Holyrood, made browsable
Elder, Dorothy-Grace
Everything we have on one MSP — voting record, motions, questions, committee work, allowances, Hansard contributions, registered interests and career history — pulled together on a single page.
Divisions voted in
0
Party alignment
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Attendance
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Motions lodged
79
Hansard contributions
2,792
Allowances claimed
£0
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·411
current ·181
hepatitis ·25
petition ·17
question ·9
time ·9
international ·9
situation ·9
report ·7
convener ·5
retail ·5
pharmacies ·5
Recent motions & questions
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Parliament Staff
Motion
S1M-04065 · 26 Mar 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any emergency plans in respect of the termin…
Question
S1O-06660 · 20 Mar 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is regarding reviewing the avail…
Question
S1W-33910 · 21 Feb 2003
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To ask the Presiding Officer how many hits there have been on each of the Parliament's in…
Question
S1W-33950 · 20 Feb 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to the Crown Office and Proc…
Question
S1W-33860 · 19 Feb 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases referred to the Crown Office and Procurator…
Question
S1W-33859 · 19 Feb 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been referred by the Scottish Environm…
Question
S1W-33858 · 19 Feb 2003
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To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid in each of the last five years to re…
Question
S1W-33909 · 18 Feb 2003
Motion success
Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.
Lodged
79Carried
0Defeated
0Not divided
79Voice 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.
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Left Public Petitions Committee31 Mar 2003
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Left Health and Community Care Committee31 Mar 2003
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Stood down from Glasgow (Dissolution)31 Mar 2003
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Left Independent31 Mar 2003
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Joined Independent02 May 2002
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Left Scottish National Party01 May 2002
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Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member08 Jan 2001
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Joined Health and Community Care Committee as Member17 Jun 1999
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Started representing Glasgow06 May 1999
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Joined Scottish National Party06 May 1999
Who backs their motions most
- Sheridan, Tommy Sol 260×
- Quinan, Mr Lloyd SNP 240×
- Paterson, Gil SNP 236×
- Ingram, Adam SNP 228×
- Neil, Alex SNP 208×
- Grahame, Christine SNP 168×
- White, Sandra SNP 164×
- McLeod, Fiona SNP 152×
- Gorrie, Donald LD 144×
- Wilson, Andrew SNP 132×
Whose motions they back most
- Sheridan, Tommy Sol 268×
- Grahame, Christine SNP 200×
- Paterson, Gil SNP 128×
- Russell, Michael SNP 116×
- White, Sandra SNP 104×
- Lochhead, Richard SNP 100×
- McNeill, Pauline Lab 96×
- Ewing, Fergus Ind 92×
- MacDonald, Margo Ind 92×
- Adam, Brian SNP 84×
Recent contributions to the Official Report
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Question Time
Chamber
27 Mar 2003
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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Older People
Chamber
27 Mar 2003No one doubts the minister's sincerity, but I would like an answer to my earlier question. What is the Executive's position on employing people who are over 60…
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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Older People
Chamber
27 Mar 2003Oh, go on.The minister's comment was exceedingly kind. I know that she will work on and perhaps take on the Carntyne incinerator case. If I can help with anyth…
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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Older People
Chamber
27 Mar 2003Many visions have floated across our radar today. My favourite, and the point at which I really got the giggles, was when Alex Neil referred to reading various…
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Convener's Report
Committee
25 Mar 2003Hepatitis C was the issue that I was worried about.
Committee & government roles
Committee
- Public Petitions Committee Member · left 31 Mar 2003
- Health and Community Care Committee Member · left 31 Mar 2003
Career timeline
Party
- Independent · 02 May 2002 — 31 Mar 2003
- Scottish National Party · 06 May 1999 — 01 May 2002
Seats
- Glasgow · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)