Labour Party MP for Glasgow East since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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185
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3
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Declared while sitting for Labour
£7,330
2 of 3 entries state an amount
| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | MP | Glasgow East | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Labour ( – present).
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Totals add only the entries that declare an amount received: payments for work, donations, gifts, and funded visits (register categories 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Ongoing employment is listed but not added, because its figure is a rate rather than a sum received. Each entry is dated by when the benefit happened, not when it was registered, and placed under the party the member sat for on that date. A member who changed party therefore has a separate total for each.
| Date | Category | Entry | Declared value | Sitting for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Gifts, UK sources | Royal Aeronautical Society - £330.00 | £330 | Labour | Register record | |
| 4. Visits outside the UK | International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar | £7,000 | Labour | Register record | |
| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | I am admitted as a solicitor by the Law Society of Scotland. | — | Labour | Register record |
<Question HRSContentId="{02C3196F-EA33-409D-B95C-D1D0C9E842EF}">4. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{1B6D15CF-BAF4-44D5-946F-4933E138CD90}">What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support clean energy projects in Scotland.</QuestionText> </Question>
Large clean energy projects and transmission project lines need planning consent from the Scottish Government. Delays mean that Scottish electricity consumers pay more. In a recent report, CBI Scotland says: “Planning is the concern business leaders across Scotland raise with us most consistently, and the frustrations they describe are…too much inconsistency, not enough speed” and a growing sense that planning has become a barrier to investment and growth—a responsibility of the Scottish Government. Does the Minister agree that the Scottish Government need to get a grip on the planning system?
<Question HRSContentId="{5186224A-8593-4909-A81F-3113DE5FAF26}">6. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{CFD873E1-683F-4F0D-B6A6-A19EFF3C61C4}">What progress her Department has made on reducing levels of knife crime. </QuestionText></Question>
I am concerned about young people and knife crime in my home city of Glasgow. Victim Support Scotland has asked the Scottish Government to carry out a comprehensive review of why young people become involved in knife crime and how effective Scottish programmes are at preventing it. This is backed by my constituent, Neil McCrimmon, and his family. Their beloved son Kory was stabbed to death, and the family has campaigned with great courage against knife crime. I fully support Victim Support Scotland’s call for a comprehensive review. Will the Home Secretary confirm that she would support the Scottish Government, were they to carry out such a review?
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for securing this debate.<span id="307WH" class="column-number" data-column-number="307WH"></span> I regularly meet fantastic employers in Glasgow who want to employ young people, but the college places to train them in the skills those businesses need are not available. That is an absolute failure and is making Glasgow poorer, despite the fact that we have fantastic opportunities in manufacturing. Glasgow has a city deal through the Glasgow city region. That is something to build on for regional devolution, because it is local employers, local businesses and local colleges that understand how best to get the skills in place to grow the local and regional economy, but we have an absolutely botched reform of local government being carried out in Scotland in the minute—the SNP is making a complete mess of it. The Prime Minister was right when he spoke in Scotland on Friday about the need to get power out of Edinburgh and into the city regions and the regions of Scotland, so we can help businesses to thrive, give young people the opportunities we want them to have, and seize Scotland’s great future.
The Conservatives show remarkable flexibility when it comes to the triple lock, but absolute commitment to the reckless management of public finances and uncosted pledges. Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State confirm the following points to pensioners in Glasgow East and Scotland: that the triple lock will remain in place until 2030; that, following 2030, the pension will always keep track with prices; and further, that it will rise more than that, if needed, to keep its relative value for earnings? Will he confirm that Scottish pensioners are protected under our proposals, that no pensioner will lose money as a result of our proposals and that the Labour party always has Scottish pensioners’ backs?
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate and for focusing so well on the human costs. Many constituents have come to me about this issue. They are living in poverty and misery, having given decades of service to the British people. This is an absolute scandal. Quite simply, the backlog flows from the repeated, serious failures of Capita, and Capita has very serious questions to answer. I have a <span id="574WH" class="column-number" data-column-number="574WH"></span>great deal of sympathy with those who argue that this should be brought in house, both for the sake of the staff working at Capita who, as my hon. Friend explained so well, are suffering from immense stress, and so that constituents across Britain who have given decades of public service can have confidence that they will be treated properly and be able to access their pensions on time.
<Question HRSContentId="{450F1CC4-612A-474D-BC67-14F5959893C5}">6. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{FA51A89F-CAFC-42AF-BAA9-8891CD13CBB2}">What steps she is taking to help reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.</QuestionText> </Question>
Over the summer, I met many brilliant businesses in Glasgow East that are desperate and determined to give young people apprenticeships, opening the door to a lifetime of opportunities. However, many of them told me that they have to give young people basic training in maths to help them thrive in jobs such as plumbing, joinery and welding. They rightly think that schools in Glasgow and across Scotland should be teaching this. Does my right hon. Friend agree that much more needs to be done in Scotland to improve the teaching of maths in schools?
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s emphasis on international law, which is important in Gaza and the west bank, but also elsewhere. In Sudan, people who have committed atrocities involving babies and children at El Fasher’s hospital must also be held to account. Will my right hon. Friend reaffirm our Government’s absolute commitment to the independence and proper resourcing of the international court?
Held . Recorded result: Lab Gain. Majority 3,784. 35,445 votes cast from an electorate of 68,987. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Grady | Labour | 15,543 | 43.9% |
| David Linden | Scottish National Party | 11,759 | 33.2% |
| Amy Kettyles | Scottish Green Party | 2,727 | 7.7% |
| Donnie McLeod | Reform UK | 2,371 | 6.7% |
| Thomas Kerr | Conservative | 1,707 | 4.8% |
| Matthew Clark | Liberal Democrat | 872 | 2.5% |
| Liam McLaughlan | Scottish Socialist Party | 466 | 1.3% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Glasgow EastElected 1 time | – present |
| Committee | Dates |
|---|---|
| Pension Schemes Bill | – |
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | – |
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | – present |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | – |
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | – |
| Treasury Committee | – |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | – |
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