Labour Party MP for Lothian East since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
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| Labour | MP | Lothian East | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Labour ( – present).
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| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | The Ditchley Foundation - Governor | — | Labour | Register record |
| date registered | 6. Land and property | Property in Argyll | — | Labour | Register record |
| date registered | 6. Land and property | Property in East Lothian | — | Labour | Register record |
The UK Government are committed to deepening devolution across Scotland, working in partnership with the Scottish Government to push power out from Holyrood and into the hands of local communities. The Prime Minister has made an open and genuine offer to the Scottish Government, to work together collaboratively to design a new model of regional economic empowerment that is right for Scotland.
The Prime Minister on these Benches was making a very basic and clear comparison, which is that there is no consensus in favour of a border poll in Northern Ireland, and there is certainly no consensus in favour of a referendum in Scotland.
I know how closely my hon. Friend worked with the late great Donald Dewar, Scotland’s first First Minister. He always anticipated that power would not stop at Holyrood’s door but would be pushed out to communities, yet we have ended up with the quite bizarre situation where Scotland is the most devolved nation in the United Kingdom, but still one of the most centralised nations in Europe. We believe that should change.
There is a certain irony in being told how devolution operates by a Conservative party that was deeply resistant to devolution when we established it; and I voted for the Scotland Act 1998. In reality, if people take the trouble to read the Prime Minister’s speech, and it bears reading, he was very clear that deeper devolution in the context of Scotland does not simply involve the transfer of power from one Parliament to another, but instead involves the decentralised agenda that is being driven right across the United Kingdom.
As shown by our decision last week to approve the Jackdaw gasfield, the United Kingdom Government are committed to a pragmatic approach to the North sea. We recognise that domestic oil and gas will continue to play an important part in our energy mix for decades to come.
Conservative Members are experts in dither and delay, and over the decade preceding July 2024 and the election of the Labour Government, alas 70,000 jobs were lost. Of course, we hit peak production in the North sea more than 20 years ago. That is why we need a credible plan for transition, and that is what we are putting in place.
There is a certain irony in the Conservative party lecturing the Government on deindustrialisation in Scotland. In reality, it left an energy system in 2024 that was less secure, more exposed to international shocks, and slower to invest. The hon. Lady’s question might have more credibility had we not agreed Jackdaw just last week.
The Conservative party’s policy towards the North sea was a study in incompetence. The reason we took the decision on Jackdaw last week was that the Conservative Government so messed up the process that we ended up in court.
The point that my hon. Friend makes is well taken. The supply chain supporting oil and gas, and the energy sector more generally, is not limited to the north-east but stretches right across Scotland, including in his Stirling constituency. I hope that he will listen with interest to the words of the Chancellor in just a few minutes’ time.
The SNP-led Government in Edinburgh are not short of opinions on anything, apart from their view on the Jackdaw decision that we reached last week. The First Minister opposed the decision in recent months and the former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that she wanted the “fastest possible just transition” away from oil and gas in the North sea—the SNP seems to have more positions than she has coffee machines.
Held . Recorded result: Lab Gain. Majority 13,265. 48,102 votes cast from an electorate of 75,456. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Alexander | Labour | 23,555 | 49.0% |
| Lyn Jardine | Scottish National Party | 10,290 | 21.4% |
| Scott Hamilton | Conservative | 5,535 | 11.5% |
| Robert Davies | Reform UK | 3,039 | 6.3% |
| Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrat | 2,649 | 5.5% |
| Shona McIntosh | Scottish Green Party | 2,477 | 5.1% |
| George Kerevan | Alba Party | 557 | 1.2% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Lothian EastElected 1 time | – present |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthElected 2 times | – |
| Paisley SouthElected 2 times | – |
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for ScotlandScotland Office | – present |
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office)Cabinet Office | – |
| Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)Department for Business and Trade | – |
| Secretary of State for International DevelopmentDepartment for International Development | – |
| Secretary of State for ScotlandScotland Office | – |
| Secretary of State for TransportDepartment for Transport | – |
| Minister of State (Europe)Foreign and Commonwealth Office | – |
| Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry) (Trade) (also Foreign and Commonwealth Office)Department of Trade and Industry | – |
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Trade) (also Department of Trade and Industry)Foreign and Commonwealth Office | – |
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) and Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterCabinet Office | – |
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office)Cabinet Office | – |
| Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness)Department of Trade and Industry | – |
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shadow Foreign SecretaryForeign and Commonwealth Office | – |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and PensionsDepartment for Work and Pensions | – |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International DevelopmentDepartment for International Development | – |
| Constituency | Date |
|---|---|
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South | |
| Perth | |
| Perth and Kinross |
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