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Alexander, Ms Wendy

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MSP profile

Alexander, Ms Wendy

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Paisley North
Divisions voted in
0
no votes on record
Party alignment
not enough data
Attendance
0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
64
505 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
3,842
1,391 chamber · 2,451 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Motion success

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

Lodged
64
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
64
Voice fingerprint

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

Career arc

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

  1. Left Scotland Bill Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  3. Stood down from Paisley North (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  4. Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  5. Joined Scotland Bill Committee as Convener
    07 Dec 2010
  6. Left Scotland Bill Committee
    07 Dec 2010
  7. Joined Scotland Bill Committee as Member
    01 Dec 2010
  8. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    02 Oct 2008
  9. Started representing Paisley North
    03 May 2007
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  11. Left Finance Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  12. Stood down from Paisley North (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  13. Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  14. Left European and External Relations Committee
    06 Dec 2006
  15. Left Education Committee
    23 Nov 2006
  16. Left Finance Committee
    21 Nov 2006
  17. Joined Finance Committee as Convener
    21 Nov 2006
  18. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2003
  19. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  20. Joined Education Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  21. Started representing Paisley North
    01 May 2003
  22. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  23. Left Justice 1 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  24. Left Finance Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  25. Stood down from Paisley North (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  26. Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  27. Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Sep 2002
  28. Joined Justice 1 Committee as Member
    09 May 2002
  29. Left Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
    03 May 2002
  30. Appointed Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
    28 Nov 2001
  31. Left Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
    28 Nov 2001
  32. Left Minister for Communities
    01 Nov 2000
  33. Appointed Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
    01 Nov 2000
  34. Left Minister for Communities
    01 Nov 2000
  35. Appointed Minister for Communities
    12 Jun 1999
  36. Left Minister for Social Inclusion, Local Government and Housing
    12 Jun 1999
  37. Appointed Minister for Social Inclusion, Local Government and Housing
    19 May 1999
  38. Appointed Minister for Communities
    19 May 1999
  39. Started representing Paisley North
    06 May 1999
  40. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 1999
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • “Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting the Emissions Reductions Targets 2010-2022—Report on Proposals and Policies” Chamber
    16 Mar 2011
    I have a helpful question for the minister. Last summer, the Scottish Government was helpful enough to provide to the independent budget review a figure of £8 …
  • Scotland Bill Chamber
    10 Mar 2011
    I pay tribute to my committee colleagues, who are all highly experienced parliamentarians in their own right, and to the clerks, to the Scottish Parliament inf…
  • Project Transmit Committee
    09 Feb 2011
    Visually—exactly.
  • Project Transmit Committee
    09 Feb 2011
    I do not think we need to go into that level of detail at this stage, but it would be helpful to have a sense—even just visually—of what we have been discussin…
  • Project Transmit Committee
    09 Feb 2011
    A brief note to lay out that landscape would be helpful. Returning to my original point, the question is whether significant net investment for transmission re…
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