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McAllan, Màiri

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McAllan, Màiri
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McAllan, Màiri

Politically, you're most like Gougeon, Mairi SNP — similarity 59.7/100.

Divisions voted in
1,119
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
93.2%
82 "Not Voted" of 1,201 divisions present
Motions lodged
34
0 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,777
1,018 chamber · 759 committee
Allowances claimed
£126,127
415 transactions
Recent rebellions

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

Motion success

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

Lodged
34
Carried
14
Defeated
1
Not divided
19

Of the 15 motions that went to a vote, 93.3% 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).

Career arc

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

  1. Started representing Unknown constituency
    07 May 2026
  2. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    07 May 2026
  3. Stood down from Clydesdale (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  4. Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  5. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Housing
    11 Jun 2025
  6. Left Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
    11 Jun 2025
  7. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
    08 May 2024
  8. Left Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy
    08 May 2024
  9. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy
    08 Feb 2024
  10. Left Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition
    08 Feb 2024
  11. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition
    13 Jun 2023
  12. Left Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition
    13 Jun 2023
  13. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition
    30 Mar 2023
  14. Left Minister for Environment and Land Reform
    30 Mar 2023
  15. Appointed Minister for Environment and Land Reform
    31 Aug 2021
  16. Left Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform
    30 Aug 2021
  17. Appointed Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform
    20 May 2021
  18. Started representing Clydesdale
    06 May 2021
  19. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    Douglas Lumsden shouted “nonsense” as Emma Harper asked her question, but the people who do business in Scotland do not think that what she said was nonsense. …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    As I have said a number of times, we have recently set out plans for us to continue our track record on the delivery of affordable homes with a major delivery …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that regulatory changes are introduced following full consideration of their wider implications, including in …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    What I have to say to them is that every effort that I have made since becoming housing secretary has been put into ending children living in unsuitable accomm…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    Rona Mackay is absolutely right to mention the new prevention duties. I have focused a lot of my answers on the work of the housing emergency action plan, whic…
Committee & government roles

Government

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
Engagement costs £10,664 £5,809 +£4,855
Incidental employment costs £83 £95 −£12
Office costs £6,423 £7,961 −£1,538
Registered interests
  • Voluntary · 26 May 2021
    As is already a matter of public record, I was a Special Adviser with the Scottish Government until 5 March 2021, before being elected to the Scottish Parliament. The salary connected with my employm…
  • Controlled transactions · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 26 May 2021
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats