UK Parliament · member 5212
Dr Scott Arthur MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Dr Scott Arthur, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- East Coast Trains Ltd (Lumo) - £500.00 (registered 17 July 2026)
Miscellaneous
- University and College Union Member (Heriot-Watt University Branch) (registered 23 April 2025)
- I am currently on an unpaid career break from my position as Chair of Urban Water Management at Heriot-Watt University. (registered 2 August 2024)
- Kirk Session Member (trustee) of Fairmilehead Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Frogston Road, Edinburgh. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 August 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 479 recorded divisions where Dr Scott Arthur and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way as most voting Labour members 469 times (97.9%).
This compares Dr Scott Arthur with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £22,845 across 107 claim lines; 2024-25: £173,504 across 143 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 92 | £18,800 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 11 | £2,764 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 4 | £1,281 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 8 | £110,053 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 104 | £28,989 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 20 | £13,074 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 6 | £10,850 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 3 | £10,049 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £488 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 February 2026 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £100 | Paid |
| 3 December 2024 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | WWW.DIGITALPRINTING.CO | £97 | Paid |
| 5 August 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £97 | Paid |
| 3 June 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £97 | Paid |
| 10 November 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £95 | Paid |
| 5 March 2026 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £94 | Paid |
| 2 July 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £91 | Paid |
| 12 October 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricty - Exc Heating | £90 | Paid |
| 8 February 2025 | Staffing · Training - staff | Housing training | £90 | Paid |
| 13 January 2025 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Signage | £90 | Paid |
| 29 November 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — Office Additional Desk | £89 | Paid |
| 19 November 2024 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office signage | £888 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Dependant Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £89 | Paid |
| 6 January 2026 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £88 | Paid |
| 6 February 2026 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — VOIP | £87 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.