Chris Law, MP for Dundee Central
Chris Law has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business); Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development); Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Trade).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Trade) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2022 | |
| Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Climate Justice) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2018 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Employment Rights Bill | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2020 to 2024 | |
| International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact | 2020 to 2024 | |
| International Development Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2017 to 2019 | |
| International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact | 2017 to 2019 | |
| International Development Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
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.
Chris Law has 8 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 30 May 2026 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to India between 23 January 2026 and 26 January 2026 | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Non-executive Board Member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Schemes. This is an unpaid role. | 29 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role. | 24 Nov 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director of CMAL Ltd, financial services company. | 27 Feb 2019 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Aberdeen | 26 May 2015 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Dundee | 26 May 2015 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in CMAL Limited | 26 May 2015 |
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.
Chris Law asked 97 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.
81 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
Chris Law represents Dundee Central. 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
Chris Law won with 40% of the votes, and Richard McCready (Labour) came second with 38%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Law | Scottish National Party | 15,544 | 40.0% |
| Richard McCready | Labour | 14,869 | 38.3% |
| Daniel Coleman | Liberal Democrat | 2,402 | 6.2% |
| Vicky McCann | Reform UK | 2,363 | 6.1% |
| Emma Farquhar | Conservative | 1,569 | 4.0% |
| Alan Ross | Alba Party | 813 | 2.1% |
| Jim McFarlane | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 600 | 1.5% |
| Susan Ettle | Scottish Family Party | 357 | 0.9% |
| Raymond Mennie | Workers Party of Britain | 192 | 0.5% |
| Niko Omilana | Independent | 139 | 0.4% |
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 Chris Law took part in 61 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris Law voted the same way as their party in 61 of the 61 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