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.

• 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 against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 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
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 49 votes for, 3 votes against, 11 absences, between 2016–2019
• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government

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: 11 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Transport for Towns 19 Feb 2019

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on securing the debate. There is clearly a lot of interest in it, which I assume is why there are so many Members on these Benches, rather than it being part of any further breakaways from the Labour party. On a serious point—this is a serious subject—the...

• Transport for Towns 19 Feb 2019

  I will take that compliment, Mr Austin. The trust managed to secure £500,000 of funding from a number of sources and brought seven station rooms back into use. They now host a gift shop, a coffee shop called Storm in a Teacup, and a bookshop called the Killie Browser, which has a huge range of second-hand books—rest assured, nobody can go in there and come out empty-handed. It is used to...

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Channel Ferries: Freight 19 Feb 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2019 to Question 210667 on Channel Ferries: Freight, how much money his Department allocated to legal fees in relation to potential court proceedings on the contracts for additional sea ferry capacity.

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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
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

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
• Department for Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Emergency Services: Scotland
• Opencast Mining: Scotland
• Whisky: Excise Duties
• Devolution: Northern Ireland and Scotland
• Hinkley Point C Power Station

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)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• 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 188 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 72.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 286 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)