1.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 10 | 16,417 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 6 | 4,157 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 3,764 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 2,300 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 1,910 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 5 | 1,893 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 4 | 870 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 624 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 3 | 264 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 70 |
| Training - staff | Office Costs | 2 | 70 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 2 | 31 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,250 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 753 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -753 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,102 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | MULRANEY GROUP LIMITED [200011725-8564] | 834 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Training - staff | SCOTTISH WOMEN AID [200011725-8738] | 35 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Training - staff | SCOTTISH WOMEN AID [200011725-8737] | 35 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 207 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 906 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | VISTAPRINT [200011725-6177] | 105 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,250 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 753 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 1,627 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | IMAGING SUPPLIES LTD [200011726-1889] | 748 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 17 | Paid |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 166 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Parliamentary Research Service (Labour) | 2,300 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 753 | Paid |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | AGA PRINT LTD | 104 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,250 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous2 entries
16 Aug 2024
Trustee of Letham Climate Challenge. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 28 July 2024)
16 Aug 2024
Board Director of Live Active Leisure. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 28 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 28 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnybridge Larbert | Billy Buchanan | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,423 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bonnybridge Larbert | Bryan Deakin | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,212 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bonnybridge Larbert | Jack Redmond | Labour Party | 993 | 05 May 2022 |
| Carse Kinnaird Tryst | Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,961 | 05 May 2022 |
| Carse Kinnaird Tryst | James Flynn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,081 | 05 May 2022 |
| Carse Kinnaird Tryst | Laura Murtagh | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,224 | 05 May 2022 |
| Carse Kinnaird Tryst | Margaret Anslow | Labour Party | 1,762 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire Central | Jane McTaggart | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 314 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire Central | Janine Rennie | Labour Party | 288 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire Central | Wendy Hamilton | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 730 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire East | Denis Coyne | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,008 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire East | Kathleen Martin | Labour Party | 650 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire East | Scott Harrison | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,021 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire North | Donald Balsillie | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,062 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire North | Fiona Law | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 605 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire North | Martha Benny | Conservative and Unionist Party | 884 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire North | William Keogh | Labour Party | 754 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire South | Bryan Quinn | Green Party of England and Wales | 742 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire South | Craig Holden | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 643 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire South | Ellen Forson | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 800 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire South | Kenneth Earle | Labour Party | 877 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire West | Darren Lee | Conservative and Unionist Party | 830 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire West | Graham Lindsay | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 715 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire West | Mark McLuckie | Labour Party | 787 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clackmannanshire West | Phil Fairlie | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 875 | 05 May 2022 |
| Grangemouth | Alan Nimmo | Labour Party | 1,179 | 05 May 2022 |
| Grangemouth | David Balfour | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,808 | 05 May 2022 |
| Grangemouth | Robert Spears | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 611 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
Demographic profile unavailable for this constituency.
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.