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MacKay, Angus

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MacKay, Angus

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Edinburgh South
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Divisions voted in
0
no votes on record
Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
47
40 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,614
537 chamber · 1,077 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
budget ·163 process ·133 bill ·112 2002-03 ·109 stage ·104 water ·73 question ·43 time ·43 prison ·39 estates ·39 review ·39 inquiry ·31
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
47
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
47
Voice fingerprint

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

drug action action teams vassal drug misuse surveillance superior feudal part-time sheriffs justices former superior intrusive surveillance feuduty
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Transport and the Environment Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  2. ☷
    Left Local Government Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh South (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  5. ☷
    Joined Local Government Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Sep 2002
  6. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    09 May 2002
  7. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Member
    21 Mar 2002
  8. ☷
    Joined Transport and the Environment Committee as Member
    29 Nov 2001
  9. ★
    Left Minister for Finance and Local Government
    28 Nov 2001
  10. ★
    Appointed Minister for Finance and Local Government
    02 Nov 2000
  11. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Justice
    02 Nov 2000
  12. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Justice
    19 May 1999
  13. ⌂
    Started representing Edinburgh South
    06 May 1999
  14. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 1999
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Planning Committee
    04 Mar 2003
    I am encouraged by what Jim Mackinnon has just said, because he is talking about putting the horse before the cart, rather than the other way round. However, I…
  • Ethical Investment Chamber
    26 Feb 2003
    I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise the issue of ethical investment in the chamber today. The fact that I am able to do so is testimony to the hard…
  • Telecoms Developments Committee
    18 Feb 2003
    My final question also relates to your written submission, which outlines the Church of Scotland's policy on the matter. Do other denominations that are repres…
  • Telecoms Developments Committee
    18 Feb 2003
    I am tempted to press you on a number of interesting issues about community use of churches and the dependence of communities on the facilities that the Church…
  • Telecoms Developments Committee
    18 Feb 2003
    I know that the annual range of maintenance expenditure for the congregations of some faiths is many multiples of those sums, but in others the running costs a…
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