Kirsty Blackman, MP for Aberdeen North
Kirsty Blackman has been an MP since 2015. Currently: SNP Chief Whip; Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions); Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities); Speaker's Conference (2024).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| SNP Chief Whip (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Equalities) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (Opposition Department) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (Opposition Department) | 2022 | |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| SNP Deputy Westminster Leader (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Lords) (Opposition Department) | 2015 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Pension Schemes Bill | 2025 | |
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Media Bill | 2023 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 11
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Online Safety Bill | 2022 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2022 | |
| Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Subsidy Control Bill | 2021 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2019 | |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
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.
Kirsty Blackman has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Member of Investment Systems Council for New Capital Consensus. This is an unpaid role. | 20 Jun 2026 |
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.
Kirsty Blackman asked 66 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
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.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Kirsty Blackman represents Aberdeen North. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Scottish National Party
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Kirsty Blackman won with 35% of the votes, and Lynn Thomson (Labour) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Blackman | Scottish National Party | 14,533 | 34.5% |
| Lynn Thomson | Labour | 12,773 | 30.3% |
| Gillian Tebberen | Conservative | 5,881 | 14.0% |
| Kenneth Leggat | Reform UK | 3,781 | 9.0% |
| Desmond Bouse | Liberal Democrat | 2,583 | 6.1% |
| Esme Houston | Scottish Green Party | 1,275 | 3.0% |
| Charlie Abel | Alba Party | 703 | 1.7% |
| Dawn Smith | Scottish Family Party | 352 | 0.8% |
| Lucas Grant | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 214 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Kirsty Blackman took part in 57 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Kirsty Blackman voted the same way as their party in 57 of the 57 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
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