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Murray, Elaine

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Murray, Elaine

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Dumfriesshire

Politically, you're most like Boyack, Sarah Lab — similarity 82.1/100.

Divisions voted in
756
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.3%
0.7% rebellion
Attendance
92.4%
62 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
201
2,411 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,193
1,716 chamber · 4,477 committee
Allowances claimed
£5,107
26 transactions
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
201
Carried
5
Defeated
6
Not divided
190

Of the 11 motions that went to a vote, 45.5% 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. Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Left Justice Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Stood down from Dumfriesshire (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  5. Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    04 Feb 2015
  6. Left Justice Committee
    10 Sep 2013
  7. Joined Justice Committee as Deputy Convener
    10 Sep 2013
  8. Joined Justice Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2013
  9. Left Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
    03 Sep 2013
  10. Joined Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee as Member
    12 Dec 2012
  11. Left Finance Committee
    12 Dec 2012
  12. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  13. Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    21 Dec 2011
  14. Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  15. Started representing Dumfriesshire
    05 May 2011
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  17. Left Rural Affairs and Environment Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  18. Stood down from Dumfries (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  19. Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  20. Joined Rural Affairs and Environment Committee as Member
    02 Oct 2008
  21. Left Finance Committee
    01 Oct 2008
  22. Left Finance Committee
    19 Jun 2007
  23. Joined Finance Committee as Deputy Convener
    19 Jun 2007
  24. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  25. Started representing Dumfries
    03 May 2007
  26. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  27. Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  28. Left Education Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  29. Stood down from Dumfries (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  30. Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  31. Left Finance Committee
    06 Feb 2007
  32. Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Substitute Member
    30 Jun 2005
  33. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  34. Joined Education Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  35. Left Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
    01 May 2003
  36. Started representing Dumfries
    01 May 2003
  37. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  38. Stood down from Dumfries (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  39. Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  40. Appointed Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
    28 Nov 2001

8 earlier events not shown.

Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Dumfriesshire · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
  • Dumfries · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
  • Dumfries · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
  • Dumfries · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)