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Lara Bird

Scottish National Party Sitting MP

MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry · in Parliament since 18 June 2026

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: lara.bird.mp@parliament.uk

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Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
25.0%
21 of 84 divisions
Committee attendance
–
no published attendance
Debate contributions
20
in the 7 year window
Written questions
40
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Lara Bird is the Scottish National Party MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, and has been an MP continually since 18 June 2026.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry18 June 2026PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Scottish National Party18 June 2026Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
25.0%
Eligible divisions
84
Divisions voted
21

640th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Scottish National Party average 40.5%

Participation by year

Lara Bird voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%20262026: 25.0%25.0%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
20268421 25.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th8421 25.0%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
20
Written questions
40
Oral questions
1
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
0

joint 546th of 650 current MPs (6 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Scottish National Party average 330

Written questions per year
Lara Bird: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0132538502026: 40402026
Oral questions per year
Lara Bird: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0.00.30.50.81.02026: 112026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 20 15 40 1 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

No data for this measure.

Hansard activity

Contributions
20
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
15
distinct debates

640th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Scottish National Party average 575

Contributions per year
Lara Bird: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year051015202026: 20202026
Debates participated in per year
Lara Bird: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year051015202026: 15152026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2026

    • – Became MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
    • – Joined Scottish National Party

Constituency: Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry constituency boundary
Area
413.5 km²
Latest election
2026-06-18 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry By-election (18 June 2026)
Result
SNP Hold · majority 5,278
Electorate
75,985 · turnout 31.3%
Postcode areas
DD11, DD4, DD5, DD7, DD8, DD9

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.