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Robison, Shona

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Robison, Shona
MSP profile

Robison, Shona

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Dundee City East

Politically, you're most like Sturgeon, Nicola SNP — similarity 80.8/100.

Divisions voted in
2,582
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
90.9%
258 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
348
1,014 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
11,525
5,952 chamber · 5,573 committee
Allowances claimed
£209,895
1,674 transactions
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
348
Carried
57
Defeated
2
Not divided
289

Of the 59 motions that went to a vote, 96.6% were carried.

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).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.2%
S4 · SNP
0.0%
S5 · SNP
0.1%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  2. Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  3. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
    08 May 2024
  4. Left Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance
    08 May 2024
  5. Appointed Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance
    29 Mar 2023
  6. Left Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
    29 Mar 2023
  7. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
    20 May 2021
  8. Started representing Dundee City East
    06 May 2021
  9. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  10. Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    04 May 2021
  11. Left Social Security Committee
    04 May 2021
  12. Left Justice Committee
    04 May 2021
  13. Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  14. Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  15. Left COVID-19 Committee
    03 Dec 2020
  16. Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member
    21 Apr 2020
  17. Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    11 Mar 2020
  18. Joined Social Security Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  19. Joined Justice Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  20. Left Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
    28 Jun 2018
  21. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
    18 May 2016
  22. Left Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
    18 May 2016
  23. Started representing Dundee City East
    05 May 2016
  24. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  25. Stood down from Dundee City East (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  26. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  27. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
    21 Nov 2014
  28. Left Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights
    21 Nov 2014
  29. Left Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport
    22 Apr 2014
  30. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights
    22 Apr 2014
  31. Left Minister for Public Health and Sport
    25 May 2011
  32. Appointed Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport
    25 May 2011
  33. Started representing Dundee City East
    05 May 2011
  34. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  35. Stood down from Dundee East (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  36. Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  37. Appointed Minister for Public Health and Sport
    10 Feb 2009
  38. Left Minister for Public Health
    10 Feb 2009
  39. Appointed Minister for Public Health
    17 May 2007
  40. Started representing Dundee East
    03 May 2007

19 earlier events not shown.

Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

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
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
Registered interests

21 total · showing most recent.

  • Controlled transactions · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • 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…
Career timeline

Party

Seats