How Scottish Labour MPs voted on disability cuts bill
The bill will increase the basic Universal Credit standard allowance at least in line with inflation until 2029/30.
But the Government has proposed freezing the 'limited capability for work' (LCW) part of the benefit until 2030 – a measure which triggered a separate rebellion of 37 Labour MPs.
New claimants who sign up for the 'limited capability for work and work-related activity' payment would receive a lower rate than existing claimants after April 2026, unless they meet a set of severe conditions criteria or are terminally ill, which the same rebels also opposed.
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Rachael Maskell, who helped see off proposed cuts to Personal Independence Payments that the Government was forced to take out of the bill, said: 'No matter what spin, to pass the Bill tonight, this will leave such a stain on our great party, founded on values of equality and justice.'
LibDem MP Christine Jardine (below) lost her role in the party's front bench as Scotland spokesperson for voting against a Tory-led amendment to the bill.
A party spokesperson said the official position was to abstain, as 'a vote against was effectively a vote to implement this shambolic bill in full'.
They added: 'Instead LibDems voted to oppose the welfare bill altogether. Christine decided to take a different view and therefore is no longer on the front bench.'
How Scottish Labour MPs voted on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at third reading
For
Zubir Ahmed, Glasgow South West
Douglas Alexander, East Lothian
Scott Arthur, Edinburgh South West
Richard Baker, Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Johanna Baxter, Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Torcuil Crichton, Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Graeme Downie, Dunfermline and Dollar
Patricia Ferguson, Glasgow West
Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire
John Grady, Glasgow East
Lillian Jones, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Chris Kane, Stirling and Strathallan
Douglas McAllister, West Dunbartonshire
Martin McCluskey, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Blair McDougall, East Renfrewshire
Gordon McKee, Glasgow South
Frank McNally, Coatbridge and Bellshill
Kirsty McNeill, Midlothian
Chris Murray, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Ian Murray, Edinburgh South
Katrina Murray, Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Gregor Poynton, Livingston
Joani Reid, East Kilbride and Strathaven
Martin Rhodes, Glasgow North
Michael Shanks, Rutherglen
Kenneth Stevenson, Airdrie and Shotts
Elaine Stewart, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Kirsteen Sullivan, Bathgate and Linlithgow
Alison Taylor, Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Imogen Walker, Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Melanie Ward, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Against
Maureen Burke, Glasgow North East
Irene Campbell, North Ayrshire and Arran
Tracy Gilbert, Edinburgh North and Leith
Brian Leishman, Alloa and Grangemouth
Euan Stainbank, Falkirk
No vote recorded
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