A selection of Stewart McDonald's votes

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• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 20 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2016
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Generally 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 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, in 2016

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House: Points of Order 20 Apr 2017

  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. It is not related to the previous point of order.

• Business of the House: Points of Order 20 Apr 2017

  Breaking with all convention, I think this actually is a point of order, Mr Speaker. The crux of my question to the Leader of the House concerned Government announcements and purdah. I have no idea whether there will be an announcement on which jobcentres they intend to close. Could you advise me, Mr Speaker? Is there anything to stop the Government making that announcement between now and...

• Business of the House 20 Apr 2017

  It is good to follow our answer to Arthur Scargill, Mr Speaker—with a bit of Glasgow finesse no less. It has been some two years since I was elected to this Parliament. I have to say that at the start of it I did not think that, two years in, we would have left the European Union and I would be on my second Prime Minister. Hopefully, in a few weeks’ time, I will be on my third...

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Former Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow South

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @stewartmcdonald
• https://facebook.com/Stewart-McDonald-for-Glasgow-South-829281410428713

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Stewart McDonald campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Transport
• HM Treasury
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Scotland Office
• Jobcentres: Glasgow
• Volkswagen
• Vauxhall
• High Speed 2 Railway Line: Scotland
• Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Transport Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tom Harris

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Stewart McDonald’s speeches
• Has received answers to 74 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 59.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 93 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 64 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)