At a glanceMr Angus MacDonald is a Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 340 votes in Commons divisions (59% attendance), tabled 688 written questions and registered 7 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mr Angus MacDonald did not vote in 235. 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
- Scottish Affairs Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 256 of 256 shared votes
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Monica Harding
Liberal Democrat
99.7% · 291 of 292 shared votes
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Mr Paul Kohler
Liberal Democrat
99.6% · 274 of 275 shared votes
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Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat
99.6% · 267 of 268 shared votes
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Gideon Amos
Liberal Democrat
99.4% · 321 of 323 shared votes
Votes least like
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Ian Murray
Labour
9.5% · 22 of 232 shared votes
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Sarah Owen
Labour
9.6% · 21 of 218 shared votes
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Luke Pollard
Labour (Co-op)
10.8% · 20 of 186 shared votes
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Kirith Entwistle
Labour
11.0% · 31 of 281 shared votes
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Liz Kendall
Labour
11.1% · 19 of 171 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.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)2
- Property in Stirling (registered 24 Jul 2024)
- Property in Ayr (registered 24 Jul 2024)
Shareholdings5
- Shares in Highland Bookshop Ltd (registered 28 Oct 2024)
- Shares in Highland Cinema Ltd (registered 28 Oct 2024)
- Shares in Inverleith Partnership (registered 2 Aug 2024)
- Shares in Renewable Parts Ltd (registered 24 Jul 2024)
- Shares in Hampden and Co (registered 24 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Visas: Scots Gaelic Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has held recent discussions with the Scottish Government on the creation of a dedicated work visa for fluent Gaelic speakers to fill Gaelic-medium posts in Scotland.
Answer · 22 Jun 2026
We do not limit access to Gaelic-medium posts or any other roles that require Gaelic speakers, provided they meet the other requirements of the Skilled Worker route.We have therefore not had discussions relating to having specific routes for Gaelic speake...
Visas: Scots Gaelic Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3737, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated visa route for other roles that require Gaelic
Answer · 22 Jun 2026
We do not limit access to Gaelic-medium posts or any other roles that require Gaelic speakers, provided they meet the other requirements of the Skilled Worker route.We have therefore not had discussions relating to having specific routes for Gaelic speake...
Russia: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Irish counterpart on reports that Aughinish Alumina has been linked to supply chains supporting Russia's defence industry.
Answer · 11 Jun 2026
The UK and Irish governments regularly discuss our staunch support for countering Russia's aggression in Ukraine, including international efforts to maximise pressure on the Russian war economy. We conduct similar conversations with the EU on a regular ba...
Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's business environment.
Answer · 11 Jun 2026
This government is focused on creating a stronger business environment by making the UK the best place to start and grow a business, with a culture that supports entrepreneurship.Through the Small Business Plan, we are tackling late payments, improving ac...
Energy: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce industrial energy costs.
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Government recognises the pressure high energy costs place on businesses. Our Clean Power by 2030 mission will bring down bills, reducing exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets and the risk of carbon leakage. In the near term, we are acting through ...
Visas: Scots Gaelic Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office has considered the potential merits of creating a dedicated Gaelic Speaker Work Visa, allowing fluent Gaelic speakers from overseas to fill Gaelic-medium posts in Scotland.
Answer · 2 Jun 2026
Teachers, including those who deliver Gaelic-medium education, already have preferential treatment in the Skilled Worker immigration route, with salary requirements based on pay scales in each of the four UK nations. There is no need for a separate dedica...
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of whether Vehicle Excise Duty rates for vehicles in the highest bands are a proportionate application of the polluter pays principle.
Answer · 5 Jun 2026
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. Different VED rates apply to cars, vans, and motorcycles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first registration, wei...
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the proportionality of Vehicle Excise Duty rates for higher-emission vehicles; and whether she plans to review the differential between vehicles in the lowest and highest emission ban
Answer · 5 Jun 2026
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. Different VED rates apply to cars, vans, and motorcycles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first registration, wei...
Early day motions
| 18 May 2026 | Inverness City of Culture | 7 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Graduate driving licences | 7 sig. |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH) | 9 sig. |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Inverness City of Culture | 5 sig. |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Economic contribution of drag hunting to rural communities | 3 sig. |
| 9 Mar 2026 | New Start Highland takeover of Highland Foodbank | 8 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
After close inspection of the detail on Pride in Place, we found that 50% of the evaluation was based on data that was not available even to MPs. We could not understand in any way how the distribution of that money was decided, and it com…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) on securing this debate on a fantastic subject. What I am about to say is specific to the highlands and Scotland, but it is relevant, to a lesser extent, to all hon…
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Will the Minister acknowledge that the highlands and islands produce a disproportionately large amount of our renewable energy? Will he also acknowledge that last week’s Ofgem go-ahead for three pumped storage schemes will produce almost n…
1 Jul 2026 Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidance
I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for securing this debate. This weekend, I watched the coastguard rescue a kayaker very close to my house. I spoke to the coastguard, who brought me up to date …
1 Jul 2026 Draft Government of Wales Act 2006 (Increase of Capital Borrowing Limits) Order 2026
I do not have anything to add.
30 Jun 2026 Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure Projects
The Minister knows that in the highlands we have had three massive pump storage sites move to the next level of development. Cumulatively, they will store 4 GW in an area that has the highest fuel poverty in Britain, at a cost of £5 billio…
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
It is a great shame that this debate has been broken up along party lines. It should have been had as the debate on assisted dying was, where people from across the House could stand up and make their own case. Indeed, many Members from ac…
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
It would have been helpful if the Conservative Government had made it mandatory 12 years ago, but they did not. Although I applaud the Scottish Government for doing so, they should have increased the benefit every year, rather than leaving…
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
That is a bit of a curveball. That is not something I know anything about. If the Minister is better informed, maybe he can answer.
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
I thank the hon. Lady for chairing the Committee—she was the driving force behind the report. The curtailment costs demonstrate quite how meagre the community benefits are. I do not have the curtailment cost figures to hand, but hundreds o…
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for affording me the opportunity to make a statement on the publication of the Scottish Affairs Committee’s first report of the …
10 Jun 2026 Promoting Scottish Interests Abroad
Scotland exports 10 to 12 times more electricity than it needs. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is doing a review of community benefits, and we are very concerned that that review will produce a poor outcome for the people …
9 Jun 2026 Energy Costs
We are waiting for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to come up with the results of the community benefit consultation. The highlands only got £9 million of community benefit last year, and Scotland as a whole got less than £…
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
May I intervene, please?
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
In my constituency, I am getting a substantial amount of mail in my inbox from people who are glad that the Bill has been turned away. What they really wanted to see was investment in hospices, and there has been remarkably little to move …
19 May 2026 Energy Security
To support the hon. Gentleman’s argument about the price of electricity, renewable energy is largely generated in Scotland, north Wales and south-west England. We have the highest level of fuel poverty, we have no mains gas, and the suffe…
27 Apr 2026 Draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026
If the Minister will allow me, I will make more of an intervention than a speech. The Liberal Democrats very much welcome the £150—thank you very much—but I suspect that that figure was worked out on the basis of the average UK energy cost…
24 Mar 2026 Heating Oil: Rural Homes
In the remote highlands and islands, where mains gas is not available, where we have the highest level of fuel poverty in Britain, where local households and businesses rely on heating oil and electricity, and where much of Britain’s renew…
24 Mar 2026 Heating Oil: Rural Homes
12. What steps he is taking to support rural homes that use heating oil.
4 Mar 2026 Energy Security and Net Zero: Scotland
Do you agree that £9 million in total community benefit for the highlands, and £30 million for Scotland as a whole, is a paltry amount for a multibillion-pound industry?
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Finance Bill 22 Jan 2025 – 30 Jan 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 8386
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
123 High Street, Fort William, PH33 6DG
Constituency office
10 Ardross Street, Inverness, IV3 5NS
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mr Angus MacDonald, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mr Angus MacDonald?
Mr Angus MacDonald is a Member of Parliament representing Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire in the House of Commons. See Mr Angus MacDonald's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mr Angus MacDonald represent?
Mr Angus MacDonald sits as Liberal Democrat. See Mr Angus MacDonald's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mr Angus MacDonald represent?
Mr Angus MacDonald is the Member of Parliament for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire. See Mr Angus MacDonald's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mr Angus MacDonald been an MP?
Mr Angus MacDonald has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Mr Angus MacDonald's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mr Angus MacDonald?
Mr Angus MacDonald has 7 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mr Angus MacDonald's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.