Member of Parliament
Graham Leadbitter
Scottish National Party MP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero)·Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)·Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport)
At a glanceGraham Leadbitter is a Scottish National Party MP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero). They have cast 158 votes in Commons divisions (27% attendance), tabled 231 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Graham Leadbitter did not vote in 415. 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
He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero).
Current roles
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 16 Jun 2025
- Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee since 9 Jun 2025
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 10 Jul 2024
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 10 Jul 2024
- Scottish National Party Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Brendan O'Hara
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 140 of 140 shared votes
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Seamus Logan
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 130 of 130 shared votes
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Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 123 of 123 shared votes
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Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party
100.0% · 119 of 119 shared votes
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Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party
99.3% · 136 of 137 shared votes
Votes least like
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Elaine Stewart
Labour
28.2% · 24 of 85 shared votes
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Karl Turner
Independent
28.6% · 24 of 84 shared votes
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Dan Carden
Labour
29.0% · 29 of 100 shared votes
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Jess Phillips
Labour
29.3% · 24 of 82 shared votes
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Maya Ellis
Labour
29.7% · 30 of 101 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.
Visits outside the UK2
- International visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 08 November 2025 (registered 16 Nov 2025)
- International visit to Denmark between 23 October 2025 and 24 October 2025 (registered 1 Nov 2025)
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue has been generated by Scotland’s geographical share of renewable energy since 1995.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics MOD regional expenditure with industry 2024/25, what the basis was for his Department finding a 6% reduction in defence spending on industry in Scotland.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Defence.
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the Defence Investment Plan, how many of the 14,000 military homes affected by delays in refurbishment are occupied by service personnel and their families.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence will publish its delivery timeline for the £9.2 billion Defence Housing Strategy over the next 12 months. Work has already commenced on the 14,000 homes requiring substantial refurbishment, as set out in the Defence Housing Strateg...
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to support service personnel and their families in Lossiemouth and Kinloss sites in the context of delays to the refurbishment of 14,000 military homes.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence will publish its delivery timeline for the £9.2 billion Defence Housing Strategy over the next 12 months. Work has already commenced on the 14,000 homes requiring substantial refurbishment, as set out in the Defence Housing Strateg...
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays on upgrades for 14,000 defence homes until 2030 on departmental recruitment and retention in Lossiemouth and Kinloss.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence will publish its delivery timeline for the £9.2 billion Defence Housing Strategy over the next 12 months. Work has already commenced on the 14,000 homes requiring substantial refurbishment, as set out in the Defence Housing Strateg...
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics MOD regional expenditure with industry 2024/25, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of expenditure per capita in Scotland.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
In 2024–25, MOD spending with industry in Scotland was £2.16 billion, equivalent to £390 per person. The MOD continues to invest significantly in Scotland through the £50 million Defence Growth Deal, the Type 26 and Type 31 frigate programmes, and the mul...
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics MOD regional expenditure with industry 2024/25, what assessment he has made of the impacts of a 6% reduction in defence spending on industry in Scotland, and if he will t
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence does not recognise this figure of a 6% reduction in defence spending on industry in Scotland. We recently published our Defence Investment Plan, which is backed by £298 billion of investment over the next four years. Scotland will ...
HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the September 2026 implementation date of changes to the Terms of Coastguard Rescue Service was informed by forthcoming changes to employment legislation, and whether legal advice informed the chosen ti
Answer · 15 Jun 2026
The revised operating model for the Coastguard Rescue Service (CRS) has been agreed following a Court of Appeal ruling, following a case brought by a former volunteer, which meant that the current model could not legally continue. It is not a change the G...
Early day motions
| 15 Jul 2026 | Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games | 2 sig. |
| 13 Jul 2026 | The Odyssey's filming in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency | 4 sig. |
| 13 May 2026 | Walker's Shortbread Ltd, King's Award for Enterprise | 3 sig. |
| 17 Mar 2026 | MacMoray Festival | 2 sig. |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Burghead Indoor Bowling Club | 2 sig. |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Liz Jamieson and Spynie Care Home | 2 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
My constituency has coastguard rescue services operating in Nairn, Burghead and at Gordonstoun school. One constituent who works for a local team told me: “After September, the cost would fall entirely on myself or my small business emp…
8 Jul 2026 European Entry and Exit System
There are clearly significant challenges to work through, and that is not unusual with large-scale technology adoption, as we know. I welcome the fact that the Government are working hard to find the trigger points where measures will be r…
7 Jul 2026 Nuclear Energy Sites: Scotland
Two years ago, Labour promised to cut bills for every household by £300. Not only are households now paying hundreds of pounds more instead of less, but Labour’s nuclear tax on household energy bills will cost Scots a further £300 million …
7 Jul 2026 Nuclear Energy Sites: Scotland
6. Whether he held discussions with the Scottish Government and local authorities prior to announcing potential nuclear energy sites in Scotland.
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
While it is welcome that the proposed use of Cameron barracks in Inverness was ultimately abandoned, that came only after months of unnecessary uncertainty for local communities following an announcement made without meaningful engagement …
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
That is not the reason for my intervention. If there is such a drive to get investment and renewables in Scotland—there is some, though it is not nearly fast enough—why did it take two years to make a decision about Ardersier? After two ye…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
I think that the hon. Gentleman is not keeping up with the current debate because the question was about the SNP’s policy. The strategy will be published in due course. Those who believe that we should drill, drill, drill with little to…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
The hon. Member probably needs to keep up a bit because that position has already been scrapped. That was articulated by the First Minister.
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
The SNP backs new licences with the normal environmental assessments and everything that goes with that, which, the hon. Lady will understand, is part of the regulatory process that the previous Conservative Government also followed. Every…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
It is a pleasure to serve under your leadership today, Ms Furniss. I commend the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) for securing this important debate. The North sea oil and gas sector is of critical importance for the many of …
21 May 2026 Costs for Motorists
Scotland is an energy superpower, so it is particularly galling for constituents and businesses in my constituency, which is a two and a half hour drive end to end, and where road vehicles are an absolute necessity to conduct daily life, t…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Absolutely. Again, that goes back to the point I made about people needing a business service and basic business advice without having to travel dozens of miles to access that. Setting up a business is hard at the best of times, and having…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Absolutely. I am about to talk about the critical services offered by banks through banking hubs, which addresses the hon. Gentleman’s point. Community bankers located within banking hubs can offer much needed savings, loan and mortgage…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Absolutely. I turn to the inadequacies in the current framework, and I will try to make some progress. Current criteria include the number of remaining branches, the population size and the retail centre size, which is frankly ridiculou…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
That gets to the heart of the matter. There is not an understanding by either the regulators or the banks themselves of the impacts that those closures have on communities that view themselves as being neighbours and part of a wider commun…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Absolutely. I would consider those to be basic services that people should be able to access as close to their own community as they possibly can. I was perplexed to read, in response to a written question from November last year, that …
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. After the election, the Government said they were working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK, which is very welcome, and that the banking sector was committed to deliver…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Yes, and I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. We are down to six bank branches in an area that takes two and a half hours to drive around. It is simply impossible for many people in those areas to access those services.
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
Absolutely. That consistency is vital, but flexibility within the criteria is also vital. I will come on to that as well. It is frankly hard to stomach that the big high street banks use the argument of increased digital banking to just…
20 May 2026 Banking Hubs
The hon. Gentleman makes a fantastic point and I will come on to that later in my remarks.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
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Contact & offices
020 7219 4306
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
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Frequently asked questions
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Who is Graham Leadbitter?
Graham Leadbitter is a Member of Parliament representing Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey in the House of Commons. See Graham Leadbitter's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Graham Leadbitter represent?
Graham Leadbitter sits as Scottish National Party. See Graham Leadbitter's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Graham Leadbitter represent?
Graham Leadbitter is the Member of Parliament for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey. See Graham Leadbitter's official Parliament profile.
How long has Graham Leadbitter been an MP?
Graham Leadbitter has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Graham Leadbitter's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Graham Leadbitter?
Graham Leadbitter has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Graham Leadbitter's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.