Stewart Hosie’s voting in Parliament

Stewart Hosie is a Scottish National Party MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Scottish National Party MPs.

However, Stewart Hosie sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Stewart Hosie generally voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases, while most Scottish National Party MPs generally voted against. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Stewart Hosie’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Stewart Hosie’s full vote analysis page for more.

Stewart Hosie

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Election of Speaker 13 Jun 2017

  I associate myself with the words of the Prime Minister in her condolences to those who lost their lives in Manchester and London. I also pay tribute to the emergency services. It is right that we do that, as our democratic process was affected twice in a short campaign. We will miss many of those from all parts of the House who have lost their seats, but we welcome all the new Members from...

• Finance (No. 2) Bill 18 Apr 2017

  I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give the Finance (No. 2) Bill a Second Reading because it derives from the 2017 Budget which confirmed the continuation of austerity, it fails to provide the necessary stimulus to compensate for the economic impact of Brexit, it fails to address the inequity of...

• Finance (No. 2) Bill 18 Apr 2017

  I am sure that the Scottish people will be delighted to hear that the hon. Lady thinks that somehow they do not pay taxes and that they are dependent on the largesse of ladies like her to fund our welfare system. We have had a very small amount of welfare devolved. If she wants to make such a contribution, she can read out the rest of the Whips’ briefing note when she catches your eye...

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Dundee East

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @StewartHosieMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Stewart Hosie campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Defence
• Departmental Billing
• Departmental Manpower
• Departments: Private Finance Initiative
• Departmental Public Participation
• Departmental Buildings

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Members Estimate Committee (9 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (9 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Economy) (13 May 2015 to 20 Jun 2017)
• Deputy Leader, Scottish National Party (14 Nov 2014 to 13 Oct 2016)
• Member, Treasury Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• SNP Chief Whip (15 Jun 2010 to 20 May 2015)
• SNP Deputy Leader (15 Jun 2010 to 20 Jun 2017)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Treasury) (15 Jun 2010 to 13 May 2015)
• Shadow Chief Whip (Commons) (10 Oct 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Women) (10 May 2005 to 10 Oct 2007)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (10 May 2005 to 10 Oct 2007)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (10 May 2005 to 6 May 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Iain Luke
• John McAllion
• Gordon Wilson
• George Machin
• George Thomson
• Thomas Cook

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (19 out of 24)
• Banking Bill Committee (11 out of 17)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Stewart Hosie’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 16 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 92 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Stewart Hosie’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 463 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)