Angus & Perthshire Glens / data
Dave Doogan · Scottish National Party · sitting since 12 Dec 2019 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
2325days
from 12 Dec 2019
Divisions
151
of 504 possible
Attendance
30%
353 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
304
87 debates
Written Qs
170
168 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£327k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 303 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 55 | |
| Economy | 48 | |
| Employment | 37 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Pensions | 13 | |
| Universal Credit | 12 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 10 | |
| Digital and Technology | 8 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 54 | 14,942 |
| Fiscal Policy | 15 | 7,748 |
| Cost Of Living | 17 | 5,448 |
| Defence | 27 | 4,684 |
| Labour Market | 5 | 4,065 |
| Social Care | 5 | 2,970 |
| Local Government | 14 | 2,672 |
| Environment | 8 | 2,623 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on whether to pause the government's new debt recovery powers against people who received Carer's Allowance overpayments until an indep… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Cost of Living7. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales. Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsLabour Market | 18 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Cost of LivingIn just two weeks’ time, the people of Wales will have an opportunity to elect a Government who genuinely care about child poverty in Wales—Plaid Cymru. In Scotland, the Scottish G… Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsLabour Market | 88 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateOn 3 March, during the Chancellor’s vacuous spring statement, I raised with her that the war which had just started in the middle east would have an inevitable and immediate conseq… EnergyEconomy JobsCost Of Living | 131 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | British Industrial Competitiveness SchemeWe were promised a statement on the British industrial competitiveness scheme; we got the Secretary of State talking about foutering around with the energy bills of less than 1% of… EnergyEconomy Jobs | 150 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceWe will disagree on that last point, but I am very happy to agree with the hon. Gentleman on the benefit of complex warship manufacturing in Scotland. It would be nice if it was oc… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 157 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceThe United Kingdom invests so much in the independent nuclear deterrent—more than £100 billion over a 10-year period—but the Government cannot even tell us the 10-year rolling pric… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 123 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceI will make some progress. A key problem for the current Government is that when they took over in 2024, they set great store by their strategic defence review. They said that they… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 309 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceWhatever has gone well in defence and whatever has gone wrong in defence in the United Kingdom over the last 50 years, it is the responsibility of the two main parties, one current… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 335 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceI think the hon. Gentleman thinks that he is being smart. I do not need to be reminded where Trident is based, and neither do the people of Scotland. We do not need to be reminded … DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 134 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateJust three weeks ago at the spring statement, I cautioned the Chancellor that significant fiscal intervention would be required to protect businesses and households in the face of … EnergyCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 121 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Middle EastOne thing that unites the Prime Minister of Israel and the supreme leader of Iran is that neither could care less about what the UK Prime Minister says, and it is difficult to imag… DefenceEnergyEconomy Jobs | 95 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1442)So there was no negotiation, then. | 6 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1442)It is from the £182 million. I will move on to question No. 10 if that is okay, Chair. One of the great things about the way apprenticeships have developed is that you don’t miss t… | 122 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1442)Thank you, Chair. Are you all aware that when we say £20 million from the £182 million, that is £20 million between the devolved nations, not each for the devolved nations? It is a… | 49 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1442)Thank you, Chair. Mr Donoghue, I don’t think it was just you who was surprised that the funding from the UK Government was contingent on match funding. That came as a surprise, as … | 136 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 59 | 34.7% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 42 | 24.7% |
| Treasury | 18 | 10.6% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 13 | 7.6% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 9 | 5.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 8 | 4.7% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 6 | 3.5% |
| Cabinet Office | 5 | 2.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will discuss with Ukraine their deployment to the Straight of Hormuz with the two former Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters which were gifted to Ukraine but which been prevented from t… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact on Scottish communities of the estimated £551 million shortfall between the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed motor finance redress s… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding its proposal to set compensatory interest for motor finance redress at the Bank of England base rate plus one per cent, in t… | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of Scotland’s Defence Growth Deal funding derives from the Defence Industrial Strategy skills package. | Pending |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on allocating a share of the £182 million Defence Industrial Strategy skills package to Scotland. | Pending |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116959 on Taxation: Overpayments, if she will publish the average processing time for HMRC overpayment relief claims in each of the last 12 months. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support she will introduce to assist people with oil heating through the current kerosine price increases. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what the current average processing time is for HMRC overpayment relief claims; and (b) what steps her Department are taking to reduce times in processing those claims. | Answered |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Written Question UIN 77563, answered on the 13 October 2025, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that Ministers are adequately briefed when they present to… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, a) what assessment he has made of the extent to which legacy pension disputes currently being pursued by the Ministry of Defence and Equiniti arise from historical administrative or management erro… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many legacy disputes relating to incorrectly calculated Armed Forces pension entitlements are currently being pursued by Equiniti and the Ministry of Defence; and what the total monetary value… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Norwegian counterpart on finalising the number of Global Combat Ships which BAE will build in Glasgow for that country. | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will immediately release the vetting advice the Prime Minister received prior to the appointment of Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords. | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on the recruitment of young workers in Scotland. | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what regulatory mechanisms exist to require installers to carry out corrective works where insulation products installed under publicly funded energy efficiency schemes are fou… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 16 Jun 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 225 | 24,381 | 7.5% |
| Accommodation | 41 | 21,573 | 6.6% |
| Staffing | 3 | 235,603 | 72.1% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 538 | 0.2% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 805 | 0.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 19,436 | 5.9% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 24,502 | 7.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 9 | 14,859 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 8,900 |
| Pooled Staffing Services | Staffing | 1 | 8,000 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 24 | 6,338 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 19 | 5,752 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 11 | 4,558 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 61 | 2,270 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 26 | 1,641 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 29 | 1,605 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 23 | 1,323 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 11 | 1,251 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 10 | 1,022 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 0 | Repaid |
| 04 Jun 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 0 | Repaid |
| 04 Jun 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 0 | Repaid |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011798-420] | 10 | Paid |
| 03 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011798-422] | 21 | Paid |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011798-423] | 10 | Paid |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011798-421] | 10 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Staffing Pooled Staffing Services | Scottish National Party Research Team (SNP) | 8,000 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-10535] | 126 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,241 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-9672] | 30 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-7443] | 132 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone Bill, direct debit taken 29th March [200011797-297] | 24 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,300 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | WIX.COM [***] [200011725-4412] | 360 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE [200011725-5864] | 34 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | PITLOCHRYLIFE.CO.UK [200011725-6546] | 108 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 127 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 38 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | PITLOCHRYLIFE.CO.UK [200011725-3363] | 108 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Councillor, Perth and Kinross Council from 1st January 2020. I receive no allowances for this role.
(Registered 7 January 2020)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 27 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blairgowrie Glens | Bob Brawn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 918 | 05 May 2022 |
| Blairgowrie Glens | Caroline Shiers | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,202 | 05 May 2022 |
| Blairgowrie Glens | Tom McEwan | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,101 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brechin Edzell | Chris Beattie | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,341 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brechin Edzell | Gavin Nicol | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,271 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brechin Edzell | Jill Scott | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 804 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forfar District | Ian McLaren | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 869 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forfar District | Linda Clark | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,270 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forfar District | Lynne Devine | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 810 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forfar District | Ross Greig | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,158 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highland | John Duff | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,110 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highland | Mike Williamson | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 856 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highland | Xander McDade | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 977 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kirriemuir Dean | George Meechan | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 574 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kirriemuir Dean | Julie Bell | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,321 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kirriemuir Dean | Ronnie Proctor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 962 | 05 May 2022 |
| Montrose District | Bill Duff | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 894 | 05 May 2022 |
| Montrose District | Iain Gall | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,124 | 05 May 2022 |
| Montrose District | Kenny Braes | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,090 | 05 May 2022 |
| Montrose District | Tommy Stewart | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 732 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathmore | Colin Stewart | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,174 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathmore | Grant Stewart | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,780 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathmore | Hugh Anderson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,032 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathmore | Jack Welch | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 671 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathtay | Claire Margaret McLaren | Liberal Democrats | 962 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathtay | Grant Laing | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,328 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathtay | Ian James | Conservative and Unionist Party | 972 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
Demographic profile unavailable for this constituency.
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.