MacDonald, Margo

• Membership of EFTA Motion
  S4M-09052 · 17 Feb 2014
• Question
  S4W-17865 · 19 Nov 2013
• Question
  S4W-17867 · 12 Nov 2013
• Question
  S4W-17864 · 12 Nov 2013
• OECD’s Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters Motion
  S4M-08230 · 07 Nov 2013
• Question
  S4W-17863 · 05 Nov 2013
• Question
  S4O-02507 · 30 Oct 2013
• Question
  S4W-17866 · 29 Oct 2013

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

• Human Rights
  10 Dec 2013 · they voted Abstain, party voted No
• Youth Sport Strategy
  10 Dec 2013 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Scotland's Economy
  19 Sep 2013 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Scotland’s Future
  18 Sep 2013 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Ensuring Access to High Quality Sustainable Services for People Living with Chronic Pain
  29 May 2013 · they voted Abstain, party voted No
• Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill
  27 Mar 2013 · they voted Abstain, party voted Yes
• 10 Years on from the Invasion of Iraq
  19 Mar 2013 · they voted Abstain, party voted No
• Policing in Scotland
  05 Dec 2012 · they voted Abstain, party voted Yes

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

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

• Harvie, Patrick Green 62.5% 72 shared
• Johnstone, Alison NPA 62.2% 74 shared
• Park, John Lab 42.0% 50 shared
• White, Sandra SNP 41.7% 60 shared
• McArthur, Liam LD 40.3% 62 shared
• Eadie, Helen Lab 38.6% 57 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Milne, Nanette Con 26.2% 61 shared
• Walker, Bill Ind 27.8% 36 shared
• Scott, Tavish LD 28.6% 28 shared
• Lamont, John Con 29.1% 55 shared
• Fraser, Murdo Con 29.7% 64 shared
• Lamont, Johann Lab 30.3% 66 shared

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

• Neil, Alex SNP 47.3
  vote 36 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 18
• White, Sandra SNP 45.3
  vote 42 · co-sponsor 80 · topic 18
• Grahame, Christine SNP 43.5
  vote 35 · co-sponsor 89 · topic 15
• Ingram, Adam SNP 41.0
  vote 33 · co-sponsor 83 · topic 15
• Paterson, Gil SNP 40.9
  vote 36 · co-sponsor 77 · topic 15
• Harvie, Patrick Green 39.6
  vote 63 · co-sponsor 22 · topic 11
• Johnstone, Alison NPA 36.1
  vote 62 · co-sponsor 9 · topic 11
• Fabiani, Linda SNP 35.3
  vote 37 · co-sponsor 53 · topic 13

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

• Neil, Alex SNP 252×
• Gorrie, Donald LD 236×
• Sheridan, Tommy Sol 224×
• Grahame, Christine SNP 220×
• White, Sandra SNP 216×
• Paterson, Gil SNP 204×
• Harper, Robin Green 192×
• Ingram, Adam SNP 192×
• Quinan, Mr Lloyd SNP 168×
• Fabiani, Linda SNP 128×

• Grahame, Christine SNP 160×
• Elder, Dorothy-Grace Ind 88×
• Gorrie, Donald LD 88×
• Harper, Robin Green 84×
• Neil, Alex SNP 72×
• Sheridan, Tommy Sol 72×
• Canavan, Dennis Ind 68×
• Quinan, Mr Lloyd SNP 68×
• McNeill, Pauline Lab 64×
• Boyack, Sarah Lab 56×

• Finance Chamber
  11 Dec 2013
  Is it true that the credit rating portrays what everybody else values a currency and economy at, and that the UK’s credit rating has not reached again the AAA …
• Finance Chamber
  11 Dec 2013
  I have a very basic question, for the benefit of people who might not understand all the high-flown economics. How can we be experiencing growth without the de…
• Finance Chamber
  11 Dec 2013
  Much as I appreciate hearing the detail that is comprising the debate at this precise moment, I cannot help but think that the Opposition has to come up with a…
• Finance Chamber
  11 Dec 2013
  Will the member give way?
• Finance Chamber
  11 Dec 2013
  Will the member give way?

Committee

• Subordinate Legislation Committee Convener · left 31 Mar 2003
• Subordinate Legislation Committee Member · left 11 Sep 2001
• Justice 2 Committee Member · left 06 Sep 2001
• European Committee Member · left 07 Jan 2001
• Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee Member · left 07 Jan 2001

Party

• Independent · 05 May 2011 — 04 Apr 2014
• Independent · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011
• Independent · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007
• Independent · 28 Jan 2003 — 31 Mar 2003
• Scottish National Party · 06 May 1999 — 28 Jan 2003

Seats

• Lothian · 05 May 2011 — 04 Apr 2014 (Deceased)
• Lothians · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
• Lothians · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
• Lothians · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)