Official portrait of Elaine Stewart

Elaine Stewart

Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, since 4 July 2024

Elaine Stewart is the Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

60.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
350 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
225 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
47 Debates spoken in 6 written questions tabled

Ranked 499 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading Aye 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part Aye 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No vote 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No vote 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No vote 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No vote 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No vote 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No vote 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Alex Begg & Co
Address of donor: 17 Viewfield Road, Ayr KA88HJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I was gifted a cashmere scarf on a visit to the company, value £450
Date received: 11 August 2024
Date accepted: 11 August 2024
Donor status: company, registration SCO27139
(Registered 8 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£6,421

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: 16 smith square, London SW1P3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotel, flights, food and transport, value £6,421
Destination of visit: China (Shanghi, Bejing and Nanjing)
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: A part of the senior leadership forum the purpose was to build relationships
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Director of Dalmellington Parish Development trust. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Volunteer and Treasurer of Doon valley amateur boxing club. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Unpaid director for the local community-run post office.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

47 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,421 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
24 May 2026 Elaine Stewart sitting MP Great Britain China Centre Other Visit £6,421

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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