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Baillie, Jackie

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Baillie, Jackie
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Baillie, Jackie

Sitting Scottish Labour Dumbarton

http://www.facebook.com/jackie.baillie

🏛️ Longest-serving sitting MSP

Politically, you're most like Eadie, Helen Lab — similarity 86.4/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,324
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
81.8%
516 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
1,578
9,290 questions · 11 unanswered
Hansard contributions
13,729
4,488 chamber · 9,241 committee
Allowances claimed
£327,514
3,082 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
time ·142 question ·141 bill ·95 stage ·83 care ·67 terminally ·42 adults ·42 assisted ·41 dying ·41 topical ·39 social ·36 petitions ·35
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
1,578
Carried
40
Defeated
41
Not divided
1,497

Of the 81 motions that went to a vote, 49.4% 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).

woolnough rebuttal witness rebuttal witness statement promoter vale leven vanhagen dumbarton leven scrimgeour leven hospital rebuttal statement
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.6%
S4 · Lab
0.0%
S5 · Lab
0.3%
S6 · Lab
Career arc

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

  1. ⌂
    Started representing Dumbarton
    07 May 2026
  2. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    07 May 2026
  3. ☷
    Left Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Dumbarton (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  5. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    08 Apr 2026
  6. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Recovery Committee
    14 Jul 2023
  7. ☷
    Joined Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    22 Sep 2021
  8. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Recovery Committee as Substitute Member
    22 Sep 2021
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Dumbarton
    06 May 2021
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 2021
  11. ☷
    Left Finance and Constitution Committee
    04 May 2021
  12. ☷
    Left Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints
    04 May 2021
  13. ⌂
    Stood down from Dumbarton (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  14. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    04 May 2021
  15. ☷
    Joined Finance and Constitution Committee as Member
    05 May 2020
  16. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    05 May 2020
  17. ☷
    Joined Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints as Member
    06 Feb 2019
  18. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  19. ☷
    Left Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  20. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    22 Dec 2017
  21. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Acting Convener
    20 Apr 2017
  22. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    20 Apr 2017
  23. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    12 Apr 2017
  24. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Acting Convener
    12 Apr 2017
  25. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Member
    30 Mar 2017
  26. ☷
    Joined Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  27. ⌂
    Started representing Dumbarton
    05 May 2016
  28. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2016
  29. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  30. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  31. ⌂
    Stood down from Dumbarton (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  32. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  33. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  34. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  35. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Jan 2015
  36. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Jan 2015
  37. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  38. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  39. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2013
  40. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    19 Sep 2012

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Government

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 £13,655 £9,427 +£4,228
MSP & staff travel £3,037 £1,324 +£1,714
Office costs £6,667 £5,576 +£1,091
Edinburgh accommodation £3,591 £4,657 −£1,066
Registered interests

477 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    On 13 August 2025, I was a guest of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy, 2 Deck, Navy Command HQ, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY) for dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia and then at the Royal Military Tat…
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    On 13 August 2025, I was a guest of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy, 2 Deck, Navy Command HQ, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY) for dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia and then at the Royal Military Tat…
  • Gifts · 09 Jun 2021
    In December 2024, MFGC Holdings LTD (of 87 West Regent Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2AW) provided the printing associated with a Christmas Card Competition I held with local primary schools. T…
  • Gifts · 09 Jun 2021
    In December 2024, MFGC Holdings LTD (of 87 West Regent Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2AW) provided the printing associated with a Christmas Card Competition I held with local primary schools. T…
  • Gifts · 09 Jun 2021
    In December 2024, MFGC Holdings LTD (of 87 West Regent Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2AW) provided the printing associated with a Christmas Card Competition I held with local primary schools. T…
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    On 22 August 2024 I was a guest of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy, 2 Deck, Navy Command HQ, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY) for dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia and then at the Royal Military Tatt…
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    On 22 August 2024 I was a guest of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy, 2 Deck, Navy Command HQ, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY) for dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia and then at the Royal Military Tatt…
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    On 22 August 2024, I was a guest of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy, 2 Deck, Navy Command HQ, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY) for dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia and then at the Royal Military Tat…
Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Dumbarton · 07 May 2026 — Unknown
  • Dumbarton · 06 May 2021 — 08 Apr 2026 (Dissolution)
  • Dumbarton · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021 (Dissolution)
  • Dumbarton · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
  • Dumbarton · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
  • Dumbarton · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
  • Dumbarton · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)