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 selection of Peter Grant’s votes.

• 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 against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 4 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
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• 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 44 votes for, 3 votes against, 7 absences, between 2016–2018

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

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

Last updated: 5 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Yemen: Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement 10 Sep 2018

  I respect that fact that someone who gets elected is expected to implement the manifesto commitment on which they stood, but two years earlier the hon. Gentleman stood in the same constituency on a manifesto promise of keeping us in the single market. What caused his personal journey to Damascus from 2015, when he was determined to stay in the single market, to 2017, when he was determined...

• Yemen: Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement 10 Sep 2018

  I am a bit surprised to have to remind a Conservative MP of what was in his own manifesto in 2015. Admittedly it is no longer available on the official Conservative party website—I wonder what the party does not want us to see—but I can assure him that it said: “We are clear about we want from Europe. We say: yes to the Single Market.” I ask him again: what changed his...

• Yemen: Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement 10 Sep 2018

  Does the right hon. Gentleman think that possibly the reason the Government will not tell us their view is that they know perfectly well that article 50 can be revoked and that the European Union would be quite willing to talk on those terms? It is not a question of legality; it is a question of obduracy and obstinacy on the part of Her Majesty’s Government.

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Glenrothes

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

• Wikipedia page

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
• Scotland Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Wales Office
• SG First Minister: Diplomatic Relations
• Fisheries
• Visas: Married People
• Foreign Relations: Scotland
• Department of Energy and Climate Change: Freedom of Information

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Europe) (since 20 Jun 2017)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union) (since 20 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Consolidation 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

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 115 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Peter Grant’s speeches
• Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 51 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Grant’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 263 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)