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 random selection of David Linden’s votes.

• Voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2020. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2019–2022.
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 45 votes for, 2 votes against, 14 absences, between 2017–2022.
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, between 2021–2022.
• Voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2018–2021.
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 3 votes for, 7 votes against, between 2021–2022.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence 25 May 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses automated decision making.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Pension Wise 25 May 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the midlife MOT review announced in the Spring Budget 2023 on improving the uptake of Pension Wise guidance.

• Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Women and Equalities: Artificial Intelligence 24 May 2023

  To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government Equalities Office uses automated decision making.

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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
• Home Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Scotland Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Members: Correspondence
• Jobcentres: Glasgow
• Azerbaijan: Christianity
• Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
• Food Banks: Scotland

Currently held offices

• Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee (since 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (since 11 Jan 2023)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 9 Jan 2023)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice) (since 12 Dec 2022)
• Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (since 16 Nov 2022)
• Member, Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill Committee (since 19 Oct 2022)
• Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee (since 7 Sep 2022)
• Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (since 20 Jul 2022)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (1 Feb 2021 to 29 Mar 2022)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (7 Jan 2020 to 1 Feb 2021)
• Member, Standing Orders Committee (1 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Procedure Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• SNP Whip (20 Jun 2017 to 7 Jan 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

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

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

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

• Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• UK Infrastructure Bank Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parliamentary Constituencies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• 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 32)