GLASGOW East MP David Linden is the hardest-working new Scot in Westminster, figures show.
Linden was the only new SNP member of parliament elected at the snap vote this summer.
Data from theyworkforyou.com shows he has put more pressure on the Tory Government than all other new Scottish MPs combined in the first five months of service.
The organisation, which monitors parliamentary contributions, found Linden has submitted 233 written questions.
This compares with 217 from the 11 Tories, six Labour members and three LibDems put together.
Meanwhile, the site found not a single written question from Tory David Duguid, who succeeded Eilidh Whiteford in Banff and Buchan.
Duguid’s colleague Colin Clark, who ousted Alex Salmond in Gordon, is said to have submitted one.
His contribution is matched by Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine of the LibDems.
At 50 recorded queries, Stephen Kerr, Tory MP for Stirling, is in second place to Linden, who has also contributed to 46 debates – more than any other.
Linden told The National he was “surprised” by the figures, adding: “I’m not in Westminster to sit down and be part of the furniture.
“Everything I do in the constituency is taken forward to parliament – any questions are based on what I’m doing on the ground in Glasgow East. I want to be a strong constituency MP.”
Linden, who grew up in the area he serves, was the SNP’s sole gain in an election that saw them lose 21 MPs, including stalwarts such as former First Minister Salmond and Angus Robertson, the party’s deputy leader.
Glasgow East had previously been held by Natalie McGarry, who sat as an independent after resigning the party whip in November 2016 amidst fraud allegations.
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