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 for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, in 2016
• Generally voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, 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
• 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 for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016

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

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• NHS Shared Business Services 27 Jun 2017

  Earlier, the Secretary of State assured the House that the individual directors who are responsible for this catastrophe are no longer in a position to cause similar damage. Is he aware that the briefest of searches through Companies House records shows that the same three or four names associated with Shared Business Services come up time and again? There are about a dozen companies, many of...

• Brexit and Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2017

  I wish to start with a statement that will cause anger and disbelief on the Conservative Benches: “Parliament has remained sovereign throughout our membership of the EU.” Those are not my words; they are the words of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. In other words, he has admitted that the notion of taking back sovereignty to this Parliament is nonsense. Some...

• Brexit and Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2017

  In an earlier incarnation, the right hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), who is now the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, assured the people of Scotland that Scotland could expect to have devolved power over its immigration policy after Brexit. Does the Secretary of State still agree with that undertaking?

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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

• Scotland Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Wales Office
• SG First Minister: Diplomatic Relations
• Visas: Married People
• Foreign Relations: Scotland
• Department of Energy and Climate Change: Freedom of Information
• Government Equalities Office: Freedom of Information

Currently held offices

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Europe) (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

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• Has spoken in 58 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Peter Grant’s speeches
• Has received answers to 7 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.
• 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.
• 54 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Grant’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 105 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)