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.

• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• 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 for more EU integration Show votes 39 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, between 2016–2018
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2016

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: 13 Jun 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Home Office: Written Questions 1 Aug 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to Answer the Named Day Questions 136668, 136669 and 136670 tabled by the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts which were due for answer on 24 April 2018.

• Esa Underpayments 19 Jul 2018

  This is the latest in a long line of concessions forced on the UK Government by campaigners and the courts. In this case, I pay tribute to the efforts of the Child Poverty Action Group for achieving this victory for more than 70,000 disabled people in the face of the DWP’s “culture of indifference”, as described by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee. More than 70,000...

• Exiting the European Union: Devolved Administrations 19 Jul 2018

  What discussions his Department has had with the devolved Administrations on the content of the White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, published on 12 July 2018.

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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
• Personal Independence Payment
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Access to Work Programme
• Taxation: Fraud
• Corporation Tax: Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

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 95 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Neil Gray’s speeches
• Has received answers to 104 written questions in the last year — 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 73.71% 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") 177 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)