Peter Grant’s voting in Parliament

Peter Grant 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 random selection of Peter Grant’s votes.

• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, in 2016.
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 4 votes against, in 2020.
• Generally voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2020.
• 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 67 votes for, 9 votes against, 11 absences, between 2017–2020.
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016.

Last updated: 25 Jan 2021. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Peter Grant has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 21 Jul 2022

  I place on the record my appreciation of colleagues from the Scottish National party and in the Public Accounts Committee, who took on a number of my duties during my recent absence due to covid; they seem to have done that so effectively that nobody noticed I was missing. Of the 64 written statements that the Government have tabled this week, one from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and...

• Net Zero Strategy: High Court Ruling 21 Jul 2022

  This week, Conservative Members have given both a full vote of confidence and an enthusiastic standing ovation to a Prime Minister who deliberately missed an emergency Cobra meeting to plan for the heatwave emergency because he was away playing at “Top Gun” with the RAF—playing the part of Maverick, I understand. How can anyone take seriously the climate change credentials of a party...

• Post Office: Compensation for Horizon Scandal 30 Jun 2022

  Among the other catastrophic and inexcusable failures, this House failed. This House was made to fail in its duty to get to the bottom of this quicker, because somewhere in the machinery of government there was a deliberate and sustained conspiracy to send Minister after Minister unwittingly to the Dispatch Box to say things that we now know are not true. This House has to look at that very...

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Glenrothes

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @petergrantmp
• https://facebook.com/petergrantsnp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Peter Grant campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Transport
• Scotland Office
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Post Offices: ICT
• Children: Maintenance
• SG First Minister: Diplomatic Relations
• Blackmore Bond: Insolvency

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Dormant Assets Bill [HL] Committee (since 15 Dec 2021)
• Member, Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill Committee (since 30 Jun 2021)
• Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (since 8 Jun 2021)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (since 18 Mar 2020)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Shadow SNP Deputy Spokesperson (Treasury - Chief Secretary) (since 7 Jan 2020)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Europe) (since 20 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union) (20 Jun 2017 to 7 Jan 2020)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (15 Jul 2015 to 28 Nov 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lindsay Roy
• John MacDougall

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

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

• Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Dormant Assets Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)