East Renfrewshire / data
Blair McDougall · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
389
of 504 possible
Attendance
77%
115 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
362
50 debates
Written Qs
120
120 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£186k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 150 claims
Interests
7
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 80 | |
| Economy | 77 | |
| Employment | 45 | |
| Crime & Policing | 34 | |
| Education | 30 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 25 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Schools | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 25 | 19,931 |
| Local Government | 13 | 10,571 |
| Utilities | 7 | 8,622 |
| Labour Market | 9 | 7,169 |
| Social Care | 4 | 6,319 |
| Fiscal Policy | 7 | 4,874 |
| Cost Of Living | 4 | 3,981 |
| Health | 2 | 2,344 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceSeriously, though, it is galling that Royal Mail is increasing the price of its services but is not meeting delivery targets. Our constituents rightly expect that, if they are payi… UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 46 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are having a wider conversation at the moment about how enterprise education in general should go through people’s experience in school,… Economy JobsLocal GovernmentCulture Community | 217 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceObviously, part of ensuring that the obligations around postal votes are maintained is making sure that the resource is there on the ground to do that. Another part of it is also t… UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 86 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceOur focus at the moment is on getting the business on to a sustainable footing. That is about the negotiations on the very terms and conditions that my hon. Friend raises. As I men… UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 176 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceI will happily look at that. It is another example of a service that is simply not good enough. As was mentioned, I recently met Royal Mail’s chief executive to press these issues … UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 785 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Royal Mail: PerformanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Exmouth and Exeter East (David Reed) for securing today’s important debate. He spoke about … UtilitiesLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 288 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipI certainly will, Sir John. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. It is also a privilege to respond to a debate with so many passionate and proud speeches on behalf of… Economy JobsLocal GovernmentCulture Community | 954 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Postal Delivery ServicesMy hon. Friend is correct to highlight that the service quality issues are linked directly to workers’ terms and conditions. It is precisely because we take that connection so seri… UtilitiesLabour Market | 89 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Postal Delivery ServicesI discussed the prioritisation of parcels with Ofcom yesterday. It had previously investigated the matter, and it is fair to say that it has heard the widespread concern around the… UtilitiesLabour Market | 44 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Postal Delivery ServicesIt was worth waiting for. We are clear that Royal Mail’s service performance has not been good enough. I met the sector’s independent regulator Ofcom yesterday to stress the widesp… UtilitiesLabour Market | 81 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsOur small business strategy sets out the range of measures we are taking to support small businesses. That includes an increase of £4 billion in the finance available to businesses… Economy JobsLabour MarketEnergy | 78 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Kate Dearden) mentioned a moment ago that we are working on a new high street strategy, which will seek to deal with some of the issues the h… Economy JobsLabour MarketEnergy | 64 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy office manager lives in Dargavel Village, so I have a person incentive to ensure that the service improves in the area my hon. Friend represents. We spoke about it yesterday; we… Economy JobsLabour MarketEnergy | 88 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsFuel duty is currently frozen. The key thing we can do to make sure we deal with this instability in energy prices is de-escalate in the region. I remind the hon. Member that his p… Economy JobsLabour MarketEnergy | 44 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have taken action through the British industrial competitiveness scheme, which is a downpayment on exactly the sort of support he descr… Economy JobsLabour MarketEnergy | 54 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 50 | 41.7% |
| Home Office | 21 | 17.5% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 9 | 7.5% |
| Treasury | 7 | 5.8% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 6 | 5.0% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 4 | 3.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 2.5% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3 | 2.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sept 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the availability of residential training places for disabled young people in Scotland on proposed changes to eligibility for Univer… | Answered |
| 11 Jul 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with X.com on the potential impact of the output of its Grok AI on community safety. | Answered |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to continue to use X.com as a platform for government communications. | Answered |
| 08 Jul 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular cases involving violent crime his Department has dealt with in St Lucia in each of the last five years. | Answered |
| 08 Jul 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular cases involving violent crime against British tourists his Department has dealt with for customers of Tui Group. | Answered |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of (a) prosecutions of opposition party leaders and (b) levels of repre… | Answered |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to clause 6(a) of the UK-USA Economic and Prosperity Deal, published on 8 May 2025, if he will make it his policy to bar Chinese companies with links to forced labour in Xinjiang fr… | Answered |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending the settlement qualifying period from five to ten years on the community integration of British National (Ov… | Answered |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 6(a) of the UK-USA Economic and Prosperity Deal, published on 8 May 2025, whether she plans to direct Border Force to search direct cargo flights from Xinjiang… | Answered |
| 02 Jun 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect Jewish communities from terrorist attacks. | Answered |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legislation covering hate crimes at providing police with sufficient powers to pursue incidents that occur on soci… | Answered |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider extending statutory regulations so that all social media platforms are covered by legislation on hate crime. | Answered |
| 28 Apr 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the release of Dr Wang Bingzhang. | Answered |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Scotland Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that Scotland benefits from nuclear energy developments in the UK. | Answered |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the Government plans to provide to Regional Co-operation in Accounting for Missing Persons in the Western Balkans (The Missing Person Group) of th… | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 111 | 25,725 | 13.8% |
| Accommodation | 23 | 18,208 | 9.8% |
| Staffing | 2 | 122,869 | 66.0% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 560 | 0.3% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 193 | 0.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,116 | 2.2% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 14,534 | 7.8% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 6 | 14,245 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 10 | 7,918 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 69 | 7,712 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 7 | 3,307 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 2,578 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 2,403 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 2,300 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 5 | 2,250 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 1,500 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 1 | 1,500 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 5 | 900 |
| Removals | Miscellaneous | 1 | 560 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 1,170 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 820 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 820 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 820 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 668 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 750 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | EVM LTD [200011725-9759] | 1,467 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -750 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | VALLANCE DISCOUNT CARP [200011725-7222] | 1,597 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | carpet fitting to new office | 680 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-7223] | 30 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.AMAZON. [***] [200011725-7136] | 33 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 294 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | https://montpellier-bice.vercel.app/ | 1,500 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | AGA PRINT LTD [200011725-4764] | 48 | Paid |
| 16 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CANVA [***] [200011725-6802] | 100 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | B&Q LTD [200011725-5724] | 50 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 42 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-4272] | 24 | 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. Miscellaneous7 entries
17 Jun 2025
Membership of Advisory Board to Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes
Date interest arose: 30 May 2025
(Registered 16 June 2025)
17 Jun 2025
Member of board of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 3 June 2025
(Registered 7 June 2025)
25 Mar 2025
Appointment as a patron of Hong Kong Watch.
Date interest arose: 10 March 2025
(Registered 14 March 2025)
25 Feb 2025
Member of Eastwood Scouts District Council. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 27 January 2025
(Registered 5 February 2025)
25 Feb 2025
Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Interparliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2025
(Registered 5 February 2025)
16 Aug 2024
Unpaid Director of Uyghur Campaign Ltd.
(Registered 31 July 2024)
16 Aug 2024
Chair of Stop Uyghur Genocide Charity. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 31 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 5 wards, 18 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Liboside Uplawmoor | Angela Convery | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,639 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barrhead Liboside Uplawmoor | Betty Cunningham | Labour Party | 1,355 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barrhead Liboside Uplawmoor | Chris Lunday | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 616 | 05 May 2022 |
| Barrhead Liboside Uplawmoor | Danny Devlin | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,753 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clarkston Netherlee Williamwood | Annette Ireland | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 2,119 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clarkston Netherlee Williamwood | David Macdonald | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,407 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clarkston Netherlee Williamwood | Kate Campbell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,692 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clarkston Netherlee Williamwood | Katie Pragnell | Labour Party | 1,647 | 05 May 2022 |
| Giffnock Thornliebank | Colm Merrick | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,888 | 05 May 2022 |
| Giffnock Thornliebank | Gordon Wallace | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,816 | 05 May 2022 |
| Giffnock Thornliebank | Mary Montague | Labour Party | 1,608 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Means North Neilston | Andy Morrison | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,579 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Means North Neilston | Owen O'Donnell | Labour Party | 1,532 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Means North Neilston | Tony Buchanan | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,938 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Mearns South Eaglesham | Andrew Anderson | Labour Party | 1,831 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Mearns South Eaglesham | Caroline Bamforth | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 2,325 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Mearns South Eaglesham | Jim McLean | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,584 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newton Mearns South Eaglesham | Paul Edlin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,016 | 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.