Kirsty Blackman’s voting in Parliament
Kirsty Blackman 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 random selection of Kirsty Blackman’s votes.
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Consistently voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes
0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2015–2016.
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Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes
69 votes for, 7 votes against, 15 absences, between 2017–2022.
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Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2016–2020.
Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
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Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes
1 vote for, 29 votes against, 4 absences, between 2015–2022.
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Generally voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2020.
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Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes
1 vote for, 3 votes against, 1 absence, between 2016–2020.
Last updated: 18 May 2022.
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Kirsty Blackman has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.
Recent appearances
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The UN figures are actually for goods and services, so the UK is sixth in the G7, at 6% growth, behind Canada, the US, Italy, France and Germany, on 22%. Those are UN figures on goods and services.
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It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell). I am not sure that I can be quite as animated as he was during his speech, but I will do my best. The issue was clearly laid out by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas), with the stats on exports. The Government are incredibly positive about how wonderful exports are, but...
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The party’s policy is that every new oil and gas licence should go through a rigorous environmental assessment. As much as the Conservatives try to paint it as something else, that is the party’s policy. The vast majority of my constituents who contact me would like no new licences to be granted. Far more constituents contacted me to tell me that Cambo was a disaster and should not go...
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Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen North
Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election
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Topics of interest
Kirsty Blackman campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Home Office
- Treasury
- HM Treasury
- Ministry of Defence
- Devolution: England
- Scotland Office: Publications
- Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
- Tribunals: Scotland
- Personal Independence Payment
Currently held offices
- Member, Procedure Committee (since 12 Sep 2023)
- Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 12 Sep 2023)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (since 12 Dec 2022)
- Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (since 10 Feb 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
- Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 21 Feb 2023)
- Member, Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 15 Dec 2022)
- Member, Online Safety Bill Committee (18 May 2022 to 28 Jun 2022)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (29 Mar 2022 to 12 Dec 2022)
- Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 8 Nov 2022)
- Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
- Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
- Member, Procedure Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 5 Jan 2022)
- Member, Procedure Committee (24 Jun 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (18 Jul 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (31 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (12 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- SNP Deputy Leader (20 Jun 2017 to 1 Jul 2020)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy) (20 Jun 2017 to 7 Jan 2020)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy) (20 Jun 2017 to 7 Jan 2020)
- Member, Scottish Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 5 Sep 2016)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Lords) (20 May 2015 to 20 Jun 2017)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 18 Sep 2023.
Name of donor: The Antisemitism Policy Trust
Address of donor:
BM 5369, London WC1N 3XX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Eurostar (£393), taxis (£5), accommodation (£591) and ground costs (£50), total value £1,039
Destination of visit: Brussels
Dates of visit: 26-28 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Delegation of MPs with the
APPG Against Antisemitism to visit Brussels for a conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Taskforce to Combat Antisemitism Online.
(Registered 30 June 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
From 5 September 2017 until 18 May 2023, non-executive director (unpaid) of New City Agenda; a not-for-profit think tank aiming to develop ideas and research on financial services policy. (Registered 11 September 2017; updated 04 July 2023)
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