About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Torcuil Crichton) represents you, and all of the people who live in Na h-Eileanan an Iar, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Scotland Office
• Department for Transport
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Emergency Services: Voluntary Organisations
• Rescue Services: Shetland
• Energy: Scotland
• Rural Areas: Scotland
• Question

Currently held offices

• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Great British Energy Bill Committee (11 Sep 2024 to 15 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Angus MacNeil
• Calum MacDonald
• Donald Stewart
• Malcolm Macmillan
• Thomas Ramsay
• William Cotts
• Donald Murray

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Great British Energy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Recent appearances

• Scotland: Broadcasting: Scotland 9 Jul 2025

  What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the broadcasting sector in Scotland.

• Scotland: Broadcasting: Scotland 9 Jul 2025

  We islanders have always been international ambassadors, and I am delighted that some of the Lewis chess pieces are going to France—a little bit of Gaelic Scotland in President Macron’s pocket. Gaelic broadcasting also has a global reach: 1.8 million viewers watched “An t-Eilean”, MG Alba’s detective series. Gaelic is a big part of Brand Scotland. Requesting more money for...

• Business of the House 3 Jul 2025

  We have experienced some cruel heat in this Chamber this week, but in Na h-Eileanan an Iar schools have already broken for the summer. Before they left for their holidays, the P5 pupils of Stornoway primary gave me a lesson, in Gaelic and in English, on their anti-bullying strategy. Does the Leader of the House agree that the values of Stornoway primary’s anti-bullying strategy, driven by...

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