Dr Zubir Ahmed, MP for Glasgow South West
Zubir Ahmed has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Immigration and Asylum Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2025 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 to 2025 |
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.
Zubir Ahmed has 8 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 26 February 2026 - £13,890.00 | 22 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 06 April 2026 - £2,065.00 | 22 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Francesca Sainsbury Perrin - £30,000.00 | 22 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 August 2025 - £17,920.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 August 2025 - £19,878.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Emergency vascular surgeon - NHS Fife | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | NHS surgeon - NHS golden jubilee | 4 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Honorary surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 4 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.
Zubir Ahmed asked 23 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.
51 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
Zubir Ahmed represents Glasgow South West. 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
Zubir Ahmed won with 44% of the votes, and Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party) came second with 34%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zubir Ahmed | Labour | 15,552 | 43.6% |
| Chris Stephens | Scottish National Party | 12,267 | 34.4% |
| John Hamelink | Scottish Green Party | 2,727 | 7.6% |
| Morag McRae | Reform UK | 2,236 | 6.3% |
| Mamun Rashid | Conservative | 1,387 | 3.9% |
| Paul McGarry | Liberal Democrat | 958 | 2.7% |
| Tony Osy | Alba Party | 542 | 1.5% |
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 Zubir Ahmed took part in 185 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Zubir Ahmed voted the same way as their party in 183 of the 183 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 | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | 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 |
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