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Grahame, Christine

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Grahame, Christine
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Grahame, Christine

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
🎤 Most prolific speaker

Politically, you're most like White, Sandra SNP — similarity 66.1/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,591
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.0%
1.0% rebellion
Attendance
91.2%
249 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
887
3,532 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
35,217
9,348 chamber · 25,869 committee
Allowances claimed
£221,126
1,250 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·105 question ·102 time ·94 stage ·78 rural ·32 portfolio ·31 natural ·22 environment ·22 farming ·22 welfare ·21 inquiry ·20 dogs ·20
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
887
Carried
2
Defeated
1
Not divided
884

Of the 3 motions that went to a vote, 66.7% 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).

roderick north midlothian south south tweeddale tweeddale lauderdale john highlands lab finnie john con margaret central alison north lauderdale fife snp
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

1.7%
S4 · SNP
0.5%
S5 · SNP
0.8%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  3. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Substitute Member
    18 Sep 2024
  5. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    01 Nov 2023
  6. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Substitute Member
    05 Sep 2023
  7. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    05 Sep 2023
  8. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    29 Jun 2023
  9. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    29 Jun 2023
  10. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Member
    18 Apr 2023
  11. ⌂
    Started representing Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
    06 May 2021
  12. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  13. ☷
    Left Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
    04 May 2021
  14. ☷
    Left Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
    04 May 2021
  15. ⌂
    Stood down from Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  16. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  17. ☷
    Joined Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee as Member
    03 Dec 2020
  18. ☷
    Left Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee
    03 Dec 2020
  19. ☷
    Joined Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee as Convener
    26 Nov 2019
  20. ☷
    Left Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee
    26 Nov 2019
  21. ☷
    Joined Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee as Member
    31 Oct 2019
  22. ☷
    Joined Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee as Substitute Member
    07 Sep 2016
  23. ⌂
    Started representing Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
    05 May 2016
  24. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  25. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    23 Mar 2016
  26. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  27. ⌂
    Stood down from Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  28. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  29. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Convener
    21 Mar 2013
  30. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    21 Mar 2013
  31. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    13 Mar 2013
  32. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  33. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  34. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  35. ⌂
    Started representing Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
    05 May 2011
  36. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  37. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  38. ⌂
    Stood down from South of Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  39. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  40. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Convener
    20 Jun 2007

30 earlier events not shown.

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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    I hope that the UK Government responds positively. It needs to be reminded of how important our farming community is in providing high-quality food and drink f…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding whether any of the support announced in response to the…
  • Bank of Scotland Branch Closures Chamber
    24 Mar 2026
    I have been banging on about credit unions in here for years, and I am pleased to hear that the member managed to get one on his main street. I have only anoth…
  • Bank of Scotland Branch Closures Chamber
    24 Mar 2026
    I, too, congratulate my colleague Clare Haughey on securing the motion for debate in the chamber. I said earlier during the debate on animal welfare that that …
  • Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Public Protection) Chamber
    24 Mar 2026
    Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer.Well, breaking news: Christine Grahame is at last retiring—some might say not before time—and I am proud that my last debat…
Committee & government roles

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
Engagement costs £9,149 £5,809 +£3,340
MSP & staff travel £654 £1,181 −£527
Office costs £941 £7,961 −£7,020
Registered interests

14 total · showing most recent.

  • Controlled transactions · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Controlled transactions · 23 May 2016
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats