MP for East Renfrewshire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
“A highly loyal Labour MP who has occasionally rebelled on end-of-life amendments and now serves as a junior minister in the Department for Business and Trade.”
Blair McDougall is a Labour (Co-op) MP for East Renfrewshire, first elected on 4 July 2024. He served on the Foreign Affairs Committee in 2024–25 and was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade in September 2025.
McDougall shows very high party loyalty (99%), but attendance is notably low at 15% (below the party average of 34%). He generally supports workers’ rights protections and trade union powers, and also backs protest rights and VAT changes, while more often voting against transgender rights, prison sentencing, and publicly owned railways. He has had several rebel votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025, voting against his party on some amendments and new clauses.
Seven declared financial interests, all categorised as Miscellaneous.
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: 34%
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.
Railways Bill: Third Reading
AYERailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
NORailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
NORailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1
NORailways Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
AYEArmed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOArmed Forces Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
NOParliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Government role · 7 Sept 2025
Foreign Affairs Committee
Parliamentary role · 21 Oct 2024
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.
