Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke / data
Pamela Nash · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
409
of 504 possible
Attendance
81%
95 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
11
9 debates
Written Qs
0
tabled
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£102k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 67 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 88 | |
| Economy | 87 | |
| Crime & Policing | 41 | |
| Employment | 41 | |
| Education | 36 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 24 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 21 | |
| Business | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 1 | — |
| Economy Jobs | 5 | 407 |
| Cost Of Living | 4 | 334 |
| Social Care | 3 | 240 |
| Culture Community | 2 | 193 |
| Energy | 3 | 156 |
| Local Government | 1 | 111 |
| Defence | 2 | 100 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organ… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Child Poverty1. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle child poverty in Scotland. Cost Of LivingSocial CareEducation | 16 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Child PovertyDoes the Secretary of State agree that the Scottish National party has failed Scotland’s children over the past two decades, leaving thousands in poverty, including one in four in … Cost Of LivingSocial CareEducation | 60 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | UK Steel StrategyI declare an interest as a very proud member of Community. I warmly welcome the announcement of this much-needed steel strategy, which promises to deliver across Britain. Dalzell p… Economy JobsEnergyDefence | 76 |
| 11 Nov 2025 | BBC LeadershipMany have expressed their annoyance at the BBC in recent days for being too woke, too Tory or too liberal—or, in my case, for allowing the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) to… Culture Community | 82 |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Pride in Place Programme: RegenerationSince the election last year when Labour came to power, our constituents in Scotland have seen their friends in England and Wales see real improvements in their communities and pub… Local GovernmentEconomy JobsCulture Community | 91 |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Pride in Place Programme: Regeneration12. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support regeneration in Scotland through the pride in place programme. Local GovernmentEconomy JobsCulture Community | 20 |
| 20 Jul 2025 | Middle EastAs the hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) touched on, the situation in Gaza is all the more infuriating when we hear that the UN has three months-worth of food wai… DefenceCost Of LivingSocial Care | 100 |
| 22 Jun 2025 | UK Modern Industrial StrategyI warmly welcome this ambitious and exciting industrial strategy from my right hon. Friend. Aligning vocational and technical training to the skills our industries need is plain co… Economy JobsEnergyTechnology | 78 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Warm Home DiscountI welcome the Minister’s statement, as will nearly a quarter of a million people across Scotland who will benefit from this £150 warm home discount for the first time. We always ap… Cost Of LivingUtilitiesHousing | 94 |
| 08 Jun 2025 | Winter Fuel PaymentI welcome the decision today, and I am delighted to hear the announcement from the Minister. Let us be crystal clear: this is a direct result of the progress that this Labour Gover… Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 140 |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Energy Grid ResilienceI thank the Minister for giving the statement and congratulate him on the Floor of the House for completing the London marathon on Sunday. Does he share not just my utter disappoin… EnergyEconomy Jobs | 78 |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Living StandardsIn the Chancellor’s first ever Budget, she delivered over £1.5 billion for Scotland this year and £3.4 billion next year—the largest ever block grant settlement in the history of t… Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 87 |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Living Standards25. What steps she plans to take to help improve living standards. Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 12 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Autumn Budget Impact10. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2024 on health and care services. HealthFiscal PolicySocial Care | 21 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Autumn Budget ImpactThe Labour party is the party of the NHS, and the significant additional investment announced in the recent Budget has reaffirmed that. The Secretary of State has made it very clea… HealthFiscal PolicySocial Care | 87 |
D · Written questions
No written questions tabled by this MP in our records.
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 | 16 | 18,847 | 18.4% |
| Office Costs | 42 | 7,560 | 7.4% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 9,515 | 9.3% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 2,320 | 2.3% |
| Staffing | 0 | 63,996 | 62.6% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 8 | 14,747 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 7 | 3,298 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 2,040 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 803 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 39 | 571 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 95 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -946 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 151 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 67 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 59 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 57 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 57 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 48 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 34 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 12 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 3 wards, 8 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motherwell South East Ravenscraig | Kaye Harmon | Labour Party | — | 16 Nov 2023 |
| Motherwell West | David Crichton | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,261 | 05 May 2022 |
| Motherwell West | Lorraine Nolan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 869 | 05 May 2022 |
| Motherwell West | Paul Kelly | Labour Party | 1,105 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wishaw | Bob Burgess | Conservative and Unionist Party | 980 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wishaw | Fiona Fotheringham | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,687 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wishaw | Frank McKay | Labour Party | 1,138 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wishaw | Jim Hume | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 719 | 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.