Alan Gemmell.

A steady Labour loyalist who has not once broken with his party since entering parliament in 2024, Alan Gemmell has been most visible recently on national security legislation. In June 2026 he voted to restrict debate time on the National Security (State Threats) Bill and opposed a series of amendments that would have added judicial oversight and human rights safeguards — backing the government's position that the bill as drafted strikes the right balance on security powers.

At 81% voting participation, Gemmell sits a little below the Commons average but is not conspicuously absent. His 100% party alignment makes him one of Labour's more reliable lobby votes. Stance data shows strong alignment on workers' rights and housing, but markedly low scores on civil liberties (12%), parliamentary scrutiny (11%), and welfare expansion (24% against a Labour average of 40%). His speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, defence, and fiscal policy. He deviates from his Labour peers notably on assisted dying — backing access at a higher rate than most of his colleagues — and shows above-average alignment on public health and armed forces welfare.

Outside the chamber, Gemmell has pursued visible constituency work: lobbying for Red Arrows jets to be built at Prestwick Airport (potentially 4,000 jobs), pushing for North Ayrshire to secure AI Growth Zone status after six months of direct engagement with Number 10, and joining council walkabouts to secure local maintenance commitments. He sits on no select committees. His medical background — he performed surgery abroad during a parliamentary recess — may help explain his above-party-average focus on public health. Recent news data is limited, so the full local picture is incomplete.