Blair McDougall is a Scottish Labour Party politician and former political adviser who has served as the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire since 2024.

[3] He went on to serve as chair of Scottish Labour Students from 2001 to 2003 before becoming a special adviser to Ian McCartney, Minister for Trade, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

[4] Between September 2009 and July 2010, as part of an initiative led by Tony Blair, McDougall worked for Rwandan president Paul Kagame as an "adviser on governance and strategic communications".

[5] Following Labour's defeat in the 2010 general election, McDougall coordinated David Miliband's unsuccessful campaign for the party leadership.

[6] After the No vote in the referendum on 18 September 2014, McDougall explained a key element of success had been regular and rigorous voter research and message testing.