Stephen Gethins

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Stephen Gethins is the Scottish National Party MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Scotland), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Affairs).

629

Votes Cast

£243,696

Expenses 2024-25

859

Majority

35.3%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£243,696

Staffing£148,293
Travel£47,698
Accommodation£24,243
Office£23,461

Year-on-Year

2024-25£243,696
2019-20£142,116
2018-19£184,248
2017-18£184,670
2016-17£176,422
2015-16£122,962

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 44,117 voters

Scottish National Party
15,581 votes35.3%
Labour
14,722 votes33.4%
Conservative
6,841 votes15.5%
Reform UK
3,800 votes8.6%
Liberal Democrat
2,249 votes5.1%
Alba Party
693 votes1.6%
Sovereignty
231 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

220

Written Questions

14

Oral Questions

107

Debates Spoken In

251

Speeches

154

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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1 AYE1 NO

Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill

2 votes · 30 Jan 2019

Financial Interests(9)

Visits outside the UK

research funding that I was allocated prior to being elected and in a visit that was arranged previously

£3,500
Name of donor
University of St Andrews
Address of donor
University of St Andrews St Andrews
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
£3,500.16 transport (car) (£904.93), accommodation (£1835.23), meals, parking, travel agent fees and other costs (£750), approx
Destination of visit
United States
Dates of visit
8 April 2025 to 19 April 2025
Purpose of visit
Study and research visit as part of my role at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. (This visit was part funded by research funding that I was allocated prior to being elected and in a visit that was arranged previously. Other parts of the visit were funded personally.)

Registered 15 May 2025

Visits outside the UK

John Smith Trust

£493
Name of donor
John Smith Trust
Address of donor
3rd Floor Suite, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights return to Podgorica (£492.86), accommodation for two nights, (£141.85), transfers (shared),£173.46, value £808.17
Destination of visit
Montenegro (Budva)
Dates of visit
21 March 2025 to 23 March 2025
Purpose of visit
Attending a conference with John Smith Trust Fellows

Registered 26 March 2025

Visits outside the UK

London to Sarajevo and 2 nights accommodation

£492
Name of donor
Sarajevo Security Conference
Address of donor
Ismeta Mujezinovica 20, 71000 Sarajevo
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Return flights from London to Sarajevo and 2 nights accommodation, value £492.26
Destination of visit
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Dates of visit
25 September 2025 to 27 September 2025
Purpose of visit
Participate and speak in the Sarajevo Security Conference in Sarajevo

Registered 8 October 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

An Associate at Global Partners Governance. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 2 August 2024)

Registered 2 August 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Fellow at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) at the University of Bonn. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 2 August 2024)

Registered 2 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Stephen in Parliament

Scotland Office: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total expenditure on press and communications, including staffing costs, for financial year 2024/5, and for 2026 for the office of the Secretar

AnsweredScotland Office26 Feb 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a strategic review of her Department's priori

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office25 Feb 2026

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry constituency have been affected by the issues with administering the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

AnsweredCabinet Office25 Feb 2026

Animal Breeding: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of leaving the EU on conservation transfers between zoos in the U

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs24 Feb 2026

Unmanned Air Vehicles: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with her Ukrainian counterpart on the import of Ukrainian drones to the UK.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Feb 2026

Whisky: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Scotch Whisky industry on US tariffs.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Feb 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there was ant cost to the public purse of settling the case in the United States between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Virginia Giuffre in 2022.

AnsweredTreasury23 Feb 2026

Cabinet Office: Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will answer Questions 111166 and 111167 on the administration of the civil service pension scheme.

AnsweredCabinet Office23 Feb 2026

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to question 82343, what steps her Department is taking to help customers in receipt of PIP to transact with the D

AnsweredDepartment for Transport20 Feb 2026

Pulmonary Fibrosis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on treatment for people with pulmonary fibrosis.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Feb 2026
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