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Goldie, Annabel

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Goldie, Annabel

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party West Scotland

Politically, you're most like Mitchell, Margaret Con — similarity 81.9/100.

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Divisions voted in
675
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.3%
0.7% rebellion
Attendance
82.5%
143 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
124
508 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,461
2,126 chamber · 4,335 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
social ·92 question ·72 time ·72 isolation ·65 bill ·54 race ·51 ethnicity ·51 employment ·51 welfare ·47 stage ·43 portfolio ·38 future ·33
Recent motions & questions
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
124
Carried
2
Defeated
5
Not divided
117

Of the 7 motions that went to a vote, 28.6% were carried.

Closest voting allies

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

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Voice fingerprint

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

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from West Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    23 Mar 2016
  5. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    25 Jun 2015
  6. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    11 Mar 2015
  7. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    11 Mar 2015
  8. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    03 Dec 2014
  9. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Dec 2014
  10. ☷
    Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
    02 Dec 2014
  11. ☷
    Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    29 Oct 2014
  12. ☷
    Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Member
    29 Oct 2014
  13. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    17 Jan 2013
  14. ☷
    Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    23 Oct 2012
  15. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Substitute Member
    01 Feb 2012
  16. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    16 Nov 2011
  17. ⌂
    Started representing West Scotland
    05 May 2011
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    05 May 2011
  19. ⌂
    Stood down from West of Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  20. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    22 Mar 2011
  21. ⌂
    Started representing West of Scotland
    03 May 2007
  22. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    03 May 2007
  23. ⌂
    Stood down from West of Scotland (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  24. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    02 Apr 2007
  25. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    24 Mar 2006
  26. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    20 Feb 2006
  27. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2003
  28. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Convener
    10 Jun 2003
  29. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    10 Jun 2003
  30. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  31. ⌂
    Started representing West of Scotland
    01 May 2003
  32. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    01 May 2003
  33. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  34. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  35. ⌂
    Stood down from West of Scotland (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  36. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    31 Mar 2003
  37. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2002
  38. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    08 Jan 2001
  39. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee as Deputy Convener
    26 Jan 2000
  40. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
    26 Jan 2000

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I am delighted to participate in this afternoon’s proceedings on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill, which is the final piece of legislation…
  • Scotland Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    This is not my final speech—I understand that that will take place next week—but, in a sense, the bill encapsulates a journey for me that has involved a marked…
  • Scottish Fiscal Commission Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    10 Mar 2016
    I was struck by the cabinet secretary’s comment that if further borrowing powers emerge, he might be prepared to look at this issue again. Is that not to conce…
  • Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    08 Mar 2016
    On the issue of the model of governance, as proposed by the bill, I have, in vain, asked the Scottish Government to give me an example of where that model can …
  • Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    08 Mar 2016
    The cabinet secretary advocates a raison d’être for her bill, particularly in relation to what she considers to be the role of the chair. Is she aware of the f…
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