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How Johanna Baxter votes

Johanna Baxter voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 237 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Johanna Baxter has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Family members engaged in third-party lobbyingMark Henry Glover employed as Lobbyist4 Aug 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Johanna Baxter asked 14 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care11
Department for Work and Pensions2
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1

Latest questions

20 Apr 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 28 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 28 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 27 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 27 Apr 2026
25 Feb 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 3 Mar 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£21,534
Office costs · claims for running an office£19,290
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,244

63 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Johanna Baxter represents Paisley and Renfrewshire South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Johanna Baxter

Labour

MAJORITY
6,527

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Johanna Baxter won with 47% of the votes, and Jacqueline Cameron (Scottish National Party) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour47% · 19,583
Scottish National Party32% · 13,056
Reform UK7% · 2,956
Conservative5% · 2,219
Scottish Green Party4% · 1,724
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,315
Everyone else1% · 430
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Johanna BaxterLabour19,58347.4%
Jacqueline CameronScottish National Party13,05631.6%
Jim McIlroyReform UK2,9567.2%
Alec LeishmanConservative2,2195.4%
Athol BondScottish Green Party1,7244.2%
Jack ClarkLiberal Democrat1,3153.2%
Paul MackIndependent3170.8%
Mark TurnbullFreedom Alliance1130.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£762 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this