Douglas Lumsden, MP for Aberdeen South
Douglas Lumsden has been an MP since 2026. 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 | 2026 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.
Douglas Lumsden has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings | Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland (Region) - Scottish Parliament | 7 Jul 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.
Douglas Lumsden asked 5 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Election result and area
Douglas Lumsden represents Aberdeen South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Douglas Lumsden won with 50% of the votes, and Richard Gordon Thomson (Scottish National Party) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | 14,308 | 49.5% |
| Richard Gordon Thomson | Scottish National Party | 8,258 | 28.6% |
| Jo Hart | Reform UK | 2,478 | 8.6% |
| Nurul Hoque Ali | Labour | 1,550 | 5.4% |
| Mel Sullivan | Liberal Democrat | 1,270 | 4.4% |
| Jorg Shelton-Eckstein | Scottish Green Party | 974 | 3.4% |
| David Ballantine | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 59 | 0.2% |
2026-06-18 Aberdeen South By-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 Douglas Lumsden took part in 22 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Douglas Lumsden voted the same way as their party in 22 of the 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 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