Member of Parliament
Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen North
SNP Chief Whip·Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities)·Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
At a glanceKirsty Blackman is a Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen North, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They currently serve as SNP Chief Whip. They have cast 158 votes in Commons divisions (27% attendance), tabled 553 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Kirsty Blackman did not vote in 409. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the roles of SNP Chief Whip, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities).
Current roles
- Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee since 18 Dec 2024
- SNP Chief Whip Opposition post · Opposition Department since 10 Jul 2024
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 10 Jul 2024
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 10 Jul 2024
- Aberdeen North Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Scottish National Party Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Brendan O'Hara
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 137 of 137 shared votes
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Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 135 of 135 shared votes
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Chris Law
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 128 of 128 shared votes
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Graham Leadbitter
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 119 of 119 shared votes
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Seamus Logan
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 118 of 118 shared votes
Votes least like
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Lisa Nandy
Labour
27.8% · 15 of 54 shared votes
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Shabana Mahmood
Labour
29.5% · 18 of 61 shared votes
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Karl Turner
Independent
31.6% · 25 of 79 shared votes
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Jodie Gosling
Labour
32.5% · 37 of 114 shared votes
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Dan Tomlinson
Labour
33.0% · 34 of 103 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Miscellaneous1
- Member of Investment Systems Council for New Capital Consensus. This is an unpaid role. (registered 20 Jun 2026)
Written questions
Wind Power: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what target timescales his Department has set for the determination of offshore wind and grid connection planning applications; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays in consenting for
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
In England and Wales, the Planning Act 2008 sets statutory deadlines for the Examining Authority and the deciding Secretary of State. These do not differ by infrastructure type. The Government is taking multiple actions to speed up the planning process in...
Energy Supply: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the finding by the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce that fewer than 10% of energy sector businesses are co
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
In October 2025, we published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which set out the workforce needed to deliver our clean energy superpower mission.The Department works closely with Skills England, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Government in delive...
Renewable Energy: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's renewable energy targets that developers in the north of Scotland face higher transmission charges than those in
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
Electricity transmission charging arrangements are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. Transmission charges are designed to be cost‑reflective, meaning they reflect the costs imposed on the network by generators connecting in different locati...
Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the lifecycle emissions of imported liquefied natural gas against domestically produced North Sea gas.
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) published analysis in September 2025 comparing the emissions intensity of domestically produced gas with imported liquefied natural gas. This analysis is available on the NSTA’s website.
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to review and revise the DESNZ North Sea Future Plan in consultation with the sector, in response to feedback from energy sector businesses on that plan.
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
The 2025 North Sea Future Plan is the government’s response to the “Building the North Sea’s Energy Future” consultation, which engaged extensively with industry, workers and other stakeholders.The government continues to work closely with the sector to d...
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received representations from North Sea operators regarding the offer to invest £17.5 billion in new domestic oil and gas projects in exchange for early implementation of the Oil and Gas Price Mechan
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
Ministers regularly meet with different stakeholders, to discuss a range of policy issues, including oil and gas companies. The Government recognises domestic oil and gas will continue to have a role in the energy mix for decades to come.
Foreign Companies: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Foreign Permanent Establishment Exemption on the number of jobs.
Answer · 3 Jun 2026
These reforms will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. They are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year - helping to fund a package of economic support for households and businesses – while at...
Foreign Companies: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Foreign Permanent Establishment Exemption on the economy.
Answer · 3 Jun 2026
These reforms will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. They are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year - helping to fund a package of economic support for households and businesses – while at...
Early day motions
| 9 Jun 2026 | Amendment of the Law Motions for Finance Bills | 13 sig. |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Kirsty Muir at the 2026 Winter Olympics | 5 sig. |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Place2Be and Children’s Mental Health Week | 6 sig. |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Fifth anniversary of the Scottish Child Payment | 9 sig. |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Congratulating the Gaudie Newspaper on their podcast award nomination | 7 sig. |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Tall Ships returning to Aberdeen | 8 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Timms Review: Interim Report
There is a fundamental question here about what our priority is. Is it to reduce the bill, to reduce the amount of money that we are spending, or to ensure that disabled people can access all the human rights that the rest of us can, acces…
4 Jun 2026 Pride Month
I am glad to have the chance to speak in the debate, although I echo the words of the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen): these things are always on a Thursday. As the sole woman in the SNP, and as the party’s women and equalities sp…
4 Jun 2026 Pride Month
I appreciate the point the Minister is making, but the Government have long spoken about a Bill to ban conversion therapy. In fact, they have been talking about bringing forward draft legislation for nearly two years. Can the Minister give…
4 Jun 2026 Russian Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure
The SNP continues to support the military assistance that is being provided and will continue to push for further sanctions on Russia in order that it can no longer afford this war. I understand that the Minister may not have the answers a…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I was expecting and hoping that the Minister would come on to Morgan McSweeney’s messages, which were asked about by the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Alex Burghart), and be clear about whether those messag…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I have been here through the debate and not one person has asked for all that information to be published—not one. People have been asking for the summary at the end, the outcome. Did it say “Red—he should not be granted clearance”?
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I am wondering whether the right hon. Gentleman remembers the issues around covid money, when many Conservative Ministers or peers made introductions to companies that they were linked with. Does he remember the Labour party jumping up and…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
It is also clear that the Prime Minister had made up his mind, and it almost did not matter what people said. There was an awareness of the article that had been published saying that Peter Mandelson stayed in Jeffrey Epstein’s house while…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
This has been an interesting and wide-ranging debate, but at times it has been painful to listen to, because we are talking about a really terrible decision that was made by the Prime Minister, and about the retraumatising of victims, who …
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
The Paymaster General said that those redactions marked with three stars are the ones that were redacted with agreement from the Committee. Can the right hon. and learned Gentleman confirm that redactions marked by three stars relate to th…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I just wanted to ask one more question for clarity, because this is incredibly useful. On the redactions that were made because of personal information, for example, did the Committee see the unredacted version of those documents, or had t…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
Can I take the hon. Gentleman back briefly to the Morgan McSweeney messages? On page 173 of the third volume, there are some messages that Morgan McSweeney has managed to provide from a group chat, which have been published, but not indivi…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I was listening to the reassurances the Minister gave about the material that has been provided, and the fact that this is all the material bar that which is being held back. May I just ask for a further assurance from the Minister that if…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
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2 Jun 2026 Murder of Henry Nowak
Can the Home Secretary please make sure that the findings of the IOPC report are shared with Police Scotland and all police forces across these islands in order to ensure that any recommended structural or procedural changes are made, and…
2 Jun 2026 Milburn Review: Interim Report
It is the system that is broken, not the young people. Alan Milburn seems to have actually listened to young people when he wrote this, but too many people do not hear and value those voices. Nobody seems to be talking yet about co-product…
2 Jun 2026 Clean Energy Transition: Supporting People in Work
The hon. Member for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (Steve Witherden) is right: those jobs are not there yet, and we risk losing the incredible talent in our energy industry as my constituents move abroad to find jobs. My constituency has hist…
21 May 2026 Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
May I first make it clear that I have no desire to be a trade envoy? Aberdeen is the best place on earth and I do not want to be anywhere else if I can help it. The Minister of State said in his statement that people are still looking. …
21 May 2026 Middle East: Economic Response
The UK is losing 1,000 oil and gas jobs a month. The Chancellor is aware of that, and we have made it very clear to her that we are keen to move to the oil and gas price mechanism as soon as possible—we urge her to do that. On the foreign…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
On protecting people right now, my constituents are losing jobs. Thousands of jobs are being lost every few months in the north-east of Scotland because of the Government’s continuing to keep the energy profits levy: Labour’s tax on Scotl…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) · Opposition Department 12 Dec 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) · Opposition Department 29 Mar 2022 – 12 Dec 2022
- SNP Deputy Westminster Leader · Opposition Department 20 Jun 2017 – 1 Jul 2020
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy) · Opposition Department 20 Jun 2017 – 7 Jan 2020
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Lords) · Opposition Department 20 May 2015 – 20 Jun 2017
Committee memberships
- Pension Schemes Bill 15 Jul 2025 – 11 Sep 2025
- Procedure Committee 12 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 12 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- European Statutory Instruments Committee 10 Feb 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Media Bill 29 Nov 2023 – 12 Dec 2023
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 10 May 2023 – 18 May 2023
- Procurement Bill [HL] 25 Jan 2023 – 21 Feb 2023
- Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill 7 Dec 2022 – 15 Dec 2022
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee 5 Jan 2022 – 8 Nov 2022
- Online Safety Bill 18 May 2022 – 28 Jun 2022
- Procedure Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 5 Jan 2022
- Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill 9 Nov 2021 – 25 Nov 2021
- Subsidy Control Bill 20 Oct 2021 – 18 Nov 2021
- Procedure Committee 24 Jun 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- European Statutory Instruments Committee 18 Jul 2018 – 6 Nov 2019
- Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 31 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 12 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Scottish Affairs Committee 6 Jul 2015 – 5 Sep 2016
Previous seats
- Aberdeen North · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 8791
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
70 Rosemount Place, Aberdeen, AB25 2XJ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Kirsty Blackman, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Kirsty Blackman?
Kirsty Blackman is a Member of Parliament representing Aberdeen North in the House of Commons. See Kirsty Blackman's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Kirsty Blackman represent?
Kirsty Blackman sits as Scottish National Party. See Kirsty Blackman's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Kirsty Blackman represent?
Kirsty Blackman is the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North. See Kirsty Blackman's official Parliament profile.
How long has Kirsty Blackman been an MP?
Kirsty Blackman has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Kirsty Blackman's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Kirsty Blackman?
Kirsty Blackman has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Kirsty Blackman's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.