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.

• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 30 votes for, 2 votes against, 10 absences, between 2017–2019

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David Linden has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 9 Apr 2019

Recent appearances

• Jewish Community: Contribution to the UK — [Sir David Amess in the Chair] 13 Jun 2019

  As always, it is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair and to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. As hon. Members have done, I pay tribute to the hon. Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) for securing and opening the debate. I have the pleasure of winding up on behalf of the Scottish National party. Although it has been a very short debate, and not a lot of hon. Members...

• Business of the House 13 Jun 2019

  May we have a debate in Government time on the privatisation of visa processing? My Swinton constituent, Jack McGruer, wants his fiancé Sarah to come over from Brazil, but due to a breakdown between the Home Office and VFS Global, they find themselves in limbo. Can the Leader of the House use his good offices to help me intervene with the Home Office, and try to get them out of limbo and...

• Sudan 13 Jun 2019

  Sudan finds itself sixth in the Open Doors world watch list for persecution of Christians and we know that the 2 million Christians there are under extreme persecution, in particular in the Nuba mountains where thousands of Christians have been slaughtered and displaced, so this is a serious issue. Will the Minister consider the calls from Christian Solidarity Worldwide to convene a special...

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Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow East

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

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Home Office
• Scotland Office
• HM Treasury
• Jobcentres: Glasgow
• Azerbaijan: Christianity
• State Retirement Pensions: Females
• Food Banks: Scotland
• Children: Day Care

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)
• Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee (25 out of 31)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 142 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all David Linden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 175 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 71.90% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 201 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)