David Linden’s voting in Parliament

David Linden 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 David Linden’s votes.

• Consistently voted for more EU integration Show votes 15 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2017–2018
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government

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

David Linden has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 20 Jun 2018

  I have experience of the Boundary Commission for Scotland; there is a particular estate in my constituency and the commission was considering changing the boundaries. The problem that I found in that case was that the Boundary Commission for Scotland reported and the Government took a certain amount of time to consider that report. Is there not a danger here that, although the right hon....

• Public Bill Committee: Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 20 Jun 2018

  It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen, and to see you back in the Chair. I shall be brief, because we have had quite a lot of debate this week. It has been a pleasure to spend Monday, Tuesday and today with the Minister and the shadow Minister. It is apparent to me that one of the most pressing and gripping issues is parliamentary and constitutional reform,...

• Public Bill Committee: Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 20 Jun 2018

  I have a lot of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but that is probably just parliamentary gymnastics in action. When the House of Commons divides and the opinion of the 650 or so Members, who are sent here to represent their constituents, is tested, the Government cannot say, “On these particular votes the House of Commons’ voice can be heard and somehow respected, but those...

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Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow East

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Social Media

• @DavidLinden
• https://facebook.com/DavidLindenMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Scotland Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Jobcentres: Glasgow
• State Retirement Pensions: Females
• Children: Day Care
• Asylum: Appeals
• Visas: Malawi

Currently held offices

• Member, Standing Orders Committee (since 1 Nov 2017)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• SNP Whip (since 20 Jun 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Natalie McGarry
• Margaret Curran
• John Mason
• David Marshall

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 170 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all David Linden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 362 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 79.79% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
• 22 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Linden’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 114 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)