Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock / data
Elaine Stewart · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
303
of 504 possible
Attendance
60%
201 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
179
39 debates
Written Qs
6
6 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£208k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 144 claims
Interests
3
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 77 | |
| Economy | 52 | |
| Crime & Policing | 39 | |
| Education | 24 | |
| Energy | 21 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 20 | |
| Employment | 19 | |
| Planning | 18 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 14 | 2,792 |
| Labour Market | 3 | 1,849 |
| Education | 2 | 1,472 |
| Defence | 6 | 632 |
| Fiscal Policy | 4 | 599 |
| Social Care | 3 | 513 |
| Transport | 2 | 445 |
| Technology | 1 | 364 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protect… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)After the recent global energy shock, how realistic is the Government’s target to reduce bills by £300 by 2030? | 19 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)The Scottish Government are piloting giving communities the opportunity to lease land to repower wind farms. What assessment has been made of that model? Can it be adopted across t… | 31 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)Minister, what are the biggest barriers to this Government successfully achieving clean power by 2030? | 15 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)What is the breakdown for how that £1 billion of funding will be allocated across the four nations? | 18 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)Minister, we know that we need a huge mix of energy to get to that target. What challenges have you met trying to engage the Scottish Government over nuclear energy? | 30 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)Minister, why is the target of generating 8 GW of community energy by 2030 included in the clean power action plan but not the local power plan? | 27 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)Are there any examples of best practice of implementing emergency plans in such cases? | 14 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)We know from the impact of Storm Amy in Tiree that telecoms systems suffered critical failure. Residents often don’t know who to turn to for support. What do you think can be done … | 47 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)On the back of that, how many customers have left your network as a result of that disruption? | 18 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)I suspect the resilience that you are all bringing in should hopefully bring some of the customers back to you. Would that be what you would be looking for? | 29 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)How many days were you out for? | 7 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)Thinking back to the 2025 outage, how many customers were affected and for how long? That is to each of you, so I will start with you, Ms Davidson. | 29 |
| 02 Apr 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1461)What measures are providers putting in place to address the climate-related risks and reducing single points of failure on the network? | 21 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseFor my constituents who have been affected by the loan charge, the McCann review is a long-anticipated step towards bringing a year of uncertainty to an end. However, some individu… DefenceCost Of LivingLocal Government | 87 |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)It is great to hear that. That innovation is happening in Ayr now; they are selling the electricity back to the schools, and the community is getting the benefit out of that. It is… | 63 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 2 | 33.3% |
| Scotland Office | 2 | 33.3% |
| Ministry of Defence | 1 | 16.7% |
| Women and Equalities | 1 | 16.7% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Jan 2026 | Scotland Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle child poverty in Scotland. | Answered |
| 09 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support Typhoon production. | Answered |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much of the onshore wind pipeline in the Eskdalemuir consultation zone his Department plans to see unlocked in the forthcoming solution to onshore wind development around t… | Answered |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the exclusion zone on the development of wind farms around the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array. | Answered |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Scotland Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support grassroots football in Scotland. | Answered |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Women and Equalities | To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote equality as part of the Government mission entitled Break Down Barriers to Opportunity. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 28 Oct 2024 | 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 | 109 | 30,770 | 14.8% |
| Accommodation | 13 | 20,283 | 9.8% |
| Staffing | 1 | 133,299 | 64.1% |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | 919 | 0.4% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 17,586 | 8.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 5,139 | 2.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 8 | 16,764 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 5,880 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 7 | 5,190 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 7 | 5,027 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 27 | 3,771 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 5 | 3,518 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 2,535 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 2,300 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 10 | 1,534 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,432 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 5 | 1,309 |
| Business rates | Office Costs | 4 | 921 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 334 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 42 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -453 | Paid |
| 29 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 60 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 155 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 792 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | EE LIMITED [200011725-5577] [200011799-224] | 38 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WH SMITH AYR HIGH STRE [200011725-3848] | 10 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | March Rent [200011799-229] | 1,417 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 147 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 422 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 141 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 1,756 | Paid |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | 141 | Paid |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 258 | Paid |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Cleaner till end March | 200 | Paid |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Cleaner 17 & 20 Feb | 80 | 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. Miscellaneous3 entries
16 Aug 2024
Volunteer and Treasurer of Doon valley amateur boxing club. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)
16 Aug 2024
Unpaid director for the local community-run post office.
(Registered 2 August 2024)
16 Aug 2024
Director of Dalmellington Parish Development trust. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 4 wards, 11 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr East | Brian McGinley | Labour Party | 814 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr East | Chris Cullen | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,377 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr East | Mary Kilpatrick | Conservative and Unionist Party | 959 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr West | Bob Shields | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,909 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr West | George Weir | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,217 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr West | Lee Lyons | Conservative and Unionist Party | 699 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ayr West | Martin Dowey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,271 | 05 May 2022 |
| Doon Valley | Drew Filson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,077 | 05 May 2022 |
| Doon Valley | Elaine Stewart | Labour Party | 894 | 05 May 2022 |
| Doon Valley | Jennifer Hogg | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 803 | 05 May 2022 |
| Girvan South Carrick | Alan Lamont | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 21 Sept 2023 |
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.