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.

• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, in 2016
• 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 against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2016
• 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: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 6 Jul 2018

  Multi-Employer Pension Schemes Bill - 2nd reading – Alan Brown. Legislation

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Kilmarnock and Loudoun 21 Jun 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many green deal finance loans have been provided of (a) up to 5 year payback duration, (b) 5-10 year payback duration, (c) 10-15 year payback duration, (d) 15-20 year payback duration and (e) greater than 20 year payback duration via the company HELMS in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Scotland 21 Jun 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households with PV panels installed by HELMS have the feed-in tariff transferred to a third party rather than the household with the panel in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

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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
• Ministry of Defence
• Emergency Services: Scotland
• Opencast Mining: Scotland
• Whisky: Excise Duties
• Hinkley Point C Power Station
• Electricity: Storage

Currently held offices

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

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• 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)
• 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 185 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Alan Brown’s speeches
• Has received answers to 192 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 78.19% 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") 228 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)