Elaine Stewart, MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Elaine Stewart has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Scottish Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
Elaine Stewart has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Alex Begg & Co - £450.00 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Dalmellington Parish Development trust. This is an unpaid role. | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director for the local community-run post office. | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Volunteer and Treasurer of Doon valley amateur boxing club. This is an unpaid role. | 2 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.
Elaine Stewart asked 4 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.
93 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
Elaine Stewart represents Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Elaine Stewart won with 36% of the votes, and Allan Dorans (Scottish National Party) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Stewart | Labour | 14,930 | 36.5% |
| Allan Dorans | Scottish National Party | 10,776 | 26.3% |
| Martin Dowey | Conservative | 9,247 | 22.6% |
| Andrew Russell | Reform UK | 3,544 | 8.7% |
| Paul Kennedy | Liberal Democrat | 1,081 | 2.6% |
| Korin Vallance | Scottish Green Party | 886 | 2.2% |
| Corri Wilson | Alba Party | 472 | 1.2% |
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 Elaine Stewart took part in 153 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Elaine Stewart voted the same way as their party in 152 of the 152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: 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% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| 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