This week, I am holding three advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire🗓️
Friday 24 April:
📍10am Dumbarton Library
📍3pm Clydebank Library
Saturday 25 April:
📍11am Duntocher Village Hall
No appointments necessary, but you can contact me to note your intention to attend.
I continued to press the Foreign Secretary on securing the release of my constituent from Dumbarton, #JagtarSinghJohal, from arbitrary detention in India.
I requested her reassurance that she remains committed to raising Jagtar's case at all levels and opportunities.
#FreeJaggiNow
The UK Labour Government is improving children's lives across the UK, including lifting 2,260 in West Dunbartonshire out of poverty.
We need a Scottish Labour Government more interested in an education recovery programme rather than the same gimmicks & more SNP broken promises.
Take a look at some of what I did last week in Parliament and in West Dunbartonshire as your MP, including debates, and attending @clydebankfc.bsky.social's Player of the Year ceremony📝
⚽️I was so honoured to attend Clydebank FC's POTY ceremony at the weekend and be presented with an Honorary UCS Trust Membership. Completely unexpected, but greatly appreciated.
❤️🖤Congratulations to everyone at the club for another wonderful season and we go again next year!
Securing Pride in Place funding for my hometown of West Dunbartonshire has been the highlight of my time as MP so far.
The UK Labour Government is investing in communities like ours, regenerating our towns that were left behind by previous governments.
The SNP created the housing crisis in Scotland. 2 decades of failure. The housing emergency is on their watch.
Scottish Labour have pledged 125,000 new homes to tackle the housing needs of young people.
After Rory McIlroy's historic back to back Masters win at the weekend, I requested a debate on the future of golf in the UK to discuss how we can ensure our courses, clubs & community facilities like Dalmuir Golf Course are secure to allow the next generation of talent to shine.
At yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on the Access to Work scheme, I raised the case of one of my constituents, requesting that the Minister ensures agreed adjustments are followed, communications are improved and priority cases are genuinely prioritised.
At today's Scottish Affairs Committee meeting on GB energy & the net zero transition, I asked when my constituents of West Dunbartonshire & people across Scotland will see the benefit of UK Labour Government investment in energy infrastructure materialise into lower energy bills.
My team is at Improving Lives 10th Annual Big Disability Open Day today!
📍Pop along to Dalmuir Barclay Church between 10am and 2pm if you want to speak with my team, find out more about the help I can provide, or raise any local issues that you would like my assistance with.
This Friday 17 April 2026, I will be holding two parliamentary advice surgeries in West Dunbartonshire👇
📍10am at Alexandria Library
📍3pm at Clydebank Library
No appointments necessary, however please feel free to get in touch to note your intention to attend📧
Meetings, surgeries and lots of community visits - take a look at some of what I did during Parliamentary recess in West Dunbartonshire as your MP📝
⛳️Big thank you to William Spence at @designergolflab.bsky.social for donating our new flags!
👕🧢A brand new range of junior clothing and gloves from @designergolflab.bsky.social is now available in our shop.
📍Pop in and take a look!
A massive thank you to our official 2026 sponsors!🙌
We are so delighted to have secured sponsorship for all 18 holes at Dalmuir Golf Course & would like to thank everyone who expressed their interest⛳️
This will go towards supporting our ambitious goals for the club's future👀
This week, I am holding three casework advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire👇
Friday 10 April:
📍10am Dumbarton Library
📍3pm Clydebank Library
Saturday 11 April:
📍11am Duntocher Village Hall
Please attend should you require my assistance - no appointment necessary!
⚽️It was great to visit Scottish Gas' Easter Football Camp today in Clydebank! Thanks to @centricaplc.bsky.social, Drumchapel Ams & the Scottish FA for working in partnership to bring the camp to West Dunbartonshire & provide local children from all backgrounds with the opportunity to enjoy football.
This week, Labour officially scrapped the 2 child benefit cap, lifting over 2,000 children in West Dunbartonshire out of poverty.
This is a major step towards eradicating child poverty to ensure every child has an equal start to life.
Decisions that matter and make a real difference.
Wishing all those celebrating today in West Dunbartonshire and beyond a very Happy Easter!✝️🐰🐣
This morning I joined The Hope Community Church- Good Friday Walk of Hope. Churches and Christian organisations play such a significant role in our community, reflecting generosity and self sacrifice. Easter is a time for hope and renewal. Thank you for making me feel so welcome.
📣Please note that my office at Kilbowie Road will be closed to the public on Good Friday, and Easter Monday to allow my hard working staff to spend the holiday with their families.
📧You can still email me at douglas.mcallister.mp@parliament.uk should you require my assistance.
April is a landmark month for people in West Dunbartonshire and across the UK - here's why👇
We’re putting more money in your pocket as we raise minimum wages, cut energy bills & extend the freeze on fuel duty👷♀️⚡️🚗
I hope everyone enjoys the Easter weekend!
When diagnosed early, 9/10 people survive bowel cancer, however research by @cancerresearchuk.org shows that in West Dunbartonshire, bowel cancer screening uptake stands at just 61%.
That’s why this #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth, I'm helping @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social raise awareness & improve uptake.
🏌️2026 Dalmuir Golf Course Club Membership Drive!
⛳️Clydebank Overtoun host the Saturday Medals between 9.30am - 12.30pm.
⛳️Radnor Park host the Sunday Medals between 8.30am - 10.00am.
Get in touch for membership enquiries📧
This month, workers will see their wages increased & key measures in Labour’s Employment Rights Act come into force!
📈Increase to NMW✅
👨🍼Parental & unpaid paternity leave from 1st day of employment✅
😷Stronger statutory sick pay✅
🤝Stronger protections on sexual harassment✅
Thanks to the UK Labour Government, from today:
⚡£117 on average coming off energy bills✅
🚗Fuel Duty freeze extended✅
🧒240,000 children lifted out of poverty✅
💷A pay boost for over 2 million people as NMW rises✅
Supporting people in West Dunbartonshire & across the UK.
Workers across the UK will be taking more money home at the end of each month, with uplifts to the National Minimum Wage coming in from today!
We’re making work pay, backing working people & tackling the cost of living - delivering a stronger, brighter future for work in the UK.
📣UPDATE📣
⛳️Our new memberships for 2026-27 are now officially available to purchase!
Our gift vouchers are also still available to purchase & if you were lucky enough to be gifted one of these at Christmas, you can redeem it against a Season Ticket!
Will you be joining us?👇
📰My April newsletter!
👇Read to find out what I did this month as your MP, including welcoming St. Peter the Apostle pupils to Westminster, the first ever school from West Dunbartonshire to visit 10 Downing St.
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