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Member of the Scottish Parliament
Stephen Gethins
Scottish National Party MSP for Dundee City East
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Energy
At a glance Stephen Gethins is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 2,903 Holyrood divisions on record. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out. At Holyrood an abstention is a deliberate recorded vote, distinct from not voting at all.
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.
Voting record
The most recent divisions Stephen Gethins voted in. For, Against and Abstain are as recorded.
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | For |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Scotland Needs Reform: Five Years to 2031 | For |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Scotland Needs Reform: Five Years to 2031 | For |
| 24 Jun 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill – UK Legislation | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | Against |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | Against |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | Against |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill - UK Legislation | For |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Suspension of Standing Orders | For |
Register of interests
From the Scottish Parliament's Register of Interests. Shown as registered; nothing is added or interpreted.
Controlled transactions1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Gifts1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Heritable property1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Interest in shares1
- I am an unremunerated director of, and own 50% of ordinary shares in, Blebo Global Ltd, a company providing consulting services and book sales. The company is not trading and is in the process of being wound down. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Overseas visits1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Remuneration and related undertaking2
- Until 21 May 2026, I was a Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews (of North Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AJ). I spent half a day per week on this role. My salary was between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum. I received a final salary payment of £390.93 on 28 May 2026. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
- Until 14 May 2026, I was the Member of Parliament for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA). I worked full time in this role prior to my election, attending the House of Commons weekly when it was in session. I received remuneration of between £95,001 and £100,000 per annum. Following my election as an MSP, I spent 2 days on this role and received no additional income from holding a dual mandate as the salary was deducted from my MSP salary. All of my expenses in my UK Parliament role are publicly available on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority website at www.theipsa.org.uk. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Voluntary1
- I was a Trustee of the John Smith Trust until 21 May 2026. I received no remuneration for this role. (lodged 1 Jun 2026)
Motions lodged
| 26 May 2026 | It’s Scotland’s Energy | 4 sig. |
Speeches
Recent things Stephen Gethins has said in the chamber and in committee, from the Official Report.
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
Costs are going up as a result of nuclear power. I also point to the delay, which, as Alan Brown rightly pointed out, is a challenge.I should have finished what I was about to say. Liam Kerr and I are both proud to be members of the Scotti…
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
Costs are going up as a result of nuclear power. I also point to the delay, which, as Alan Brown rightly pointed out, is a challenge.I should have finished what I was about to say. Liam Kerr and I are both proud to be members of the Scotti…
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I suspect that Douglas Lumsden would be delighted for me to bring Liam Kerr in on that point.
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I suspect that Douglas Lumsden would be delighted for me to bring Liam Kerr in on that point.
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I will not at the moment—I am just coming on to the points that were made by my good colleague Stephen Kerr, who highlighted the European Union. As he knows from being in the House of Commons at the same time as me during debates on that, …
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I will not at the moment—I am just coming on to the points that were made by my good colleague Stephen Kerr, who highlighted the European Union. As he knows from being in the House of Commons at the same time as me during debates on that, …
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I put on the record my thanks to Liam Kerr for bringing this debate to the Parliament. We do not always agree, but the ability to debate and discuss—which we have heard in many of the speeches tonight—is valuable. I also thank other collea…
24 Jun 2026 Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)
I put on the record my thanks to Liam Kerr for bringing this debate to the Parliament. We do not always agree, but the ability to debate and discuss—which we have heard in many of the speeches tonight—is valuable. I also thank other collea…
23 Jun 2026 General Question Time (draft)
Dawn Black is right. Like me, and unlike those who have questioned me previously, she believes that those powers should be in this Parliament. We consistently get criticism about policy that was pursued by Westminster. Scotland’s vast ener…
23 Jun 2026 General Question Time (draft)
I would like to thank my fellow north-east MSP for that. He knows that this Government is investing in jobs and skills. Yesterday, I visited the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, where we saw at first hand the way in which the ski…
23 Jun 2026 General Question Time (draft)
This Government always backs jobs in the north-east. I will make two points. This Government has worked with the oil and gas sector, and I was doing work on skills just yesterday. It also backs the just transition and the tens of thousands…
23 Jun 2026 General Question Time (draft)
As the member knows, decisions on the consenting of individual offshore oil and gas fields are matters that are currently reserved to the United Kingdom Government.While I am on my feet, and as this is the first time that I have spoken in …
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Jackie Dunbar will get this point, given the impact on educational institutions and on young people in her constituency in Aberdeen. I do not want to make this too personal, but I will reflect for a moment. I was an Erasmus student, and it…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Patrick Harvie will be well aware of the impact that the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 had on the Parliament, the fact that it took away powers—it centralised the UK—and the breaches that happened subsequently.I am relatively new…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Scotland was one of the hardest-hit parts of the UK when it came to Brexit. The figures that I used earlier indicated a £3.3 billion reduction in revenues. The House of Commons research that was commissioned by the Liberal Democrats showed…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Mr Griffin is right—10 years ago, there was an important vote in the Scottish Parliament that offered a compromise. I think that only one member of the Scottish Parliament out of 129 backed leaving the EU, which speaks to the greater colle…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Jenni Minto rightly highlights that Brexit has created a real and growing workforce challenge across Scotland in sectors such as tourism, hospitality, social care and other areas that have traditionally relied on access to EU labour. Jenni…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
On Brexit benefits, I keep hearing that we have just not had the proper kind of Brexit. That is like the arguments that I heard about communism in the 1990s—that we had just not had the right kind of communism. It is very much the same arg…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
Alyn Smith and I have many things in common, one of which is that we have served in a Parliament in which we did not see a future. I now serve in a Parliament in which I do see a future, and Alyn Smith is now in his second Parliament in wh…
18 Jun 2026 European Union Referendum (10th Anniversary) (draft)
First, I will be generous with Mr Dunlop. When I was at Westminster, I voted for membership of the customs union and the single market. I also ask why the UK would not join the SAFE—security action for Europe—defence procurement project, w…
Seat & career
- Dundee City East Constituency MSP 7 May 2026 – present
Contact & offices
Source: this MSP's official Scottish Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.