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Minto, Jenni

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Minto, Jenni
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Minto, Jenni

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Politically, you're most like Harper, Emma SNP — similarity 83.3/100.

Divisions voted in
1,227
last on 10 Jun 2026
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
99.0%
12 "Not Voted" of 1,239 divisions present
Motions lodged
72
40 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
2,061
1,066 chamber · 995 committee
Allowances claimed
£972,261
10,930 transactions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

  • Planning
    11 Jun 2025 · they voted Abstain, party voted Yes
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
72
Carried
5
Defeated
0
Not divided
67

Of the 5 motions that went to a vote, 100.0% were carried.

Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.1%
S6 · SNP
0.0%
S7 · SNP
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Convener
    10 Jun 2026
  2. Left Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
    20 May 2026
  3. Started representing Argyll and Bute
    07 May 2026
  4. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    07 May 2026
  5. Stood down from Argyll and Bute (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  6. Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  7. Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    31 Mar 2023
  8. Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    31 Mar 2023
  9. Left Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
    31 Mar 2023
  10. Appointed Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
    30 Mar 2023
  11. Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Member
    01 Feb 2023
  12. Left Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
    01 Feb 2023
  13. Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Sep 2021
  14. Joined Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  15. Joined Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  16. Started representing Argyll and Bute
    06 May 2021
  17. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Public Service Reform (Staff, Service Users and Local Communities) Chamber
    11 Jun 2026
    I would like to continue the theme that Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher started, which Alyn Smith followed up on, by suggesting that, in Ivan McKee, we have …
  • Maternity Services Chamber
    11 Jun 2026
    I, too, associate myself with the cabinet secretary’s comments with respect to the staff who work in maternity services, especially those in Argyll and Bute.Th…
  • Screen Sector Chamber
    10 Jun 2026
    Meal do naidheachd—congratulations—to my colleague Alyn Smith on securing this members’ business debate on the importance of the screen industry in Scotland.As…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    10 Jun 2026
    I welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to fair work and fully support its underlying principles. However, smaller organisations, third sector bodies an…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    10 Jun 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to adopt a tell-us-once approach to grant schemes, such as fair work first, across its departments to reduce th…
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
MSP & staff travel £25,288 £5,904 +£19,384
Office costs £42,768 £39,804 +£2,964
Overnight accommodation £4,576 £1,688 +£2,888
Incidental employment costs £426 £475 −£49
Engagement costs £25,630 £29,043 −£3,414
Edinburgh accommodation £25,467 £32,015 −£6,548
Registered interests

25 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    On 8 August I made a constituency site visit to the Port Ellen Distillery on Islay as a guest of Diageo. The value of the visit was £250. [Registered 16 September 2025]
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I am a Trustee of the Museum of Islay Life, this derives no financial benefit.
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I am a member of RSPB, this derives no financial benefit.
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I am a member of Islay Energy Trust, this derives no financial benefit.
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I have a £5k shareholding in Islay Energy Community Benefit Society, which returns 4% interest each year. IECBS’s aim is to benefit the community through the development and operation of renewable en…
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    My husband and I jointly edited a book, Islay Voices, published by Birlinn.
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I was a Trustee and Director of Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface from August 2016 to August 2019. I derived no financial benefit.
  • Voluntary · 24 May 2021
    I am a Trustee of the Museum of Islay Life, this derives no financial benefit.
Career timeline

Party

Seats