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Smith, Margaret

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Smith, Margaret

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Edinburgh West
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Divisions voted in
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Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
126
931 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,752
1,014 chamber · 5,738 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·141 stage ·129 education ·95 schools ·57 budget ·41 executive ·40 consultation ·38 draft ·37 scrutiny ·37 children ·36 forth ·35 crossing ·35
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
126
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
126
Voice fingerprint

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

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. ☷
    Left Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh West (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  4. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    22 Mar 2011
  5. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2008
  6. ☷
    Joined Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2008
  7. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    02 Sep 2008
  8. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    02 Sep 2008
  9. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Substitute Member
    21 Jun 2007
  10. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  11. ⌂
    Started representing Edinburgh West
    03 May 2007
  12. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    03 May 2007
  13. ☷
    Left Health Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  14. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  15. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  16. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh West (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  17. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    02 Apr 2007
  18. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Deputy Convener
    12 Dec 2006
  19. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    12 Dec 2006
  20. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    15 Nov 2006
  21. ☷
    Left Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee
    24 Jul 2006
  22. ☷
    Joined Health Committee as Substitute Member
    31 May 2006
  23. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    06 Oct 2005
  24. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    30 Jun 2005
  25. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    28 Jun 2005
  26. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Member
    26 Jan 2005
  27. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    26 Jan 2005
  28. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    15 Sep 2004
  29. ☷
    Joined Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    06 May 2004
  30. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Substitute Member
    17 Sep 2003
  31. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Deputy Convener
    09 Sep 2003
  32. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    09 Sep 2003
  33. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    19 Jun 2003
  34. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  35. ⌂
    Started representing Edinburgh West
    01 May 2003
  36. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    01 May 2003
  37. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  38. ☷
    Left Health and Community Care Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  39. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh West (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  40. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    31 Mar 2003

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Scottish Executive Question Time Chamber
    17 Mar 2011
    I share the concerns about the delay in the project. Given that the Scottish Government is continuing to give £850 million in capital to NHS Greater Glasgow an…
  • Higher Education Funding Chamber
    16 Mar 2011
    I welcome and share the cabinet secretary’s commitment to free education with no fees and no graduate contribution. Our position builds on our record of scrapp…
  • Public Records (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2011
    I add my thanks to those already expressed to the clerks to the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee for their assistance during the passage of t…
  • Forth Crossing Project Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    Do you accept that, as an Edinburgh MSP, I am decidedly twitchy about the idea that a contract for the biggest public infrastructure project ever in Scotland c…
  • Forth Crossing Project Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    So you have not received a formal response from Newton community council to the proposals that were put to it and are experiencing difficulty getting community…
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