Neil Gray’s voting in Parliament

Neil Gray 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 Neil Gray’s votes.

• 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 for more EU integration Show votes 42 votes for, 3 votes against, 9 absences, between 2016–2018
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 21 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2016
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government

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

Neil Gray has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions 6 Nov 2018

  I welcome HMRC’s rather belated decision to return tax wrongly paid by the Roadchef employees benefit trust. It is clearly now necessary to honour previously made commitments in respect of tax implications for beneficiaries. Did HMRC use its discretion to make that payout, and, if so, on what basis?

• Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) 1 Nov 2018

  It is a pleasure to speak for the SNP on the final day of debating the 2018 Budget and to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke), who is always a hard act to follow. I hope I might be able to provide some detail on the caution that he was unable to deal with in the time available to him. Today, we focus on families and communities. Where better to start in that...

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Airdrie and Shotts

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @NeilGrayMP
• https://facebook.com/NeilGraySNP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Neil Gray campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• HM Treasury
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department of Health
• Universal Credit
• Personal Independence Payment
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Access to Work Programme
• Taxation: Fraud

Currently held offices

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 1 Jul 2018)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (since 30 Oct 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice) (20 Jun 2017 to 1 Jul 2018)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment) (19 Oct 2015 to 20 Jun 2017)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Pamela Nash
• John Reid
• Helen Liddell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 98 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Neil Gray’s speeches
• Has received answers to 109 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 34 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Neil Gray’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 188 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)