Kirsty Blackman

MP since 7 May 2015

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Kirsty Blackman is the Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen North, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the roles of SNP Chief Whip, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities).

1301

Votes Cast

£320,448

Expenses 2024-25

1,760

Majority

34.5%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£320,448

Staffing£213,507
Travel£42,992
Accommodation£39,262
Office£24,435
Other£252

Year-on-Year

2024-25£320,448
2023-24£254,787
2022-23£224,109
2021-22£197,782
2020-21£182,050
2019-20£183,516
2018-19£188,885
2017-18£175,874
2016-17£184,619
2015-16£128,658

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 42,095 voters

Scottish National Party
14,533 votes34.5%
Labour
12,773 votes30.3%
Conservative
5,881 votes14.0%
Reform UK
3,781 votes9.0%
Liberal Democrat
2,583 votes6.1%
Scottish Green Party
1,275 votes3.0%
Alba Party
703 votes1.7%
Scottish Family Party
352 votes0.8%
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
214 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

164

Written Questions

11

Oral Questions

133

Debates Spoken In

248

Speeches

162

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: 742No: 559

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2 AYE

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 29 Apr 2025

4 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

4 votes · 25 Mar 2025

4 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

4 votes · 19 Mar 2025

2 AYE1 NO

Employment Rights Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 12 Mar 2025

2 AYE1 NO

Employment Rights Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2025

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Kirsty in Parliament

Building Societies: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions aro

AnsweredTreasury4 Nov 2025

Building Societies: Company Law

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions aro

AnsweredTreasury4 Nov 2025

Building Societies: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of fully implementing the provisions of the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 via secondary legislatio

AnsweredTreasury4 Nov 2025

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department plans to publish statistics on the time taken by newly recognised refugees to submit family reunion applications.

AnsweredHome Office10 Oct 2025

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an economic impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.

AnsweredHome Office10 Oct 2025

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an equality impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.

AnsweredHome Office10 Oct 2025

Asylum: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the criminalisation of asylum-seeking survivors of violence against women and girls.

AnsweredHome Office11 Sept 2025

Refugees: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (

AnsweredHome Office11 Sept 2025

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to provide community-based alternatives to immigration detention for women.

AnsweredHome Office11 Sept 2025

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of suspending refugee family reunion applications on (a) women, (b) children and

AnsweredHome Office11 Sept 2025
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