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Blair McDougall

Labour MP for East Renfrewshire, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Blair McDougall is the Labour MP for East Renfrewshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) .

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Scorecard

71.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
413 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
162 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
93 Debates spoken in 121 written questions tabled

Ranked 334 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
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 Aye 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B No vote 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B No vote 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B No vote 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No vote 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

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.

8. Miscellaneous

Membership of Advisory Board to Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes
Date interest arose: 30 May 2025
(Registered 16 June 2025)

On the register since 8 Jul 2026

Member of board of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 3 June 2025
(Registered 7 June 2025)

On the register since 17 Jun 2025

Appointment as a patron of Hong Kong Watch.
Date interest arose: 10 March 2025
(Registered 14 March 2025)

On the register since 25 Mar 2025

Member of Eastwood Scouts District Council. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 27 January 2025
(Registered 5 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Interparliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2025
(Registered 5 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

Chair of Stop Uyghur Genocide Charity. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Unpaid Director of Uyghur Campaign Ltd.
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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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 →

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