Dr Scott Arthur — Hear, Hear

Voting record

6

Voted for

2

Voted against

1

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 Dr Scott Arthur’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 84%

How often Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Dr Scott Arthur — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: East Coast Trains Ltd (Lumo)
Address of donor: Central Square South, Orchard Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3AZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Five return train tickets (to London from Edinburgh) for five young people from Edinburgh South West to take part in a work experience programme, which included a trip to Westminster to meet the Prime Minister and Mr Speaker, value £500
Date received: 25 June 2026
Date accepted: 25 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 08765536
(Registered 17 July 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: Heriot-Watt University
I am currently on an unpaid career break from my position as Chair of Urban Water Management at Heriot-Watt University.
Date interest arose: 1 August 2024
Date interest ended: 5 July 2029
(Registered 2 August 2024)

Education

Kirk Session Member (trustee) of Fairmilehead Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Frogston Road, Edinburgh. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

University and College Union Member (Heriot-Watt University Branch)
Date interest arose: 4 July 2024
(Registered 23 April 2025)

Education

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£196,004.04 paid out to or for Dr Scott Arthur across 253 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 Dr Scott Arthur’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 — £111,333.90 (12 claims)

Office Costs — £46,824.99 (196 claims)

Accommodation — £16,037.43 (32 claims)

MP Travel — £10,850.48 (6 claims)

Staff Travel — £10,048.87 (3 claims)

Dependant Travel — £488.37 (2 claims)

Miscellaneous — £420.00 (2 claims)

Most recent claims

Council tax — £199.00, 2026-04-19 — CT for March & April 2026 [200013602-27]

Recruitment Services &Costs — £288.00, 2026-03-31 — Recruitment advertising

Bought-in services — £304.80, 2026-03-31 — Professional & consultancy

Utilities — £158.64, 2026-03-31 — Gas

Stationery & printing — £180.00, 2026-03-31 — Printer toner [200013634-373]

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £120.00, 2026-03-20 — [200013634-374]

Bought-in services — £400.00, 2026-03-05 — Professional & consultancy

Utilities — £93.91, 2026-03-05 — Electricity

Every claim on file for Dr Scott Arthur →

Early Day Motions

Dr Scott Arthur has tabled 27 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 108 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Dr Scott Arthur personally tabled — not motions Dr Scott Arthur 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

Launch of Bainfield Bowling & Social Club's Junior Development Programme — tabled 2026-09-14, 2 sponsors

Hailes Quarry junior parkrun's first anniversary — tabled 2026-09-10, 3 sponsors

60 years of scientific diving at Heriot-Watt University — tabled 2026-09-01, 5 sponsors

30th anniversary of Maggie's Cancer Care — tabled 2026-09-01, 6 sponsors

30th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the Sheep — tabled 2026-09-01, 4 sponsors

10 years since the start of Edinburgh’s 20mph scheme — tabled 2026-07-15, 2 sponsors

Community One Stop Shop — tabled 2026-06-30, 4 sponsors

10th anniversary of Oxgangs Community Church — tabled 2026-06-30, 4 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dr Scott Arthur is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Micromobility — Vice Chair

Declared funding: CoMoUK (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport — Officer

Declared funding: Women in Transport (£34,501-36,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Women in Transport — about £35,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport).

Women in Transport — about £35,250.50, 1 group

CoMoUK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dr Scott Arthur personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dr Scott Arthur 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.