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Chris Law

Scottish National Party Dundee Central

Voting record

1
Voted for
1
Voted against
7
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Chris Law’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Chris Law — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,223 of 2,376 (51%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.

11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Ayes 270, Noes 286 no vote recorded
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 no vote recorded
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 177, Noes 308 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Ayes 330, Noes 93 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 Ayes 323, Noes 160 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Chris Law currently holds 3 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Trade) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Previously held
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development) — Opposition Department (2017-06-20 to 2022-12-12) Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Climate Justice) — Opposition Department (2017-06-20 to 2018-07-01) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Chris Law →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: International Buddhist Confederation
Address of donor: International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) A-1 Wing, 5th Floor, IGNCA Building, Janpath, New Delhi - 110001, India
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (INR 72,417/£580.10), accommodation including meals (INR 31,800/£254.74), and visa ($81.00/£62.71), value £898
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 23 January 2026 to 26 January 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend the Global Buddhist Summit
(Registered 20 February 2026)

Name of donor: Office of Tibet - London
Address of donor: Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals, and local transportation. My partner shared the hotel accommodation provided for me, value £1,000
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 30 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To visit Dharamshala, abode of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, to attend the inauguration of Sikyong Penpa Tsering and meet with representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration.
(Registered 23 June 2026)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Aberdeen
Ownership details: owned by CMAL Ltd
(Registered 26 May 2015)

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Dundee
(Registered 26 May 2015)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: CMAL Limited
Nature of business: Financial services company
(Registered 26 May 2015)

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid director of CMAL Ltd, financial services company.
(Registered 27 February 2019)

Employment & business

A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 March 2020
(Registered 24 November 2023)

Non-executive Board Member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Schemes. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 May 2025
(Registered 29 August 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Chris Law yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Chris Law has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£363,240.01 paid out to or for Chris Law across 294 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Chris Law’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £238,710.56 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £43,198.76 (242 claims)
Accommodation — £31,353.84 (27 claims)
MP Travel — £29,708.60 (15 claims)
Staff Travel — £19,356.46 (6 claims)
Dependant Travel — £911.79 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £550.84, 2026-04-08 — Electricity
Utilities — £102.03, 2026-04-06 — Gas
Software & applications — £66.49, 2026-03-27 — ADOBE [200013613-9309]
Utilities — £78.38, 2026-03-27 — Dual Fuel
Hospitality — £53.50, 2026-03-24 — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200013613-7757]
Cleaning services — £68.80, 2026-03-24 — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200013613-7755]
Utilities — £109.79, 2026-03-09 — Gas
Utilities — £534.25, 2026-03-06 — Electricity

Every claim on file for Chris Law →

Early Day Motions

Chris Law has tabled 4 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 24 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Chris Law personally tabled — not motions Chris Law may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Multilateral funding for education — tabled 2026-09-02, 8 sponsors
Design and Disability exhibition at the V&A Dundee — tabled 2026-07-16, 3 sponsors
Chinese state repression against Tibetans — tabled 2026-07-16, 11 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Chris Law is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Aid Match — Co-Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Armenia — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Czechia — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
Disinformation All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Chris Law personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Chris Law is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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