Dr Zubir Ahmed MP: votes, interests and costs
Dr Zubir Ahmed (Labour) is the MP for Glasgow South West, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Dr Zubir Ahmed as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 6 September 2025 | 12 May 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 18 December 2024 | 30 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c668a3175554.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Dr Zubir Ahmed: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Miscellaneous (1), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 22 March 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Francesca Sainsbury Perrin - £30,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £30,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-25
- Name of the donor: Francesca Sainsbury Perrin
- Status of the donor: Individual
Honorary surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
NHS surgeon - NHS golden jubilee
- Type of work or service being provided: NHS surgeon
- Date the agreement ended: 2025-10-01
- Name of the payer: NHS golden jubilee
- Payment received on 26 February 2026 - £13,890.00
- Agreement starting 06 April 2026 - £2,065.00
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Dr Zubir Ahmed's 2024-25 staffing spend as £173,955 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £27,828 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 | £173,955.01 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,827.58 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,294.70 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £22,833.79 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Glasgow South West BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (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 456 votes by Dr Zubir Ahmed in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 51 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 13 July 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 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 24 written questions from Dr Zubir Ahmed since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Scotland Office; Department of Health and Social Care; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Tobacco: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government and HMRC on tackling the sale of illegal tobacco in Scotland.
Ambulance Services: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for reducing the normal pension age for ambulance workers under the NHS Pension Scheme to bring it into line with the retirement age for police …
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the risks to patients arising from the promotion and sale online of ivermectin and other unlicensed or unproven products as treatments for cancer; and what steps the …
Palestine: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's protected bilateral ODA allocation for Palestine is reaching people in Gaza and the West Bank.
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of child maintenance arrears that the Child Maintenance Service has been unable to recover in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to improve r …
Health: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting adults with serious long-term health conditions from harmful health misinformation online, includ …
Motor Vehicles: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of regulations prohibiting modification of a motor vehicle exhaust system so as to increase noise; and whether she plans to introduce further …
Armed Conflict: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve humanitarian conditions in fragile and conflict-affected states.
Defence: Technical Excellence Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the consultation on the location of the West of Scotland Defence Technical Excellence College; and whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Glasgow Clyde College's Cardo …
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the AI Adoption Plan for professional and business services reaches small and medium-sized businesses in deprived constituencies such as Glasgow …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0494b34cb55f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Zubir Ahmed.
2024 general election
Dr Zubir Ahmed won Glasgow South West at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 15,552 votes (43.6%), a majority of 3,285 over Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party). Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Glasgow South West figures
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