Blair McDougall

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Blair McDougall is the Labour MP for East Renfrewshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade).

427

Votes Cast

£186,207

Expenses 2024-25

8,421

Majority

43.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£186,207

Staffing£122,869
Office£25,725
Travel£18,844
Accommodation£18,208
Other£560

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 50,227 voters

Labour
21,935 votes43.7%
Scottish National Party
13,514 votes26.9%
Conservative
8,494 votes16.9%
Reform UK
2,360 votes4.7%
Scottish Green Party
1,510 votes3.0%
Liberal Democrat
1,150 votes2.3%
Scottish Family Party
487 votes1.0%
Liberal
481 votes1.0%
Independence for Scotland Party
296 votes0.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

121

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

87

Debates Spoken In

272

Speeches

427

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 217No: 210

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2 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 10 Jun 2026

3 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 8 Jun 2026

3 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

3 votes · 2 Jun 2026

8 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

8 votes · 21 Apr 2026

2 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

2 votes · 20 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(7)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Chair of Stop Uyghur Genocide Charity. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 31 July 2024)

Registered 31 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of Uyghur Campaign Ltd. (Registered 31 July 2024)

Registered 31 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
27 January 2025

Registered 5 February 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
28 January 2025

Registered 5 February 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
10 March 2025

Registered 14 March 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Blair in Parliament

Nigeria: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the use of sexual violence by extremist g

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office7 Feb 2025

Georgia: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to Georgian democrats who were arrested by their government and have lost legal def

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office7 Feb 2025

Visas: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Hong Kongers resident in the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by (a) parliame

AnsweredHome Office27 Jan 2025

Stock Market: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of UK companies that have jointly listed on the (a) Shanghai and (b) Shenzhen stock exchange since 2019.

AnsweredTreasury20 Jan 2025

Mandatory Provident Fund: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make representations to her Chinese counterpart at the UK-China Pensions Symposium on unfreezing the mandatory provident fund savings of Ho

AnsweredTreasury20 Jan 2025

AstraZeneca: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with her Chinese counterpart on the recent arrest of AstraZeneca's China executives as part of the UK-China Economic and Financial D

AnsweredTreasury20 Jan 2025

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support British citizens who have experienced trauma due to events in Gaza

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office20 Jan 2025

HM Prison Service: Crown Immunity

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Crown immunity for HM Prison Service on the adequacy of the mitigation of systemic issues identifie

AnsweredMinistry of Justice20 Jan 2025

Gaza: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the medical evacuation of gravely (a) ill and (b) injured children in Gaza.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office17 Jan 2025

Habiba Al Askari

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on the case of Habiba Al Askari.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office17 Jan 2025
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