Holyrood, made browsable

Gillon, Karen

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.

MSP profile

Gillon, Karen

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Clydesdale
Compare with… Speeches Motions & Q+A
Divisions voted in
0
no votes on record
Party alignment
—
not enough data
Attendance
—
0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
53
705 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
5,424
911 chamber · 4,513 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·189 stage ·177 reform ·70 crofting ·58 inquiry ·46 environment ·44 marine ·43 wildlife ·42 natural ·38 subordinate ·33 legislation ·33 housing ·30
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
53
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
53
Voice fingerprint

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

culture sport lanark new lanark clydesdale children's commissioner malawi education culture committee's sewel jedburgh telephones pagers children's
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Environment Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Clydesdale (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  5. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Substitute Member
    26 May 2010
  6. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Environment Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2007
  7. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    20 Sep 2007
  8. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    20 Sep 2007
  9. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Substitute Member
    27 Jun 2007
  10. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  11. ⌂
    Started representing Clydesdale
    03 May 2007
  12. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  13. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  14. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  15. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  16. ⌂
    Stood down from Clydesdale (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  17. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  18. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Member
    06 Oct 2005
  19. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    05 Oct 2005
  20. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Substitute Member
    30 Jun 2005
  21. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    30 Jun 2005
  22. ☷
    Left Environment and Rural Development Committee
    30 Jun 2005
  23. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Deputy Convener
    11 Jun 2003
  24. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    11 Jun 2003
  25. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  26. ☷
    Joined Environment and Rural Development Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  27. ⌂
    Started representing Clydesdale
    01 May 2003
  28. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  29. ☷
    Left Education, Culture and Sport Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  30. ☷
    Left Standards Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  31. ⌂
    Stood down from Clydesdale (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  32. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  33. ☷
    Joined Standards Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Sep 2002
  34. ☷
    Joined Education, Culture and Sport Committee as Convener
    08 Jan 2001
  35. ☷
    Left Standards Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  36. ☷
    Left Education, Culture and Sport Committee
    20 Sep 2000
  37. ☷
    Joined Education, Culture and Sport Committee as Deputy Convener
    11 Jan 2000
  38. ☷
    Left Education, Culture and Sport Committee
    11 Jan 2000
  39. ☷
    Joined Education, Culture and Sport Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  40. ☷
    Joined Standards Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999

2 earlier events not shown.

Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Clydesdale · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
  • Clydesdale · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
  • Clydesdale · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)