Fergusson, Alex

• Question
  S4O-05652 · 10 Mar 2016
• Rural Affairs Motion
  S4M-15844 · 09 Mar 2016
• Question
  S4O-05567 · 24 Feb 2016
• Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016 Motion
  S4M-15732 · 23 Feb 2016
• Question
  S4O-05555 · 11 Feb 2016
• Question
  S4O-05524 · 04 Feb 2016
• Loss of Government Funding for Young Farmers Association Motion
  S4M-15327 · 13 Jan 2016
• Question
  S4O-05228 · 07 Jan 2016

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

• Improving Entrepreneurship among Women and Young People in Scotland
  05 Jun 2014 · they voted No, party voted Yes
• Air Passenger Duty
  03 Jun 2014 · they voted No, party voted Abstain

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

Of the 7 motions that went to a vote, 14.3% were carried.

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

• McLetchie, David Con 100.0% 175 shared
• Smith, Liz Con 99.7% 682 shared
• Brown, Gavin Con 99.7% 675 shared
• Johnstone, Alex Con 99.6% 695 shared
• Milne, Nanette Con 99.5% 623 shared
• Lamont, John Con 99.5% 607 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Walker, Bill Ind 16.3% 184 shared
• Salmond, Alex SNP 20.5% 434 shared
• Adam, Brian SNP 21.0% 186 shared
• Urquhart, Jean Ind 21.0% 662 shared
• Ewing, Fergus Ind 21.7% 539 shared
• Grahame, Christine SNP 21.8% 684 shared

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

• McGrigor, Jamie Con 81.6
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
• Scott, John Con 80.2
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 94 · topic 28
• Milne, Nanette Con 79.8
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 20
• Fraser, Murdo Con 78.9
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 93 · topic 25
• Buchanan, Cameron Con 74.8
  vote 98 · co-sponsor 93 · topic 9
• Lamont, John Con 74.1
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 82 · topic 15
• Scanlon, Mary Con 73.2
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 79 · topic 15
• Goldie, Annabel Con 72.6
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 75 · topic 18

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

• McGrigor, Jamie Con 220×
• Milne, Nanette Con 172×
• Fraser, Murdo Con 168×
• Scanlon, Mary Con 144×
• Goldie, Annabel Con 132×
• Scott, John Con 128×
• Lamont, John Con 124×
• Mitchell, Margaret Con 116×
• Gallie, Phil Con 108×
• MacKenzie, Mike SNP 108×

• Murray, Elaine Lab 236×
• Fraser, Murdo Con 172×
• Mundell, David Con 144×
• McLeod, Aileen SNP 132×
• Monteith, Mr Brian Ind 120×
• Scott, John Con 100×
• McGrigor, Jamie Con 96×
• Gallie, Phil Con 80×
• Mitchell, Margaret Con 80×
• Milne, Nanette Con 68×

• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  16 Mar 2016
  It is quite clear that the cabinet secretary and I—and possibly other members—have what I fear to be an irreconcilable difference over this issue. My belief is…
• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  16 Mar 2016
  I lodged amendment 117 in response to a set of circumstances that was brought to my attention only at the end of our stage 2 proceedings. That was unfortunate,…
• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  16 Mar 2016
  It may well be true that deer management has not changed much in the past 50 years, but it may have changed more in the past two years than at any other time f…
• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  16 Mar 2016
  My amendments 107 and 109 would simply provide an improved alternative to Mike Russell’s amendments 7 and 9. Whereas Mike Russell’s amendments apply only wh…
• Land Reform (Scotland) Bill Chamber
  16 Mar 2016
  Will the member take an intervention?

Committee

• Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill Committee Member · left 26 Jan 2016
• Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Member · left 23 Mar 2016
• Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Substitute Member · left 28 Mar 2012
• Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Member · left 28 Mar 2012
• European and External Relations Committee Substitute Member · left 26 Jan 2012
• Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Member · left 16 Nov 2011
• Justice 2 Sub-Committee Member · left 15 Dec 2006
• Standards and Public Appointments Committee Member · left 02 Apr 2007

Party

• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016
• No Party Affiliation · 14 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011
• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 03 May 2007 — 14 May 2007
• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007
• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003

Seats

• Galloway and West Dumfries · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
• Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
• Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
• South of Scotland · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)