Brian Leishman MP: votes, interests and costs
Brian Leishman (Labour) is the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no government or opposition post and no select committee membership for Brian Leishman (read 15 October 2026).
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Brian Leishman: Miscellaneous (2). The most recent was registered on 28 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Trustee of Letham Climate Challenge. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Board Director of Live Active Leisure. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Brian Leishman's 2024-25 staffing spend as £114,582 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £15,044 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £114,581.79 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,043.78 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,305.01 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £35,716.03 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Alloa and Grangemouth CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Brian Leishman voted in the House of Commons: 455 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 39 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading Aye; Programme Motion Aye |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No; New Clause 7 No; Amendment 32 No; Amendment 51 No; New Clause 21 No; Amendment 47 No; Amendment 4 No; Amendment 52 No; Amendment 23 No |
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: No |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax No; MoD Bicester and illegal migrants No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 No; Amendment 1 No; New Clause 25 No |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 140 No; Report Stage: New Clause 145 No; Report Stage: New Clause 6 No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Brian Leishman has tabled 129 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Business and Trade.
European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on signing the Eurofima treaty.
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.
Naloxone: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising awareness of naloxone amongst people at risk of opioid overdose.
Opioids: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific measures have been implemented since 2024 to raise awareness among at-risk populations, including people sleeping rough and socially isolated people, about the dangers of synthetic op …
Gaza: Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on oil exploration in Palestinian waters off the coast of the occupied Gaza Strip.
Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that adequate levels of aviation fuel are available to airports in Scotland.
Conditions of Employment: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department has provided to improving workers' rights in Northern Ireland, in the context of the time taken for the Northern Ireland Executive to implement its Good Jobs Bill.
Conditions of Employment: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Good Jobs Bill.
Rescue Services: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s policies on the operational limits of Search and Rescue winching systems on helicopters contracted to conduct offshor …
Rescue Services: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant seafarers have been winched to safety from commercial vessels in (a) territorial and (b) international waters on the UK Continental Shelf by HM Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopters in each …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 578b4574aa4f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Brian Leishman.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,122 for Brian Leishman in Alloa and Grangemouth in July 2024, from 18,039 votes on a turnout of 58.3%. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Alloa and Grangemouth figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.