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
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
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1 AYE3 NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
King's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
8 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
4 AYECrime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 20 Apr 2026
2 AYEPension Schemes Bill
2 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
2 votes · 15 Apr 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
Visits outside the UK
(1) YES Foundation (2) Zhytomyr Administration (3) Kyivstar (4) UK Friends of Ukraine (5) Bulldog Political Consulting
- 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
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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
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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
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Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 4 July 2024
Registered 23 April 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament
Genetics: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve transparency on uptake, turnaround times and outcomes for genetic and biomarker testing across the NHS.
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of the additional testing allowance introduced in June 2025 has been to date; and what assessment she has made of its effect on the num
Transport: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Mass Transit Taskforce working with the devolved governments to help ensure the benefits to the
Trams: Trains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Mass Transit Taskforce's remit includes tram-train projects.
Sexual Offences: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many woman and girls she estimates have been victims of grooming gangs; and what methodology she uses to calculate that number.
Internet: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Digital Citizenship Qualification to educate children on interaction
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential risks of age verification methods involving facial or biometric data to enforce a so
Driving Tests: Edinburgh
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer to Question UIN 63826 on driving test waiting times in Currie, what the average waiting time is for a practical driving test a
Delivery Services: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the level of need for further regulation of autonomous delivery robots operating on public pavements and highway
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise research into Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.
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