Scottish National Party MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens.
Doogan is the frontrunner to succeed Stephen Flynn as SNP Westminster leader — a sign of the reputation he has built since 2019. He has been vocal on cost-of-living pressures, publicly challenging Rachel Reeves over what he called inadequate support, and raised a constituent car dealer's dispute with government ministers directly in the Commons. His one rebel vote this Parliament came in April 2025, when he broke with the SNP majority to oppose a measure that would have blocked carer's allowance overpayment recovery until an independent review concluded — an unusual deviation from a party that typically resists welfare clawback powers.
His parliamentary participation rate is low at 29%, well below the Commons average, though SNP members routinely miss votes on England-only matters as a matter of policy, which inflates the gap. Where he does vote, he is tightly aligned with his party — 99.4% — and his stance profile reflects SNP orthodoxy: strong on workers' rights and trade union rights, resistant to immigration controls, and opposed to Labour's fiscal programme. His speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, defence, and fiscal policy, with 349 contributions across 169 debates.
Doogan sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee, which provides a platform for his focus on Scottish economic interests. His news coverage — WASPI campaigners, SME disputes, cost-of-living criticism — paints a picture of active constituency casework alongside broader opposition messaging. His deviation data shows him marginally more committed to fiscal transparency than his SNP colleagues. Voting and speech data are available; recent local news coverage is limited.
Dave Doogan is the Scottish National Party MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy).
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Doogan broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Whip |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 | No | vs party |
Source · Hansard
“Type 83 and Type 32 cancellation in favour of undefined uncrewed replacements exemplifies MOD budget-cutting and poor planning; Defence Secretary must ensure all future complex war…”
“Attacks Alexander for undeclared meeting with Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm as first external engagement; questions minister's absences from Cabinet and portrays him as unfit for…”
“Questioned which successor the PM agrees with on EU membership, highlighting division in Labour leadership.”
“The government has created a perverse contradiction: artificially accelerating North Sea decline while simultaneously permitting Russian oil refined elsewhere to enter the UK, gene…”
Select, joint and other committees Doogan currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Doogan sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 59 | 32.6% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 43 | 23.8% |
| Treasury | 20 | 11.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 13 | 7.2% |
| Cabinet Office | 11 | 6.1% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 9 | 5.0% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 8 | 4.4% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8 | 4.4% |
If he will publish a timetable for implementing any recommendations arising from the Competition and Markets Authority's heating oil market study within three months of receiving the final re
We welcome the CMA’s comprehensive examination of the heating oil industry. The Government will work closely with the CMA to understand their findings and develop options to increase consumer protections in this sector.
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ban on EU pig meat by Asian markets on the (a) number of UK imports of EU pig meat in percentage terms over the last 12 mont
(a) In the 12 months to March 2026, UK imports of pig meat from the EU fell by 12.9% by value and 6.7% by volume. (b) The UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group (UKAMMG), formed by Defra and the Devolved Governments, has routinely followed …read full →
Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the UK pig meat sector; and what steps she is taking to support that sector through the consequences of China's ban on EU pig
Ministers meet with representatives of the pig industry as part of wider engagement with the farming sector, and we continue to work closely with stakeholders while monitoring market impacts, including how shifts in global trade flows may a…read full →
How many additional staff have been deployed to clear the administrative backlog in relation to the Civil Service Pension Scheme; when the full complement of additional staff will be in place; and when the backl
The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken …read full →
Councillor, Perth and Kinross Council from 1st January 2020. I receive no allowa Councillor, Perth and Kinross Council from 1st January 2020. I receive no allowances for this role.
(Registered 7 January 2020) |
Source · Members API · Last amended 18 Apr 2024
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 235,603 | 73.0% |
| MP Travel | 24,502 | 7.6% |
| Office Costs | 21,860 | 6.8% |
| Accommodation | 20,188 | 6.3% |
| Staff Travel | 19,436 | 6.0% |
| Total · 289 claims | 322,933 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Doogan on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Angus and Perthshire Glens | 19,142 | 40.4% | Won |
| 2019 | Angus | 21,216 | 49.1% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave DooganWON | SNP | 19,142 | 40.4 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Angus and Perthshire Glens →