Angus MacDonald.

Angus MacDonald broke with his party five times on assisted dying — one of the clearest acts of parliamentary independence among Lib Dem MPs elected in 2024. In June 2025 he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults Bill at Third Reading, backed amendments that would have barred applications where fear of being a burden or lack of care access was a primary motivation, and opposed a requirement for palliative care reporting in the annual review. His party voted the opposite way on each. More recently, he voted with his party across several Armed Forces Bill and National Security Bill divisions, and in June 2026 broke again to back a puberty blockers motion his party opposed — suggesting a consistent willingness to vote his conscience on socially sensitive issues.

His participation rate of 59% sits below the Commons average, though representing a vast Highland and island constituency carries practical constraints on Westminster attendance. On the issues where he does vote, he is a 96% party-line voter outside those conscience breaks. His stance profile marks him out as strongly pro-business, pro-welfare expansion, and fully aligned with parliamentary and Lords scrutiny — but well below his party average on fiscal transparency and public health. His 140 speech contributions span economy and jobs, energy, environment, local government, and cost of living, a cluster that maps closely onto the challenges of his rural Scottish seat.

His maiden speech highlighted high electricity costs, the industrialisation of the countryside, and inadequate community benefit from energy projects — themes he has continued to press. A news item from April 2026 shows him securing ministerial confirmation of government engagement with Scottish defence firms on Ukraine collaboration, an example of using parliamentary questions to advance local business interests. He sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee. News coverage in the 90 days to the data cutoff was insufficient to assess recent local sentiment.