Dave Doogan.

Doogan is the frontrunner to succeed Stephen Flynn as SNP Westminster leader — a sign of the reputation he has built since 2019. He has been vocal on cost-of-living pressures, publicly challenging Rachel Reeves over what he called inadequate support, and raised a constituent car dealer's dispute with government ministers directly in the Commons. His one rebel vote this Parliament came in April 2025, when he broke with the SNP majority to oppose a measure that would have blocked carer's allowance overpayment recovery until an independent review concluded — an unusual deviation from a party that typically resists welfare clawback powers.

His parliamentary participation rate is low at 29%, well below the Commons average, though SNP members routinely miss votes on England-only matters as a matter of policy, which inflates the gap. Where he does vote, he is tightly aligned with his party — 99.4% — and his stance profile reflects SNP orthodoxy: strong on workers' rights and trade union rights, resistant to immigration controls, and opposed to Labour's fiscal programme. His speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, defence, and fiscal policy, with 349 contributions across 169 debates.

Doogan sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee, which provides a platform for his focus on Scottish economic interests. His news coverage — WASPI campaigners, SME disputes, cost-of-living criticism — paints a picture of active constituency casework alongside broader opposition messaging. His deviation data shows him marginally more committed to fiscal transparency than his SNP colleagues. Voting and speech data are available; recent local news coverage is limited.