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There is a lot here, so this page puts it into clear groups. Start with the people who represent you or your local area, then open the longer lists only when you need them.
The people who represent you
Your postcode finds the right people automatically. You have one MP at Westminster, one MSP and seven regional MSPs at Holyrood.
Show all 57 current MPs
Kirsty Blackman · Aberdeen NorthDouglas Lumsden · Aberdeen SouthSeamus Logan · Aberdeenshire North and Moray EastKenneth Stevenson · Airdrie and ShottsBrian Leishman · Alloa and GrangemouthDave Doogan · Angus and Perthshire GlensLara Bird · Arbroath and Broughty FerryBrendan O'Hara · Argyll, Bute and South LochaberElaine Stewart · Ayr, Carrick and CumnockKirsteen Sullivan · Bathgate and LinlithgowJohn Lamont · Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkJamie Stone · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossAlan Gemmell · Central AyrshireFrank McNally · Coatbridge and BellshillMelanie Ward · Cowdenbeath and KirkcaldyKatrina Murray · Cumbernauld and KirkintillochJohn Cooper · Dumfries and GallowayDavid Mundell · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleChris Law · Dundee CentralGraeme Downie · Dunfermline and DollarJoani Reid · East Kilbride and StrathavenBlair McDougall · East RenfrewshireChris Murray · Edinburgh East and MusselburghTracy Gilbert · Edinburgh North and LeithIan Murray · Edinburgh SouthDr Scott Arthur · Edinburgh South WestChristine Jardine · Edinburgh WestEuan Stainbank · FalkirkJohn Grady · Glasgow EastMartin Rhodes · Glasgow NorthMaureen Burke · Glasgow North EastGordon McKee · Glasgow SouthDr Zubir Ahmed · Glasgow South WestPatricia Ferguson · Glasgow WestRichard Baker · Glenrothes and Mid FifeHarriet Cross · Gordon and BuchanImogen Walker · Hamilton and Clyde ValleyMartin McCluskey · Inverclyde and Renfrewshire WestMr Angus MacDonald · Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireLillian Jones · Kilmarnock and LoudounGregor Poynton · LivingstonMr Douglas Alexander · Lothian EastSusan Murray · Mid DunbartonshireKirsty McNeill · MidlothianGraham Leadbitter · Moray West, Nairn and StrathspeyPamela Nash · Motherwell, Wishaw and CarlukeTorcuil Crichton · Na h-Eileanan an IarIrene Campbell · North Ayrshire and ArranWendy Chamberlain · North East FifeMr Alistair Carmichael · Orkney and ShetlandAlison Taylor · Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthJohanna Baxter · Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthPete Wishart · Perth and Kinross-shireMichael Shanks · RutherglenChris Kane · Stirling and StrathallanAndrew Bowie · West Aberdeenshire and KincardineDouglas McAllister · West Dunbartonshire
Show every MSP area
73 constituencies
Aberdeen CentralAberdeen Deeside and North KincardineAberdeen DonsideAberdeenshire EastAberdeenshire WestAirdrieAlmond ValleyAngus North and MearnsAngus SouthArgyll and ButeAyrBanffshire and Buchan CoastBathgateCaithness, Sutherland and RossCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyClackmannanshire and DunblaneClydebank and MilngavieClydesdaleCoatbridge and ChrystonCowdenbeathCumbernauld and KilsythCunninghame NorthCunninghame SouthDumbartonDumfriesshireDundee City EastDundee City WestDunfermlineEast KilbrideEast Lothian Coast and LammermuirsEastwoodEdinburgh CentralEdinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and TranentEdinburgh North Eastern and LeithEdinburgh North WesternEdinburgh NorthernEdinburgh South WesternEdinburgh SouthernEttrick, Roxburgh and BerwickshireFalkirk East and LinlithgowFalkirk WestFife North EastGalloway and West DumfriesGlasgow AnnieslandGlasgow Baillieston and ShettlestonGlasgow Cathcart and PollokGlasgow CentralGlasgow Easterhouse and SpringburnGlasgow Kelvin and MaryhillGlasgow SouthsideHamilton, Larkhall and StonehouseInverclydeInverness and NairnKilmarnock and Irvine ValleyKirkcaldyMid Fife and GlenrothesMidlothian NorthMidlothian South, Tweeddale and LauderdaleMorayMotherwell and WishawNa h-Eileanan an IarOrkney IslandsPaisleyPerthshire NorthPerthshire South and Kinross-shireRenfrewshire North and CardonaldRenfrewshire West and Levern ValleyRutherglen and CambuslangShetland IslandsSkye, Lochaber and BadenochStirlingStrathkelvin and BearsdenUddingston and Bellshill
8 regions
Your council area
All 32 council areas in Scotland, worst rate first. Each page has ten years of figures for child poverty and out-of-work benefits, plus minimum-wage context and a clearly restricted ONS pay estimate.
Glasgow City 36.1%Clackmannanshire 28.5%Dundee City 26.1%West Dunbartonshire 25.2%Falkirk 25.1%Fife 25%North Lanarkshire 24.9%Midlothian 24.6%North Ayrshire 24.3%West Lothian 24.1%Angus 24.1%East Ayrshire 23.6%Moray 23%City of Edinburgh 22.8%Dumfries and Galloway 22.7%Inverclyde 22.4%East Lothian 22.1%Highland 22.1%Scottish Borders 21.5%Argyll and Bute 21.2%Renfrewshire 21%South Ayrshire 20.7%Stirling 20.4%Na h-Eileanan Siar 19.7%South Lanarkshire 19.5%Perth and Kinross 19.2%Aberdeen City 19.1%Orkney Islands 18.6%Aberdeenshire 15%East Dunbartonshire 14.9%Shetland Islands 14.5%East Renfrewshire 12%
Your MP's area
All 57 Scottish seats, A to Z. Each page names the MP and writes the email for you.
Aberdeen North 22.4%Aberdeen South 16.9%Aberdeenshire North and Moray East 22.5%Airdrie and Shotts 27.6%Alloa and Grangemouth 26.6%Angus and Perthshire Glens 22.9%Arbroath and Broughty Ferry 23.7%Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber 22.1%Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 28.5%Bathgate and Linlithgow 23.7%Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 24.6%Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 23.4%Central Ayrshire 25.8%Coatbridge and Bellshill 26.9%Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy 27.3%Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch 23.6%Dumfries and Galloway 26.8%Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 23.4%Dundee Central 28.2%Dunfermline and Dollar 21.2%East Kilbride and Strathaven 19.4%East Renfrewshire 12%Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 23.2%Edinburgh North and Leith 23.5%Edinburgh South 15.5%Edinburgh South West 20.3%Edinburgh West 13.8%Falkirk 25.7%Glasgow East 34.9%Glasgow North 31.4%Glasgow North East 32.7%Glasgow South 30.6%Glasgow South West 33.5%Glasgow West 28.8%Glenrothes and Mid Fife 30.1%Gordon and Buchan 14%Hamilton and Clyde Valley 24.7%Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West 23.1%Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire 21.7%Kilmarnock and Loudoun 26.3%Livingston 24.7%Lothian East 17.9%Mid Dunbartonshire 11.7%Midlothian 24.6%Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey 22.6%Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke 25.5%Na h-Eileanan an Iar 19.7%North Ayrshire and Arran 27.5%North East Fife 21.4%Orkney and Shetland 18.6%Paisley and Renfrewshire North 24.6%Paisley and Renfrewshire South 24.5%Perth and Kinross-shire 21.5%Rutherglen 22.4%Stirling and Strathallan 19.8%West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 11.4%West Dunbartonshire 26.3%
Your area
What the numbers look like where you live, and who represents you there.
All 32 council areasChild poverty, benefits and pay context where you liveEvery MP and MSPWho they are, how to reach them, and how they votedReview your MSPModerated accounts from people who dealt with an MSPAll 57 MP areasThe area each MP is responsible forGlasgowWhy the worst rate in Scotland is where it is
Your money
What you earn, what you keep, what it costs and what help exists.
Everything about your moneyPay, council tax, benefits and bills in one placeTake-home pay calculatorWhat you keep on Scottish tax ratesCouncil tax by bandWhat it really costs, water includedUniversal Credit and extra hoursWhy more work does not always mean more moneyEmergency helpCrisis Grants and rent shortfall payments
Councils
What your council spends, what it delivers and what the auditors found.
Who decides
Which government controls what, and what happens when you contact them.
Big subjects
The long-running stories, each with its own front door.
Poverty in ScotlandThe figures, the causes and who can fix itExplainers and investigationsEvidence-led pieces, filed by subjectThe Glasgow recordEvery Glasgow indicator in one placeGuess the figureSix questions. Most people get them wrongQuestions and answersSearch the things people actually askPlain-English glossaryEvery term, in ordinary words
Check the evidence
The data, methods and corrections behind every claim.
Explainers
Short, plain-English answers to the questions people ask most.
- Scotland's shoplifting rate overtakes England and Wales as convictions nearly halve
- Glasgow sex crimes went up 28%. Was it migrants?
- Operation Branchform timeline: the full SNP money story
- Drug deaths in Scotland: the deprivation divide
- Crisis Grant postcode gap: why councils award 52% to 89%
- How council tax works in Scotland: discounts, help and appeals
- Council tax rises in Scotland 2026/27: every council
- Minimum wage in Scotland: what you earn in 2026
- Real Living Wage Scotland versus minimum wage
- What happens to Universal Credit when you work more hours?
- Local Housing Allowance in Scotland: why rent help falls short
- What the energy price cap means in Scotland in 2026
- Why food prices are still high in Scotland
- Crisis Grant Scotland: how to apply and what you get
- Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland: how to apply
- Free school meals and clothing grants in Scotland
- Why the cost of living is still so high in Scotland
- Most children in poverty in Scotland have a parent who works
- What does poverty mean in the UK?
- Scottish Child Payment: how much it is and who can get it
- How to contact your MP or MSP in Scotland
One measure at a time
Each indicator, with its full history and its source.