North Ayrshire & Arran / data
Irene Campbell · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
389
of 504 possible
Attendance
77%
115 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
108
42 debates
Written Qs
33
31 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£146k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 178 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 90 | |
| Economy | 70 | |
| Employment | 37 | |
| Crime & Policing | 37 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 28 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Energy | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 19 | 13,132 |
| Environment | 11 | 10,850 |
| Social Care | 14 | 7,840 |
| Culture Community | 11 | 6,038 |
| Agriculture | 6 | 5,852 |
| Cost Of Living | 4 | 2,427 |
| Local Government | 6 | 2,402 |
| Economy Jobs | 9 | 1,227 |
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 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 |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on whether to pass the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill makes c… | Rebelled | No |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protect… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Pride in Place: Regeneration2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues through the Pride in Place programme to support regeneration in Scotland. Local GovernmentEconomy JobsCulture Community | 20 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Pride in Place: RegenerationI am pleased to say that after a huge amount of hard work was put into a Pride in Place application, investment has been successfully allocated to the three towns of Ardrossan, Sal… Local GovernmentEconomy JobsCulture Community | 71 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Fur: Import and SaleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West and Islwyn (Ruth Jones) for the excellent work that she has done a… EnvironmentAgricultureCulture Community | 369 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI agree with the points that my hon. Friend raises. The research and emerging information from the ELSA study should be considered as soon as possible. In Diabetes UK’s campaign, t… HealthSocial Care | 129 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI thank my hon. Friend for making that important point. Yes, I agree. The survey also found that 73% of GPs report that patient safety is being compromised by their workload pressu… HealthSocial Care | 166 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI thank the hon. Member for raising that important point. I look forward to the Minister’s response. The rapid finger-prick glucose test is readily available and can be administere… HealthSocial Care | 31 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. Again, I refer to the Minister’s response. This is a very important issue, and it is crucial that we get it right. There ca… HealthSocial Care | 233 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI agree with what my hon. Friend says. As I say, I am looking forward to hearing the Minister’s response on how we can make progress. As we have heard, DKA is a life-threatening co… HealthSocial Care | 117 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 728677 relating to type 1 diabetes testing for infants. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I than… HealthSocial Care | 700 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI thank the Minister for her response. The petition and the surrounding debate focus on a very important and sensitive area: the importance of timely diagnosis. I thank Mr John Sto… HealthSocial Care | 229 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. Yes, I agree. That sounds like a very good way to take this forward. The petition and the surrounding conversation can serve as a cal… HealthSocial Care | 134 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Sudan: Humanitarian SituationWe know that conflict can dis-proportionately affect women and children and exacerbate gender-based violence. We cannot let this crisis in Sudan be ignored. There has been an alarm… DefenceCulture Community | 68 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Sudan: Humanitarian Situation12. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle the humanitarian situation in Sudan. DefenceCulture Community | 15 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | EngagementsQ11. In 2024, 2.64 million animals were used in medical experiments in the UK. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on phasing out animal experiments in medical research, … Economy JobsEducationCost Of Living | 115 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Jobs6. What estimate he has made of the potential impact of the construction of small modular reactors on the number of clean energy jobs. EnergyEconomy Jobs | 24 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15 | 45.5% |
| Treasury | 5 | 15.2% |
| Home Office | 4 | 12.1% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 4 | 12.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 3.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 | 3.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 1 | 3.0% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 1 | 3.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has considered whether the relationship between the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and Understan… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the prevalence of tail docking on pigs. | Pending |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the Treasury Green Book takes account of the statutory duty introduced by the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 in the appraisal… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure cross-government coordination and policy alignment with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s strategy to suppo… | Answered |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed consultation on banning trail hunting will allow submissions on family pets being killed by hunting hounds; and what plans she has to bring forward… | Answered |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's corporate report, entitled Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, whether she has made an assessment of th… | Answered |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the inciden… | Answered |
| 09 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to build energetics and munitions factories. | Answered |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Inclusion Strategy, published on 5 November, whether the Government plans to develop targets as well as metrics to monitor progress in delivering the Strategy’s objecti… | Answered |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she will take to ensure banks provide access to affordable credit to people who are financially excluded. | Answered |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that trail hunting is not used for the illegal hunting of wild mammals with dogs. | Answered |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress her Department has made in reviewing responses to the call for evidence on reforming the credit union common bond in Great Britain; and when her Department plans to publish its pr… | Answered |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with EU negotiators on the inclusion of UK animal welfare standards within the proposed UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement. | Answered |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce mandatory method-of-production labelling for animal products. | Answered |
| 04 Jul 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end the use of enriched cages for hens in England. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance Committee (Commons)Select | Member | Commons | 18 Nov 2024 | present |
| Petitions CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 28 Oct 2024 | present |
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 | 145 | 18,103 | 12.4% |
| Accommodation | 18 | 15,585 | 10.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 13,431 | 9.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,528 | 3.1% |
| Staffing | 0 | 94,017 | 64.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 9 | 12,220 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 8 | 3,752 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 7 | 3,317 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 16 | 3,013 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 4 | 2,605 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 2,300 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 73 | 2,140 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 13 | 1,260 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,172 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 6 | 462 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 419 |
| Insurance - buildings | Office Costs | 3 | 343 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,070 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 550 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 40 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | LARGS PRINTING COMPANY [200011726-7926] | 490 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | LARGS PRINTING COMPANY [200011725-8612] | 12 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | LARGS PRINTING COMPANY [200011725-8611] | 12 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | LARGS PRINTING COMPANY [200011725-8971] | 12 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -550 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,070 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | WWW.NORTH-AYRSHIRE.GOV [200011725-8908] | 100 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 224 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | WWW.NORTH-AYRSHIRE.GOV [200011725-5973] | 23 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-5972] | 8 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 40 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 74 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,070 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 550 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 147 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 78 | 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.
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
24 Feb 2026
Name of donor: The Vegetarian Society
Address of donor: 15 Jersey Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6EZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights to and from Amsterdam (£489.78), train tickets between Schipol airport and Amsterdam, Amsterdam and Eindhoven, Eindhoven and Schipol airport (£54.98), hotel accommodation (£129.03) and travel insurance (£1.46), value £675.25
Destination of visit: Netherlands (Amsterdam and Eindhoven)
Dates of visit: 18 January 2026 to 19 January 2026
Purpose of visit: As part of the Vegetarian Society Hatch and Despatch campaign I visited a facility to see how in ovo sexing in eggs works to avoid killing male chicks at birth.
(Registered 4 February 2026)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Chair of Splash Group. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 5 wards, 19 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrossan | Amanda Kerr | Labour Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Ardrossan | Stewart Ferguson | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Ardrossan | Tony Gurney | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Arran | Charles Currie | Labour Party | — | 12 Sept 2024 |
| Garnock Valley | Anthea Dickson | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Garnock Valley | Donald L Reid | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Garnock Valley | John Bell | Labour Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Garnock Valley | Margaret Johnson | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Garnock Valley | Ronnie Stalker | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| North Coast | Alan Hill | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| North Coast | Eleanor Collier | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| North Coast | Ian Murdoch | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | — | 05 May 2022 |
| North Coast | Todd Ferguson | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| North Coast | Tom Marshall | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Saltcoats Stevenston | Cameron Inglis | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Saltcoats Stevenston | Davina McTiernan | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Saltcoats Stevenston | Jean McClung | Scottish National Party (SNP) | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Saltcoats Stevenston | Jim Montgomerie | Labour Party | — | 05 May 2022 |
| Saltcoats Stevenston | John Sweeney | Labour Party | — | 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.