Kirsten Oswald’s voting in Parliament

Kirsten Oswald 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 Kirsten Oswald’s votes.

• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2016
• Generally voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2020
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 20 votes for, 4 votes against, 2 absences, between 2016–2020
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Consistently voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2015–2016

Last updated: 25 Feb 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Kirsten Oswald has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: NHS: Recruitment 27 May 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) instructions and (b) guidance (i) he and (ii) NHS England has issued to recruiters of staff to temporary roles in the test, trace, isolate phase of virus control on the recruitment of people on furlough from private sector jobs.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme 22 May 2020

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2020 to Question 43961 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, what discussions he has had with (a) the Home Secretary and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on enforcement of the obligation on employers to utilise funds paid under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in accordance with clause 2.2 of the Schedule to the Treasury...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme 22 May 2020

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2020 to Question 43961 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which of the 20,024 weblinks that are returned when the search query HMRC iForm is entered into the search facility of the GOV.UK website contains the iForm referred to in that Answer.

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for East Renfrewshire

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @kirstenoswald
• https://facebook.com/KirstenOswaldEastRenfrewshire

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kirsten Oswald campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Work and Pensions
• HM Treasury
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
• Carers' Benefits
• Armed Forces: Complaints
• Investment Trusts
• Unmanned Air Vehicles

Currently held offices

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) (since 7 Jan 2020)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Wales) (since 7 Jan 2020)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work, Pensions and Inclusion) (since 7 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 24 Nov 2015)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Armed Forces and Veterans) (20 May 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jim Murphy
• Allan Stewart

Future MPs in this constituency

• Paul Masterton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

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

• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Kirsten Oswald’s speeches
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — 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 80.43% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  Note SNP MPs do not generally vote on legislation not affecting Scotland, as these matters are devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 107 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)