MP for East Renfrewshire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Blair McDougall is the Labour (Co-op) MP for East Renfrewshire, elected in July 2024. He served on the Foreign Affairs Committee from October 2024 to October 2025. Since September 2025 he has been Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade.
His voting pattern shows strong party loyalty (98%), but a notably low attendance (13%) and five rebel votes, indicating occasional cross-party positions. He has generally supported workers’ rights protections, trade union powers and renter protections. He has tended to oppose tougher prison sentences and regulation of bus services, with a mixed voting pattern on climate change measures and transgender rights.
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Generated 21 February 2026
2 positions
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Since Sept 2025
Foreign Affairs Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has voted a mixture of ways on renter protections
has almost always voted against transgender rights
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1
13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2
13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24
20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12
20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77
20 Jun 2025
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading