About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Alison Taylor) represents you, and all of the people who live in Paisley and Renfrewshire North, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North

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

Social Media

• @alisonstaylormp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Manufacturing Industries: Scotland
• Listed Places of Worship Grant Schemen: Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• Private Education: Scotland
• Foreign Investment in UK and Job Creation: Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• Floods: Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Currently held offices

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gavin Newlands
• Jim Sheridan

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Listed Places of Worship Grant Schemen: Paisley and Renfrewshire North 3 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme on Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency; and if she will make it her policy to review that Scheme beyond March 2025.

• Water Bill 28 Mar 2025

  I am grateful to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) for bringing this important debate to the House. I could definitely hear him on the Back Benches, so I thank him for that. In Scotland, thanks to a Labour Scottish Executive, water was retained in public hands. While that does not mean that everything is perfect in Scotland, it does provide a good...

• Resettlement of Ukrainians: Coatbridge 26 Mar 2025

  I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing forward this important debate. In my constituency, like his, we have a number of Ukrainian families, who are most welcome, contributing to both the community and the economy. I commend all the organisations that have employed refugees, and I take this opportunity to thank Glasgow airport, which in 2022 invited those arriving in Paisley to a jobs fair,...

More of Alison Taylor’s recent appearances