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Information between 8th July 2025 - 18th July 2025

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Division Votes
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 35 Labour Aye votes vs 333 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 47 Labour No votes vs 333 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 8 Labour Aye votes vs 356 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 37 Labour No votes vs 330 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Labour Aye votes vs 364 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 47 Labour Aye votes vs 331 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context
Brian Leishman voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342


Speeches
Brian Leishman speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Brian Leishman contributed 1 speech (114 words)
Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Wales Office
Brian Leishman speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Brian Leishman contributed 1 speech (97 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Brian Leishman speeches from: Welfare Spending
Brian Leishman contributed 2 speeches (534 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Brian Leishman speeches from: Taxes
Brian Leishman contributed 1 speech (687 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Brian Leishman speeches from: Glaucoma Awareness
Brian Leishman contributed 2 speeches (658 words)
Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Brian Leishman speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Brian Leishman contributed 3 speeches (173 words)
Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice


Written Answers
Palestine Action
Asked by: Brian Leishman (Independent - Alloa and Grangemouth)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister discussed the proscription of Palestine Action with President Trump on (a) 10 and (b) 30 March 2025.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the read-outs of the discussion with President Trump on 10 (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-call-with-president-trump-of-the-united-states-10-march-2025) and 30 March (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-call-with-president-trump-of-the-united-states-30-march-2025) published on gov.uk.



Early Day Motions
Wednesday 9th July

Grangemouth Queer Breakfast Club

5 signatures (Most recent: 17 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Independent - Alloa and Grangemouth)
That this House recognises and celebrates the vital work of Queer Breakfast Club in Grangemouth, a volunteer-led charity founded in 2024 to support LGBTIQ+ people across the Falkirk area; commends the group’s rapid growth and positive impact, including welcoming over 60 regular attendees to their weekly peer support sessions, attaining …


Early Day Motions Signed
Monday 14th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting and action plans

28 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
That this House notes with concern that nationally, there is a 6% pay gap between employees from Black, African Caribbean or Black British ethnic groups and their White counterparts; further notes that in London the ethnicity pay gap is the highest in the country at 23.8%; expresses concern that Black, …
Wednesday 9th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Apprenticeships strategy

16 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House believes that the scandal of low pay for apprentices must end and that apprentices need pay above the national living wage, covered by Collective Bargaining; is concerned that many apprenticeships are offered on fixed-term contracts, meaning there is no guaranteed offer of employment to follow; recognises that …
Monday 12th May
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Restructure of local government debt

17 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House expresses deeps concern that local government net debt across UK has doubled since 2010 and is spiralling out of control; notes a funding gap of £6.4 billion forming in the day-to-day council budgets in 2024-25 in comparison to 2019-20 budgets; acknowledges that councils will be confronted with …
Monday 24th March
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Fee waivers for ILR applications

40 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House supports the Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London’s call for a fee waiver to be introduced for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications for those on family and private life visas; notes that ILR provides security and stability, yet the £2,885 fee is unaffordable for …
Monday 21st July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Monday 21st July 2025

Proposal for a wealth tax

31 signatures (Most recent: 23 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)
That this House welcomes the proposal from leading tax experts for the introduction of an annual wealth tax of 2% on individual assets over £10 million, which could raise an estimated £24 billion each year; believes that such a measure would represent a fairer alternative to cuts and could provide …
Wednesday 17th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Monday 21st July 2025

International Criminal Court, Gaza and the Rule of Law

45 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)
That this House rejects attempts by the previous Government to undermine the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) right to seek an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, following the decision by the ICC Chief Prosecutor to issue applications for arrest warrants for a number of Israeli and …
Wednesday 9th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025

Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

76 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby)
That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that …
Tuesday 8th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025

Funding for training of professional journalists

24 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)
That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which suggests that the Department has decided to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year; shares the concerns of the National Union of Journalists …
Tuesday 8th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 9th July 2025

Ayman Odeh

25 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington)
That this House expresses its extreme concern at the moves to impeach Ayman Ali, a Palestinian member of the Knesset respected for his consistent advocacy of the need for Arabs and Jews to work together and who is currently facing impeachment and expulsion from the Knesset on the grounds that …
Wednesday 9th July
Brian Leishman signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025

Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro

26 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House welcomes the Labour Government’s promise to ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation’; notes that the North East Combined Authority transport provider Nexus, while publicly owned, outsources cleaning of the Tyne and Wear Metro to a private company, Churchill, and that this contract is now …



Brian Leishman mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Taxes
184 speeches (26,871 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Powell), for Bolton West (Phil Brickell), for Rugby (John Slinger), for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman - Link to Speech

Welfare Spending
174 speeches (18,781 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Friend the Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman). - Link to Speech

Glaucoma Awareness
30 speeches (8,961 words)
Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) would be lost for words, no matter what might happen - Link to Speech
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) outlined his personal experience, and particularly - Link to Speech
3: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) spoke about the fantastic Perth royal infirmary. - Link to Speech



Bill Documents
Jul. 09 2025
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at as at 9 July 2025
Universal Credit Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris Kirsty Blackman Imran Hussain Mary Glindon Brian Leishman

Jul. 09 2025
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 9 July 2025 - large print
Universal Credit Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris Kirsty Blackman Imran Hussain Mary Glindon Brian Leishman

Jul. 09 2025
Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 9 July 2025
Universal Credit Bill 2024-26
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris Kirsty Blackman Imran Hussain Mary Glindon Brian Leishman