Stirling & Strathallan / data
Chris Kane · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
390
of 504 possible
Attendance
77%
114 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
325
55 debates
Written Qs
34
34 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£222k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 197 claims
Interests
4
4 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 95 | |
| Economy | 79 | |
| Employment | 49 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Crime & Policing | 29 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 26 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Housing | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | 16 | 4,979 |
| Economy Jobs | 16 | 4,330 |
| Culture Community | 7 | 3,615 |
| Education | 5 | 2,669 |
| Cost Of Living | 6 | 2,220 |
| Social Care | 7 | 2,095 |
| Health | 4 | 1,650 |
| Defence | 2 | 991 |
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.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Mountain RescueThank you, Ms Lewell, for calling me back. Please give me one second to find out where I was—is it still Tuesday? As I was saying, if we want to avoid such situations in the future… Social CareLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 278 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Mountain RescueAs a former council leader, I always say that the Scottish Government have to keep on top of what that figure is and invest in it, because volumes can change, and the amount of mon… Social CareLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 95 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Mountain RescueIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. In Stirling and Strathallan we are served by three outstanding teams: Lomond Mountain Rescue Team, based in Drymen; Ki… Social CareLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 436 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I refer to paragraph 3.26 on page 42 of the Report, on your role as a convenor and enabler. Paragraph 3.26 talks about “common resilience issues and opportunities,” such as cyber-t… | 99 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)Paragraph 3.27 of the Report says that some museums and galleries “consider that DCMS could do more to help through its convening role to facilitate and support greater collaborati… | 131 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)There are a lot of good things there. Your enthusiasm for all of this is coming through. Let us try to unpack some of that. I think my colleague Sarah is going to talk in a minute … | 144 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)It is the sharing I am interested in. They are the best example, but you are supporting 14 other museums, and you have dozens and dozens of other museums around the country that wo… | 69 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I am going to try to bring this all together very quickly; I know I am pushing my luck. I love what I am hearing, but it feels like, although you are convening everybody there, you… | 127 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)I am conscious that I only have a little while before the Chair takes me off the gallery floor and puts me back into storage, so can we talk about sharing financial costs? Paragrap… | 84 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-20)Cyber is about the sort of bad stuff, and we will have to help them as much as we can, but what about some of the good stuff around digitising collections? I guess that is laboriou… | 97 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Voluntary Groups and Community CentresIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I approach this debate from a position of experience, because I have seen volunteering and community centres from many … Culture CommunityLocal GovernmentSocial Care | 842 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1805)Is the cost to replace a weapon that you have fired the same as the cost to plan to do it? | 21 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1805)I am very conscious of time, and I want to crack on and ask a couple of other questions, if that is okay. I suspect America is now firing more missiles than it was planning on buyi… | 86 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1805)You have talked about the ability to surge production, and to go to 24-hour shifts if necessary. How long could you sustain that before it became the norm, or before it broke? Temp… | 67 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1805)I am conscious that I have had a very good conversation with you, Bob. I have enjoyed it, but I wonder if Steve and Dominic want to add anything to what we have been talking about. | 36 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland Office | 9 | 26.5% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 5 | 14.7% |
| Treasury | 3 | 8.8% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 8.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 3 | 8.8% |
| Home Office | 3 | 8.8% |
| Department for Education | 2 | 5.9% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2 | 5.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce fuel poverty among households reliant on domestic heating oil as their primary source of heating. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support he is providing to households in rural and off-gas-grid areas reliant on heating oil as their primary source of heat. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what cost of living support measures are available to households in rural and off-gas-grid areas where domestic heating oil is commonly used as the primary source of heating. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in rural and off-gas-grid areas in the last 12 months. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on tackling fuel poverty and providing cost of living support for households in rural and off-gas-grid… | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Charity Worker Visa applications have been granted in each year of the operation of that visa route. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the contribution made to the social and charitable sectors by volunteers on the Charity Worker Visa route. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the answer to UIN 92453 of 21 November 2025, what further assessment will be made of the Disability Confident scheme, and what action will be taken to assess employees and appl… | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the adequacy of the VAT exemption on mobility devices. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2024 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for naturalisation as a British citizen were processed within the UK Visas and Immigration six-month service standard in the latest period f… | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has has been made on ensuring appropriate treatment for people suffering from epilepsy; and what steps he has taken to implement the 2018 review by Dame Sally Davies… | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what community-led rural gigabit broadband projects are in development with Building Digital UK. | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support rural community organisations undertaking community-led broadband installations. | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking taken to (a) encourage growth in, (b) support small scale craft produce in and (c) reduce barriers to entry to the spirits industry. | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress she has been made in removing dangerous cladding from building across the UK. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts 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 | 146 | 29,869 | 13.5% |
| Accommodation | 26 | 19,873 | 9.0% |
| Staffing | 1 | 142,702 | 64.4% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 324 | 0.1% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 4,824 | 2.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,454 | 2.0% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 19,645 | 8.9% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 34 | 10,126 |
| Rent | Accommodation | 5 | 10,022 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 17 | 8,790 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 5,737 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 3 | 3,932 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 49 | 2,752 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 6 | 1,729 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 7 | 1,677 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 14 | 1,337 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 978 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 722 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 0 | Repaid |
| 08 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 0 | Repaid |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaning - March 2025 [200011798-523] | 72 | Paid |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 33 | Paid |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 20 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | SBC LIMITED [200011798-519] | 756 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | SBC LIMITED [200011798-520] | 193 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 167 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | -106 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -378 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | SUMUP STIRLING REUSE [200011725-10194] | 25 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Miscellaneous Removals | Moving office furniture from Unit 15/16 to Unit 44 | 324 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | SQ STIRLING COUNTY (B [200011725-5408] | 900 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 38 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | ALDI 23 777 [200011725-6784] | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Banner March 2025 | 35 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 189 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 149 | 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.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1 entry
17 Sept 2025
Name of donor: Festivals Edinburgh Limited
Address of donor: Room 9/50 City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August 2025, value £860
Date received: 16 August 2025 to 16 August 2025
Date accepted: 16 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration SC331673
(Registered 15 September 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
13 May 2025
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: House of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £647.52 2nd April 2025 - reimbursement payment for 1 x return flight from London to Bahrain
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025
Purpose of visit: To undertake a visit as part of my participation in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.
(Registered 8 May 2025)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Name of company or organisation: Bee Herd Media Ltd
Nature of business: marketing consultancy and digital content creation
Held jointly with or on behalf of: jointly with my wife
(Registered 17 July 2024)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Unpaid Director with Bee Herd Media Ltd.
(Registered 17 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 23 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannockburn | Alasdair MacPherson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 955 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bannockburn | Brian Hambly | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 749 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bannockburn | Margaret Brisley | Labour Party | 762 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dunblane Bridge Of Allan | David Wilson | Labour Party | — | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Forth Endrick | Gerry McGarvey | Labour Party | 846 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forth Endrick | Paul Henke | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,130 | 05 May 2022 |
| Forth Endrick | Rosemary Fraser | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,451 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling East | Bryan Flannagan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 893 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling East | Chris Kane | Labour Party | 829 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling East | Gerry McLaughlan | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,177 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling North | Danny Gibson | Labour Party | 1,029 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling North | Jim Thomson | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 642 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling North | Rachel Nunn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,161 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling North | Susan McGill | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,305 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling West | Jen Preston | Labour Party | 1,100 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling West | Neil Benny | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,313 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stirling West | Scott Farmer | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,207 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathallan | Crawford Reid | Conservative and Unionist Party | 812 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathallan | Keith Allan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,420 | 05 May 2022 |
| Strathallan | Steven Carr | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,048 | 05 May 2022 |
| Trossachs Teith | Elaine Watterson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 385 | 05 May 2022 |
| Trossachs Teith | Gene Maxwell | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1,031 | 05 May 2022 |
| Trossachs Teith | Martin Earl | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,031 | 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.