Robison, Shona
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.
Robison, Shona
Politically, you're most like Sturgeon, Nicola SNP — similarity 80.8/100.
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Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
Motion
S6M-20935 · 05 Mar 2026
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Budget (Scotland) (No. 5) Bill
Motion
S6M-20860 · 25 Feb 2026
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Scottish Rate Resolution
Motion
S6M-20844 · 19 Feb 2026
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Reappointment of the Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission
Motion
S6M-20842 · 19 Feb 2026
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Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
Motion
S6M-20748 · 19 Feb 2026
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Budget (Scotland) (No. 5) Bill
Motion
S6M-20720 · 12 Feb 2026
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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
Motion
S6M-20632 · 05 Feb 2026
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Opposing the Scottish Government's Proposed Council Tax Rises
Motion
S6M-20654.2 · 04 Feb 2026
Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.
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Planning
11 Jun 2025 · they voted Abstain, party voted Yes
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Further Education
22 Nov 2012 · they voted No, party voted Yes
Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.
Of the 59 motions that went to a vote, 96.6% were carried.
MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.
- Minto, Jenni SNP 100.0% 1,125 shared
- Allard, Christian SNP 100.0% 386 shared
- Ross, Gail SNP 100.0% 735 shared
- Freeman, Jeane SNP 100.0% 671 shared
- Arthur, Tom SNP 100.0% 1,847 shared
- Russell, Michael SNP 99.9% 1,224 shared
MSPs they vote against most often.
- Kerr, Stephen Con 17.7% 1,032 shared
- White, Tess Con 17.8% 1,006 shared
- Thomson, Ross Con 18.2% 198 shared
- Hoy, Craig Con 18.3% 1,061 shared
- Gosal, Pam Con 18.4% 1,066 shared
- Webber, Sue Con 18.4% 1,010 shared
Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.
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Sturgeon, Nicola SNP 80.8vote 100 · co-sponsor 90 · topic 33
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Ingram, Adam SNP 75.1vote 100 · co-sponsor 73 · topic 28
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White, Sandra SNP 75.0vote 99 · co-sponsor 68 · topic 33
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McKee, Ivan SNP 74.5vote 100 · co-sponsor 65 · topic 33
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Watt, Maureen SNP 73.7vote 100 · co-sponsor 59 · topic 36
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Neil, Alex SNP 71.3vote 99 · co-sponsor 59 · topic 28
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vote 100 · co-sponsor 54 · topic 30
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Gibson, Kenneth NPA 70.9vote 99 · co-sponsor 42 · topic 43
Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).
Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.
Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.
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Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)08 Apr 2026
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Left Scottish National Party08 Apr 2026
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Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government08 May 2024
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Left Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance08 May 2024
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Appointed Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance29 Mar 2023
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Left Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government29 Mar 2023
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Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government20 May 2021
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Started representing Dundee City East06 May 2021
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Joined Scottish National Party06 May 2021
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Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing04 May 2021
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Left Social Security Committee04 May 2021
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Left Justice Committee04 May 2021
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Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)04 May 2021
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Left Scottish National Party04 May 2021
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Left COVID-19 Committee03 Dec 2020
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Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member21 Apr 2020
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Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member11 Mar 2020
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Joined Social Security Committee as Member06 Sep 2018
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Joined Justice Committee as Member06 Sep 2018
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Left Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport28 Jun 2018
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Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport18 May 2016
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Left Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport18 May 2016
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Started representing Dundee City East05 May 2016
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Joined Scottish National Party05 May 2016
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Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)23 Mar 2016
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Left Scottish National Party23 Mar 2016
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Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport21 Nov 2014
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Left Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights21 Nov 2014
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Left Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport22 Apr 2014
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Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights22 Apr 2014
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Left Minister for Public Health and Sport25 May 2011
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Appointed Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport25 May 2011
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Started representing Dundee City East05 May 2011
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Joined Scottish National Party05 May 2011
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Stood down from Dundee East (Dissolution)22 Mar 2011
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Left Scottish National Party22 Mar 2011
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Appointed Minister for Public Health and Sport10 Feb 2009
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Left Minister for Public Health10 Feb 2009
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Appointed Minister for Public Health17 May 2007
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Started representing Dundee East03 May 2007
19 earlier events not shown.
- White, Sandra SNP 436×
- Stevenson, Stewart SNP 300×
- Watt, Maureen SNP 300×
- Gibson, Kenneth NPA 260×
- Arthur, Tom SNP 252×
- Matheson, Michael SNP 252×
- Kidd, Bill SNP 244×
- Ingram, Adam SNP 240×
- Lyle, Richard SNP 236×
- Neil, Alex SNP 232×
- Sturgeon, Nicola SNP 332×
- Lochhead, Richard SNP 220×
- Grahame, Christine SNP 204×
- McKee, Ivan SNP 196×
- Russell, Michael SNP 168×
- Adam, Brian SNP 160×
- McGugan, Irene SNP 136×
- Sheridan, Tommy Sol 116×
- Neil, Alex SNP 112×
- Gibson, Kenneth NPA 108×
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Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
Chamber
24 Mar 2026For the purposes of rule 9.11 of standing orders, I advise the Parliament that His Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Visitor Levy (Amendment)…
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Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Chamber
18 Mar 2026On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect to the app. I would have voted yes.
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Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Chamber
18 Mar 2026On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
18 Mar 2026Of course, we wanted to scrap the council tax, but we did not get a majority in the Scottish Parliament to do so. To put it bluntly, what we need is to reach s…
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
18 Mar 2026Council tax is a local tax that is set and administered by individual councils, which have had full flexibility in setting their rates for 2026-27. That was a …
Government
- Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government · 08 May 2024 — Unknown
- Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance · 29 Mar 2023 — 08 May 2024
- Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government · 20 May 2021 — 29 Mar 2023
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport · 18 May 2016 — 28 Jun 2018
- Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport · 21 Nov 2014 — 18 May 2016
- Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights · 22 Apr 2014 — 21 Nov 2014
Committee
- COVID-19 Committee Member · left 03 Dec 2020
- Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Member · left 04 May 2021
- Social Security Committee Member · left 04 May 2021
- Justice Committee Member · left 04 May 2021
- Communities Committee Substitute Member · left 30 Sep 2004
- Health Committee Member · left 02 Apr 2007
- Health and Community Care Committee Member · left 31 Mar 2003
- Equal Opportunities Committee Deputy Convener · left 01 Nov 2000
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 |
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| Engagement costs | £8,346 | £5,809 | +£2,538 |
| MSP & staff travel | £810 | £1,181 | −£371 |
| Office costs | £4,753 | £7,961 | −£3,208 |
| Edinburgh accommodation | £1,739 | £6,403 | −£4,664 |
21 total · showing most recent.
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Controlled transactions
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Gifts
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Heritable property
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Interest in shares
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Overseas visits
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Remuneration and related undertaking
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Voluntary
· 09 Jun 2021
No registrable interests
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Heritable property
· 01 Jun 2016
Until 25 October 2017 I shared ownership of a flat in Spain which had a market value of between £50,001 and £100,000 with a gross rental income of up to £5,000 per annum. [Amended interest 19 May 202…
Party
- Scottish National Party · 06 May 2021 — 08 Apr 2026
- Scottish National Party · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021
- Scottish National Party · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016
- Scottish National Party · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011
- Scottish National Party · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007
- Scottish National Party · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003
Seats
- Dundee City East · 06 May 2021 — 08 Apr 2026 (Dissolution)
- Dundee City East · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021 (Dissolution)
- Dundee City East · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
- Dundee East · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
- Dundee East · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
- North East Scotland · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)