Official portrait of John Grady

John Grady

Labour MP for Glasgow East, since 4 July 2024

John Grady is the Labour MP for Glasgow East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

83.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
476 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
98 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
14 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
91 Debates spoken in 39 written questions tabled

Ranked 132 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.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £740 This is the final payment to me in respect of consultancy services provided by me to Shepherd and Wedderburn from 1 January 2024 to 5 July 2025. I carried out no work for Shepherd and Wedderburn after 29 May 2024, and ceased to be retained as a consultant on 5 July 2025.
Received on: 14 August 2024. Hours: 1.95 hrs.
(Registered 31 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

£9,021

Payment: £9,021 This entry covers my final amount of profit from Shepherd and Wedderburn for my time as a partner. I ceased to be a partner on 31 December 2023.
Received on: 31 July 2024. Hours: no additional hours.
(Registered 31 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Partner of a law firm and consultant to a law firm.
Until: 5 July 2024.
Payer: Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP (A law firm), 9 Haymarket Square Edinburgh EH3 8FY
Additional information: Payments will be listed below.
(Registered 26 July 2024)

On the register since 1 Sep 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Royal Aeronautical Society
Address of donor: Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I was a guest of the Royal Aeronautical Society, at the RAeS Annual Banquet. Its president is Prof Malcolm Macdonald FRAeS, a Professor as Strathclyde University, Glasgow, value £330
Date received: 14 May 2026
Date accepted: 14 May 2026
Donor status: other (This is a Royal Society and is governed by its Royal Charter, By-Laws and Regulations. It is incorporated in the UK by a Royal Charter (Company No. RC000439))
(Registered 21 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£7,000

Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Address of donor: Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and food, value £7,000
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the annual Doha Forum 2025, to participate at the Doha Forum 2025 on Diplomacy, Dialogue and Diversity, including meetings with fellow cross-party Parliamentarians, political representatives of other countries and Qatari Ministers to discuss Qatar’s role in seeking to resolve current regional conflicts and Qatar's role as a diplomatic and trading partner of the UK.
(Registered 23 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

8. Miscellaneous

I am admitted as a solicitor by the Law Society of Scotland.
(Registered 25 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £7,000 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
5 Dec 2025 John Grady sitting MP Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Other Visit £7,000

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 →

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