🐶I joined @protectthewild.bsky.social in Parliament to stand up for foxhounds used in hunting and challenge the narrative pushed by pro-hunting supporters that these dogs cannot be rehomed. Dogs like Alfred are not beyond help. They are loving, loyal & deserve a chance to be loved.

📣Please note that my office in Clydebank will be closed for the upcoming bank holiday on Monday 25 May 2026. 📧You can still email me at [email protected] should you require my assistance.

⛳️I am so pleased to be supporting this great new event for local West Dunbartonshire school pupils that are keen golfers. 🏌️With golf, and junior golf especially, becoming more popular, I am delighted to see local schools engage with the sport. Entry is free so sign up now!

Today, I highlighted how many of my constituents have contacted me expressing their concerns for children’s safety online. The national consultation on the Under 16s Social Media Ban closes next Tuesday. You can contribute by completing the survey below: www.gov.uk/government/c...

This week, I am holding three parliamentary advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire🗓️ Friday 22 May: 📍10am Dumbarton Library 📍3pm Clydebank Library Saturday 23 May: 📍11am Duntocher Village Hall No appointments necessary. Please attend should you require my assistance.

I have signed a cross-party open letter to the Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs calling for swift action in Parliament's next session to ban the import & sale of fur. I continue to support @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social @humaneworldorg.bsky.social campaign to secure a Fur Free Britain.

I'm delighted to announce that my new website is now officially live!💻 Here you will be able to find out more about me, get information on my surgery details and how to get in touch, all in the one place. Scan the QR Code or visit the link below!👇 ⌨️www.douglasmcallistermp.co.uk

Another major, another historic British win!🏆 As Chair of the APPG for Golf, I wish to congratulate Aaron Rai on his stunning victory at the US PGA Championship, the first Englishman to lift the Wanamaker Trophy in over a century. A landmark moment for British golf!⛳ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

📝It's been a busy start to the month in Parliament and in West Dunbartonshire! Take a look at some of what I've been up to over the last few weeks as your MP👇

🗓️Save the date #CarersWeek 2026! This year’s theme is Building Carer Friendly Communities. From 8-14 June, @carers-uk.bsky.social are highlighting how to build communities that make a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere. Find out more here👉www.carersweek.org

It was an honour to attend the ceremony at Clydebank Museum to unveil the commemorative plaque & remember those who lost their lives on the HMS Acasta (built at John Browns Clydebank), Ardent & Glorious. 1531 men died as the ships were sunk off the coast of Norway on 8 June 1941.

📚It was great to visit Christie Park Primary School in Alexandria today to talk to the pupils about Pride in Place and the funding allocated for a new destination playpark in Chrisite Park! The pupils were very welcoming and asked such great questions about our plans for the park.

Together we have come a long way on mental health, but we can’t risk going backwards. This year’s theme is #Action because whilst awareness is vital, real change comes when we take action too. I have signed EDM 68 promoting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

This Friday 15 May 2026, I am holding two casework advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire: 📍10am at Alexandria Library 📍3pm at Clydebank Library If you live in Alexandria, Dumbarton, or Clydebank, please attend should you require my assistance with any issue.

This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and this year's theme is 'Every Action Counts'. We've come a long way, with the UK Labour Government recently announcing that the NHS has recruited an additional 8,500 mental health workers. But there’s still more to do.

This Saturday 9 May, I am holding an advice surgery at 11am in Duntocher Village Hall📍 Please attend should you require my assistance with any issue. No appointments necessary, however you can email me at [email protected] to note your intention to attend📧

Bladder cancer affects around 20,000 people in the UK each year, but knowledge of symptoms is low. I’m supporting Bladder Cancer UK in their #PeeAware campaign to help raise awareness of its key symptoms: 🚩Red, pink, orange or brown urine 🚩Increased urgency/frequency 🚩Persistent UTIs

❓What have the UK Labour Government done for West Dunbartonshire so far? There is still so much more to be done but we are getting on with our promises of reducing the cost of living, and regenerating communities like ours that have been left behind by previous governments.

📣Please note that my office in Clydebank will be closed for the upcoming bank holiday on Monday 4 May 2026. 📧You can still email me at [email protected] should you require my assistance.

📰My May newsletter! Read to find out what I did this month as your MP, including speaking at this year's International Workers' Memorial Day Service, and attending Clydebank FC's Player of the Year Awards⚽️

This Friday 1 May 2026, I am holding 3 casework advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire: 📍10am at Alexandria Library 📍3pm at Clydebank Library 📍6pm at Goldenhill Primary School No appointments necessary, however feel free to get in touch to note your intention to attend.

International Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember the dead. Fight for the living. Today we remember all those who lost their lives, or were injured, simply doing their jobs and we recommit to fighting for every worker’s right to be safe at work. #IWMD26

👇My upcoming surgeries for the month of May! 📍If you live in Alexandria, Dumbarton, or Clydebank, and would like my assistance with any issue, please get in touch. 📧No appointments necessary, however feel free to contact me to note your intention to attend.

📝It's been a busy week in Parliament and in West Dunbartonshire! Take a look at some of what I got up to last week as your MP👇

I was honoured to speak at today's International Workers Memorial Day Service and lay a wreath in tribute to all who fought for truth and justice, including @cag-asbestos.bsky.social founder, David Colraine. I follow in the footsteps of Tony Worthington and continue the fight for fair compensation.

It is with great sadness that I learned of the sad passing of Tony Worthington, MP for Clydebank and Milngavie from 1987 to 2005. Tony was a great man and will be remembered not least for his work to secure compensation for the victims and families of asbestos related illness.

I highlighted how young people in my West Dunbartonshire constituency are eager for apprenticeships in the primes, asking industry executives what barriers there are to matching supply with this demand, emphasising the need for long term contracts to provide good, well-paid jobs.

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.