At a glanceTorcuil Crichton is a Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 447 votes in Commons divisions (78% attendance), tabled 11 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Torcuil Crichton did not vote in 128. 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
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 426 of 426 shared votes
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Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 425 of 425 shared votes
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Alan Strickland
Labour
100.0% · 415 of 415 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 415 of 415 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 413 of 413 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 236 shared votes
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Chris Philp
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 287 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 279 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 265 shared votes
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Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 263 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Diagio - £370.00 (registered 18 May 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in Glasgow (registered 31 Jul 2024)
Written questions
National Energy System Operator
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resolution procedures available to parties adversely affected by NESO decisions.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
While the Secretary of State is the sole shareholder of NESO, NESO is operationally independent of Government. Ofgem is the independent regulator of NESO and is responsible for approving its business plan, ensuring cost efficiency and driving high perform...
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce losses from fraud in the benefits system.
Answer · 27 Oct 2025
The department has made strides in turning the tide on fraud and error in the benefits system, with the overall rates dropping since the peak in overpayments in 2022. We welcome the recognition of this progress in the NAO’s recent report. We will continue...
Prostate Cancer: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered ensuring that the TRANSFORM trial includes representation from Scotland.
Answer · 27 Oct 2025
The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).In November 2023, the Government and Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) announced the £42 million TRANSFORM...
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to utilising the powers laid out in Section 6 of the 2015 Infrastructure Act to allow (a) communities and (b) groups connected with a community the right to bu
Answer · 8 Sep 2025
The Government recognises that communities hosting energy infrastructure play a vital role in delivering a clean, secure and affordable energy system. Through the Clean Power Action Plan, we are committed to ensuring communities benefit from low carbon en...
Emergency Services: Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures she is considering to expand blue light and siren permissions to more voluntary rescue services.
Answer · 25 Jun 2025
Consolidating blue light and siren permissions for all voluntary search and rescue organisations operating under UK Search and Rescue (UKSAR) governance will be considered by Ministers in due course.
Rural Areas: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support Scotland's rural economy.
Answer · 4 Jun 2025
Our recently announced trade deals will benefit key industries in rural, coastal and island communities, such as whisky and salmon. Our forthcoming Industrial Strategy and drive to clean energy will ensure good quality jobs across Scotland. Project Gigabi...
Rescue Services: Shetland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Marine Coastguard Agency plan to replace the Sikorsky s92 Search and Rescue helicopter with the Augusta Westland 189 at (a) Stornoway and (b) Sumburgh coastguard base.
Answer · 6 May 2025
As set out in the contract for the Second Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme, search and rescue helicopter provision will transition from the Sikorsky S92 to the Leonardo AW189 in Quarter 4 of 2026 at Stornoway, and in Quarter 1 of 2027 at Su...
Prostate Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support a national public awareness campaign on prostate cancer risk factors and the benefits of early detection for high-risk groups.
Answer · 1 Apr 2025
NHS England run Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and address the barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of sy...
Early day motions
| 9 Jul 2026 | Norman MacLeod | 11 sig. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Còisir Gàidhlig Bharraigh success at the Royal National Mòd | 6 sig. |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Proposed changes to STV News and STV North News at 6 | 9 sig. |
| 2 Dec 2024 | Colin S Macleod's 1000-mile swim | 8 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Independence Referendum
Regardless of how we divide on the referendum, I wonder if colleagues on the SNP Benches will find it in their hearts to put political division aside at 8 o’clock tonight? I did not come of age in time for the 1966 world cup finals, but th…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I thank the hon. Member for giving way, and I assure the Father of the House that the passion he feels finds a strong echo in my part of the world, where the cultural memory of being driven off the land is still very strong. The Father …
9 Jul 2026 Tuna Fishing Licences
My constituent, Angus Campbell, held the only commercial licence for tuna in 2025. He has invested thousands in equipment and a route to market for the bluefin tuna now swimming off the Atlantic coast of the Hebrides. This year, he got no …
9 Jul 2026 Tuna Fishing Licences
7. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the geographical distribution of tuna fishing licences.
8 Jul 2026 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
I declare my chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group for volunteer rescue services. I inform the House that, along with my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) who chairs the all-party parliamentary gr…
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
On heating oil, the Scottish National party Government boasted that they would add £5.4 million to the £4.6 million the UK Government gave to domestic consumers. However, there is scant evidence that that is reaching my constituents in the…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
My constituent Carol Campbell is a marine coastguard team leader in Stornoway. Civil servants like her do not just serve the public—they save the public. The June deadline has come and gone, and all she sees is a shambles. I know Carol; sh…
2 Jul 2026 Distillers
Distilleries in my constituency—I count nine of them—overwhelmingly rely on kerosene heating oil to make their product. Since President Trump’s folly in Iran, they have seen costs rise by 18%. It is not just the distilleries; seaweed manuf…
2 Jul 2026 Distillers
3. What steps he plans to take to support distillers.
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. I hear him and I hope Ministers hear him as well. In that transition, we on the west coast and he in the Northern Isles have a privileged vantage point. We look eastwards to the North se…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I thank the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) for securing this important debate. I also congratulate the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) on his re…
10 Jun 2026 Promoting Scottish Interests Abroad
Most Scottish interests abroad this weekend will be centred on Boston, and if the Secretary of State is considering a last-minute bid for the world cup, he can fly there from Glasgow this weekend for just £740. That is just £100 more than …
10 Jun 2026 Promoting Scottish Interests Abroad
2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote Scottish interests abroad.
8 Jun 2026 Cuba: Humanitarian Situation
I thank the Minister for his statement and the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) for bringing this urgent question to the House. Cuba is on its last breath after a brutal four-month siege that is as commercial as it is …
2 Jun 2026 Household Energy Bills
I welcome the Government’s measures to support domestic consumers of kerosene heating oil. I am told that if those who are eligible filled their tanks today, they would pay the equivalent of what they will be paying in February 2027. In my…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
Much of the debate we have heard today I heard in the village of Eoropie on the Isle of Lewis last Saturday morning, when I visited there with Donald MacKinnon, our new Labour MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. Donald fought a tremendous campai…
21 Apr 2026 Middle East: Economic Update
I thank the Chancellor for her statement and her nimble response to the energy shock, including support for heating oil consumers, who make up half the households in Na h-Eileanan an Iar. The future of energy security is not an either/or. …
15 Apr 2026 Cost of Heating Oil
If officials from Advice Direct Scotland can tell me, as a constituency MP, the number of applicants they have, and the estimated number they will have—16,000, with 5,000 applications already last week—surely they can provide that informat…
15 Apr 2026 Cost of Heating Oil
Like the hon. Member’s constituency, many businesses in my constituency, including distilleries, rely on kerosene heating oil for manufacturing processes. Would he urge the UK Government and the Scottish Government to devise a loan scheme …
15 Apr 2026 Cost of Heating Oil
It is a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for securing this timely debate, and I thank the Minister for visiting the Western Isles last month to hear directly fro…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Great British Energy Bill 11 Sep 2024 – 15 Oct 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Torcuil Crichton, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Torcuil Crichton?
Torcuil Crichton is a Member of Parliament representing Na h-Eileanan an Iar in the House of Commons. See Torcuil Crichton's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Torcuil Crichton represent?
Torcuil Crichton sits as Labour. See Torcuil Crichton's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Torcuil Crichton represent?
Torcuil Crichton is the Member of Parliament for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. See Torcuil Crichton's official Parliament profile.
How long has Torcuil Crichton been an MP?
Torcuil Crichton has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Torcuil Crichton's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Torcuil Crichton?
Torcuil Crichton has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Torcuil Crichton's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.