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White, Sandra

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White, Sandra

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Glasgow Kelvin

Politically, you're most like Doris, Bob SNP — similarity 88.2/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,432
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.5%
0.5% rebellion
Attendance
87.4%
207 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
1,000
1,617 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
7,497
2,011 chamber · 5,486 committee
Allowances claimed
£148,996
664 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
scrutiny ·126 bill ·84 time ·79 question ·78 stage ·74 2021-22 ·53 boards ·50 pre-budget ·49 services ·45 forensic ·44 medical ·44 victims ·44
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
1,000
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
1,000
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).

glasgow kelvin kelvin kelvin constituency third-party appeal group older crossrail age ageing partick gha corroboration femeng yorkhill
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.3%
S4 · SNP
0.7%
S5 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Kelvin (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  3. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  4. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    16 Nov 2017
  5. ☷
    Left Social Security Committee
    16 Nov 2017
  6. ☷
    Joined Social Security Committee as Convener
    16 Jun 2016
  7. ☷
    Left Social Security Committee
    16 Jun 2016
  8. ☷
    Joined Social Security Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Kelvin
    05 May 2016
  10. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  11. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  12. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  13. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  14. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Kelvin (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  15. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  16. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    21 Jan 2016
  17. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Deputy Convener
    04 Dec 2014
  18. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    04 Dec 2014
  19. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Substitute Member
    27 Nov 2014
  20. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    27 Nov 2014
  21. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    27 Nov 2014
  22. ☷
    Left City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee
    18 Feb 2014
  23. ☷
    Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee as Deputy Convener
    31 Oct 2013
  24. ☷
    Left City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee
    31 Oct 2013
  25. ☷
    Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2013
  26. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    10 Jan 2013
  27. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    18 Sep 2012
  28. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012
  29. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    04 Sep 2012
  30. ☷
    Left Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
    04 Sep 2012
  31. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    04 Sep 2012
  32. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    27 Jun 2012
  33. ☷
    Joined Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  34. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  35. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Deputy Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  36. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  37. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Kelvin
    05 May 2011
  38. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  39. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Environment Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  40. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    22 Mar 2011

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    24 Mar 2021
    I thank the cabinet secretary for that very encouraging answer. It is my understanding that Glasgow City Council has 140 GME places available; however, 170 app…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    24 Mar 2021
    To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the provision of Gaelic-medium education. (S5O-05139)
  • First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
    24 Mar 2021
    Tuition fees in England and Wales have been mired in broken promises. Instead of keeping fees low, the Tories have bumped them up, making it much harder for st…
  • Retiring MSPs Committee
    23 Mar 2021
    As David Stewart has done, I would like to praise everyone on the committee and also David Cullum, the clerks and the Scottish Parliament information centre. T…
  • European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 Committee
    23 Mar 2021
    Obviously, the statutory instrument comes in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Have there been full discussions on how non-infectious health threats, such as…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Registered interests
  • Overseas visits · 24 May 2016
    From 6 to 11 November 2008 I visited the Gaza Strip on a fact-finding mission. The costs of the trip, including flights, food and accommodation, were approximately £2,083 (€2,500). The costs of this …
  • Overseas visits · 24 May 2016
    From 13 to 16 March 2009 I visited Syria to meet the President and relevant groups to discuss Palestine/Gaza and the refugee situation. The costs of the trip were approximately £1,300 (including retu…
  • Overseas visits · 24 May 2016
    From 2 to 11 October 2012 I visited Venezuela as part of the international delegation of election observers to the Presidential election. The costs of the trip were $7,953 (including return flights a…
  • Overseas visits · 24 May 2016
    From 1 to 3 March 2013 I visited Israel and Palestine regarding humanitarian concerns. During this visit, as part of a cross-party delegation, I met the UK Ambassador to Israel, elected representativ…
  • Controlled transactions · 24 May 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 24 May 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 24 May 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 24 May 2016
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Glasgow Kelvin · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021 (Dissolution)
  • Glasgow Kelvin · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
  • Glasgow · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
  • Glasgow · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
  • Glasgow · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)