A selection of Anne McLaughlin's votes

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• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 21 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016
• Consistently voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2015–2016
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• Voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016

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Recent appearances

• UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] 21 Mar 2017

  I congratulate the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) on making me cry twice in a week. Thanks very much for that. The first time was last week at the beautiful event held at the Speaker’s House to mark this day. Today, it was understandable that there were few dry eyes in here. On 21 March 1960 an 82-year-old stonemason in Pretoria, South Africa, wrote a poem in Scottish Gaelic...

• UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] 21 Mar 2017

  I sometimes do not know whether to laugh or cry in this place.

• UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] 21 Mar 2017

  I agree. I wish that the hon. Member for Beckenham had stayed to listen, but perhaps we shall encourage him to read Hansard. To return to the hiding of positive black role models, it is obviously worse for those who are not just black but women as well. I want to tell the story of Mary Seacole, in case hon. Members do not know it. She was a Scots Jamaican nurse who raised the money to go to...

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Profile

Former Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow North East, Former Scottish National Party MSP for Glasgow

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 11 February 2009 — Appointed, regional replacement

Left the Scottish Parliament on 23 March 2011 — Election

Also represented Glasgow

• Personal website
• Page on the Scottish Parliament website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @AnneMcLaughlin
• https://facebook.com/AnneMcLaughlinSNP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Anne McLaughlin campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Asylum: Vetting
• Legal Aid
• Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
• Green Deal Scheme
• Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings
• Refugees: Abuse

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Civil Liberties) (20 May 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• William Bain
• Michael Martin

Future MPs in this constituency

• Paul Sweeney

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.

• Immigration Bill Committee (15 out of 15)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Anne McLaughlin’s speeches
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 62.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  Note SNP MPs do not generally vote on legislation not affecting Scotland, as these matters are devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 35 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 84 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)