Dr Scott Arthur

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Dr Scott Arthur is the Labour MP for Edinburgh South West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

485

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

6,217

Majority

40.9%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 45,664 voters

Labour
18,663 votes40.9%
Scottish National Party
12,446 votes27.3%
Conservative
5,558 votes12.2%
Scottish Green Party
3,450 votes7.6%
Liberal Democrat
3,014 votes6.6%
Reform UK
2,087 votes4.6%
Scottish Family Party
265 votes0.6%
Independent
181 votes0.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

577

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

240

Debates Spoken In

422

Speeches

485

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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5 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill

2 votes · 10 Mar 2026

8 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

8 votes · 9 Mar 2026

2 NO

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

2 votes · 23 Feb 2026

Financial Interests(4)

Visits outside the UK

(1) YES Foundation (2) Zhytomyr Administration (3) Kyivstar (4) UK Friends of Ukraine (5) Bulldog Political Consulting

£92
Name of donor
(1) YES Foundation (2) Zhytomyr Administration (3) Kyivstar (4) UK Friends of Ukraine (5) Bulldog Political Consulting
Address of donor
(1) Raffingers Llp Unit, 19-20 Bourne Court, Southend Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8HD (2) 25 Mala Berdichivska str., Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 10014 (3) 53 Degtyarivska St, Kiev, Kyiv City, 03113, Ukraine (4) 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3BL (5) 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
(1) Attendance at the YES Conference in Kyiv, value £92.11 (2) Transport and buffet lunch, value £25 (3) Dinner and briefing in Kyiv with delegation, value £50 (4) Bus transport in Kyiv and Lviv, value £25.86 (5) Dinner in Lviv, value £86.20
Destination of visit
Ukraine
Dates of visit
21 February 2025 to 25 February 2025
Purpose of visit
To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian parliaments

Registered 23 April 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Kirk Session Member (trustee) of Fairmilehead Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Frogston Road, Edinburgh. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 2 August 2024)

Registered 2 August 2024

Miscellaneous

my position as Chair of Urban Water Management at Heriot-Watt University

Name of donor
Heriot-Watt University
Date interest arose
1 August 2024
Date interest ended
5 July 2029

Registered 2 August 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
4 July 2024

Registered 23 April 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament

Prize Money: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the research her Department commissioned from London Economics on large scale commercial prize draws.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport3 Jan 2025

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) small and (b) large family owned businesses.

AnsweredTreasury3 Jan 2025

Robotics: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether robotics will have a role in a future industrial strategy.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade18 Dec 2024

Steiner Schools Foundation: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of VAT on Steiner School kindergartens.

AnsweredTreasury16 Dec 2024

Food: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what place food manufacturing will have in the industrial strategy.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade4 Dec 2024

Fairtrade Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his trade strategy will support the aims of the Fairtrade movement.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade4 Dec 2024

Prize Money

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for publishing proposals on regulating large scale commercial prize draws.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport27 Nov 2024

Lotteries: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent representations on the potential merits of zero-rating society lotteries under any future statutory levy on gambl

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport27 Nov 2024

Driving Licences: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing Graduated Driving Licences for young people.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport25 Nov 2024

Overseas Students: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the causes of changes in the level of international student visa applications to UK universities in 2024.

AnsweredDepartment for Education18 Nov 2024
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