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How Graeme Downie votes

Graeme Downie voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 133 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 voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame 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.

Graeme Downie has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Taiwan between 28 March 2026 and 03 April 202623 Apr 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Spain between 14 April 2026 and 15 April 202621 Apr 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to United States between 30 November 2025 and 05 December 20253 Jan 2026
MiscellaneousParliamentary Chair, Campaign for Secure Technology. This is an unpaid role.25 May 2025

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.

Graeme Downie asked 225 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Defence91
Home Office18
Department for Transport17
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero15
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology14

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Not answered yet
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 18 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 18 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 15 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 15 Sep 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
£16,787
Office costs · claims for running an office£15,036
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1,751

54 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

Graeme Downie represents Dunfermline and Dollar. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Graeme Downie

Labour

MAJORITY
8,241

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Graeme Downie won with 46% of the votes, and Naz Anis-Miah (Scottish National Party) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 20,336
Scottish National Party27% · 12,095
Conservative7% · 3,297
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,181
Reform UK6% · 2,887
Scottish Green Party5% · 2,078
Everyone else1% · 663
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Graeme DownieLabour20,33645.7%
Naz Anis-MiahScottish National Party12,09527.2%
Thomas HealdConservative3,2977.4%
Lauren Buchanan-QuigleyLiberal Democrat3,1817.1%
Udo van den BrockReform UK2,8876.5%
Ryan BlackadderScottish Green Party2,0784.7%
Graham HadleyIndependent3240.7%
Danny SmithScottish Family Party2510.6%
George MortonIndependent880.2%

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
£786 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
2.7%
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

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