MP for East Renfrewshire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
“A Labour Co-op MP and junior minister who is highly loyal to the party but has unusually low voting attendance and has rebelled on terminally ill end-of-life amendments in 2025.”
Blair McDougall is the Labour Co-op MP for East Renfrewshire, elected in July 2024. He serves as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade (from September 2025) and previously sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee (2024–2025).
He shows very high party loyalty (98%) but very low voting attendance (14% of votes). He has a mixed voting record on many issues, generally backing workers’ rights protections and trade union powers, and supporting renter protections, while often opposing tougher prison sentences and bus regulation; he also has a mixed stance on climate measures and gender rights.
Declares seven miscellaneous financial interests.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 33%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
2 positions
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Since Sept 2025
Foreign Affairs Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Government role · 7 Sept 2025
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
