At a glanceDr Zubir Ahmed is a Labour MP for Glasgow South West, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 421 votes in Commons divisions (73% attendance), tabled 16 written questions and registered 8 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dr Zubir Ahmed did not vote in 154. 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
Current roles
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Glasgow South West Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
-
Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 405 of 405 shared votes
-
Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 402 of 402 shared votes
-
Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 402 of 402 shared votes
-
John Grady
Labour
100.0% · 387 of 387 shared votes
-
Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 387 of 387 shared votes
Votes least like
-
George Freeman
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 210 shared votes
-
Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 251 shared votes
-
Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 232 shared votes
-
Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 262 shared votes
-
James Cartlidge
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 306 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.
Employment and earnings2
- Emergency vascular surgeon - NHS Fife (registered 30 Sep 2025)
- NHS surgeon - NHS golden jubilee (registered 4 Aug 2024)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments3
- Payment received on 26 February 2026 - £13,890.00 (registered 22 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 30 August 2025 - £17,920.00 (registered 30 Sep 2025)
- Payment received on 30 August 2025 - £19,878.00 (registered 30 Sep 2025)
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1
- Agreement starting 06 April 2026 - £2,065.00 (registered 22 Mar 2026)
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Francesca Sainsbury Perrin - £30,000.00 (registered 22 Mar 2026)
Miscellaneous1
- Honorary surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (registered 4 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the consultation on phasing out farrowing crates for pigs; and what support she plans to make available to farmers to transition away from farrowing systems.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Bolton South and Walkden on 10 July 2026, PQ UIN 15938 and the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, PQ UIN 17025.
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
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK is the fastest AI adopting country in the G7, and to making sure the benefits are felt in every part of the country.The Government has committed more than £200 million to help companies in Britain adopt AI, i...
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Court of Appeal ruling in December 2024 on the welfare of fast-growing chickens.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North Devon, PQ UIN 17121.
West Coast Main Line: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line to the effects of climate change, including track buckling and overhead line sagging caused by ex
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
Network Rail is investing £2.6 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2029. Network Rail published its regional weather resilience and climate change ada...
Employment Schemes: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with autism to access employment, including through making recruitment processes more accessible and expanding work placement opportunities.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to helping autistic and neurodivergent people to enter and remain in work. DWP delivers the GB-wide (England, Scotland and Wales) Disability Confident scheme, encouraging employers to create disability inc...
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that civil servants who have suffered financial hardship as a result of Capita's administration of the civil service pension scheme are fully compensated, and at whose expense.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...
Energy: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking, in collaboration with the Scottish Government, to ensure continuity for energy efficiency businesses and workers in Scotland following the end of the Energy Company O
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The Government recognises that the end of ECO4 will present challenges for businesses and workers across the home upgrades supply chain, including in Scotland. Through the Warm Homes Plan, we have committed £15 billion for home upgrades and are supporting...
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
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
On 12 March 2026, alongside the launch of the Scotland Defence Growth Deal, we announced a £10 million investment to support the creation of two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges, including one in the West of Scotland. The colleges are being developed...
Early day motions
| 15 Jul 2026 | 25 years of Glasgow ANSAR | 1 sig. |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Shahid Choudhary | 6 sig. |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Moygashel Bonfire 2026 | 6 sig. |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Impact of Israel’s ingress into Palestinian territory on maternal care | 31 sig. |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Armed Forces Week 2026 | 4 sig. |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Cardonald Primary School and UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award at Gold: Rights Respecting | 2 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 Asylum Hotels
I commend my right hon. Friend for how she has gone about reducing the use of asylum hotels in this country, after the shocking legacy left behind by 14 years of the last Government. She will know that these hotels have unfortunately becom…
13 Jul 2026 Asylum Hotels
3. What steps her Department is taking to close asylum hotels.
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making such a powerful speech; she always holds up a moral compass to us all in this place. Does she agree that those who deny access to medical treatment to children as young as four—who, while waiting …
2 Jul 2026 Advanced Manufacturing
The Secretary of State will know very well that Glasgow South West is home to a storied, nationally significant collection of advanced manufacturing, from Type 26 frigate construction at BAE Systems, to small satellites at Craft Prospect, …
2 Jul 2026 Advanced Manufacturing
4. What recent steps his Department has taken to support the advanced manufacturing sector.
30 Jun 2026 National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
I start by commending my right hon. Friend on his thoughtful and considerate approach to this investigation and other matters during his time in office. He rightly spoke about culture, and others have spoken about ideology. Does he agree t…
11 Jun 2026 Legacy of Jo Cox
I did not know Jo, but I acutely remember the day when Jo was murdered. I was working as a doctor across the river in Guy’s hospital. I remember being unable to sleep that night, and seeing my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North …
10 Jun 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026
To develop the point made by my dear hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (John Grady), I have been worshipping at Glasgow central mosque since it opened in 1984, and it is timely to remind hon. Members that the mosque was at the epicen…
10 Jun 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. It is also an honour to have the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), respond to this debate. She…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
Twenty-one years ago, when I started my NHS career as a junior doctor, there were Labour Governments in every part of Britain, and I was proud to have practised in every single nation of our country. The NHS then exemplified the mood of ou…
21 May 2026 Women’s Health and Wellbeing: Online Censorship
I speak as a recently departed member of the ministerial team that delivered the women’s health strategy and a former Minister responsible for digital health. Of course we must protect people from harmful content, but does my hon. Friend a…
20 May 2026 Defence Readiness
My hon. Friend is making a thought-provoking contribution, and I thank her for her leadership on international aid, both before she came to this place and now. With Gaza in mind, does she agree that although the cameras have turned away, w…
21 Apr 2026 Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review Body
I totally agree with my hon. Friend. That is partly a reflection of the underfunding of aspects of the NHS over the past decade and a half. As she well knows, our party supports the NHS, and we have funded it with £26 billion of additional…
21 Apr 2026 Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review Body
Ultimately, ICBs are responsible for delivering the framework. The Government are held accountable in the manner being seen today, and I have no doubt that in the new structures that we propose there will be further accountability, because…
21 Apr 2026 Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review Body
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) on securing this important debate and also on challenging us, born of his lived experien…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
My hon. Friend will know that no NHS system or pathway can ever work without the confidence of the public, and that needs to be reflected in any evaluations that take place. I have heard my hon. Friend’s concerns loud and clear, as well as…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
In the interests of time, I will continue. I apologise to my hon. Friend. In the future, our goal is to see a vibrant UK market in digital and technology, which would give the NHS more choices and help to improve standards. Of course, I…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I think I will answer his point shortly; in the interests of time, we have to be careful about interventions. We live in a fast-paced technological world, and that means that we always look to the ne…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
If the hon. Gentleman had read the details of any contract that the Government have negotiated, whether it is this one or the previous one, he would know that the break clause is there for a reason. Of course we evaluate value for money at…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
At the Mersey and West Lancashire teaching hospitals NHS trust, they are using the FDP to better manage the lists for planned surgery. That allows surgeons like me to operate on more people each day, and it is cutting waiting lists. This h…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) · Department of Health and Social Care 6 Sep 2025 – 12 May 2026
Committee memberships
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill 18 Dec 2024 – 30 Jan 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
0141 266 0233
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dr Zubir Ahmed, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dr Zubir Ahmed?
Dr Zubir Ahmed is a Member of Parliament representing Glasgow South West in the House of Commons. See Dr Zubir Ahmed's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dr Zubir Ahmed represent?
Dr Zubir Ahmed sits as Labour. See Dr Zubir Ahmed's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dr Zubir Ahmed represent?
Dr Zubir Ahmed is the Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West. See Dr Zubir Ahmed's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dr Zubir Ahmed been an MP?
Dr Zubir Ahmed has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Dr Zubir Ahmed's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dr Zubir Ahmed?
Dr Zubir Ahmed has 8 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dr Zubir Ahmed's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.