Douglas McAllister MP: votes, interests and costs
Douglas McAllister (Labour) is the MP for West Dunbartonshire, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Douglas McAllister as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 cdb9666a7477.
Register of interests
Douglas McAllister has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 31 July 2024 and the latest on 14 July 2025. By category: Miscellaneous (5). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
A trusteeship, and Chair of Board, with a newly formed local charitable trust, Dalmuir Community Golf Course, a SCIO. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of Clydebank & Milngavie CLP. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Board of West Dunbartonshire Citizens' Advice Bureau. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Board member and trustee, Flourishing Faifley charity. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Non practising Solicitor (qualified in Scotland).
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Douglas McAllister's 2024-25 staffing spend as £82,584 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £24,981 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 | £82,584.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,980.98 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,224.61 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £20,467.07 |
| 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: West Dunbartonshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Administrative Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 552 votes by Douglas McAllister in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 54 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 35 written questions have been tabled by Douglas McAllister, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; Ministry of Defence; and others.
Jagtar Singh Johal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies on UK -India trade discussions of the continued detention of British national Jagtar …
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in considering options for redress for patients affected by valproate and pelvic mesh, and when he expects to set out next steps in response to the Hughes Repo …
Phlebotomy: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of phlebotomy workforce shortages on access to urgent Full Blood Count testing.
Golf: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether children's meals served on the premises of golf clubs and golf ranges from a dedicated children's menu will qualify for the temporary reduced rate of VAT under the Great British Summer Savings scheme.
Golf: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether adventure golf venues and golf driving ranges offering family or children's tickets will be eligible for the temporary reduced rate of VAT under the Great British Summer Savings scheme; and whether she plans …
Defence: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve skills in the defence workforce.
India: Sikhs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations with her Indian counterpart on reports of extrajudicial killings of Sikhs and human-rights violations in Punjab, including allegations of …
Violent and Sex Offender Register
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of DBS and PVG systems in identifying registered sex offenders who have changed their name; and what plans she has to introduce further measures to pr …
Violent and Sex Offender Register
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of legislation preventing registered sex offenders from changing identity without detection; and whether she is considering addi …
Cybercrime: Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of the proposed UN cybercrime treaty for (a) the UK’s child-protection framework and (b) the implementation of legislation preventing registered sex of …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 719c93a4d2c5. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Douglas McAllister.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election West Dunbartonshire returned Douglas McAllister with a majority of 6,010: 19,312 votes, 48.8% of those cast, against 13,302 for Martin Docherty-Hughes. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · West Dunbartonshire 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.