Alan Brown’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Alan Brown’s votes.

• Voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
• Consistently voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2015–2016
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 41 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 2016–2018

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

Alan Brown has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 13 Jun 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Wind Power: Expenditure 31 Jul 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the wind energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in the 2018 - 2019 financial year.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Solar Power: Expenditure 30 Jul 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the solar energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in this financial year.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Wind Power: Expenditure 30 Jul 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the onshore wind energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in this financial year.

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @alanbrownsnp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Alan Brown campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• HM Treasury
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Transport
• Emergency Services: Scotland
• Opencast Mining: Scotland
• Whisky: Excise Duties
• Hinkley Point C Power Station
• Electricity: Storage

Currently held offices

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy) (since 1 Jul 2018)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport) (since 20 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Infrastructure and Energy) (20 Jun 2017 to 1 Jul 2018)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (28 Nov 2016 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Cathy Jamieson
• Des Browne
• William McKelvey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Road Traffic Offenders (Surrender of Driving Licences Etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 196 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Alan Brown’s speeches
• Has received answers to 210 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76.29% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 46 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Alan Brown’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 247 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)