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Monteith, Mr Brian

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Monteith, Mr Brian

Former (left at end of session) Independent Mid Scotland and Fife
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Divisions voted in
0
no votes on record
Party alignment
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not enough data
Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
227
1,042 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,146
1,453 chamber · 2,693 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·94 stage ·93 glasgow ·87 airport ·87 rail ·87 link ·87 preliminary ·80 executive ·59 audit ·55 teaching ·43 profession ·43 relocation ·40
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
227
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
227
Voice fingerprint

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

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Mid Scotland and Fife (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  4. –
    Left Independent
    02 Apr 2007
  5. ☷
    Joined Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee as Member
    01 Mar 2006
  6. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    03 Feb 2006
  7. +
    Joined Independent
    08 Nov 2005
  8. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    07 Nov 2005
  9. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    17 Mar 2005
  10. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    16 Mar 2005
  11. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    08 Oct 2003
  12. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Oct 2003
  13. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2003
  14. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Convener
    10 Jun 2003
  15. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    10 Jun 2003
  16. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Mid Scotland and Fife
    01 May 2003
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    01 May 2003
  19. ☷
    Left Education, Culture and Sport Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  20. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  21. ⌂
    Stood down from Mid Scotland and Fife (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  22. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    31 Mar 2003
  23. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2002
  24. ☷
    Joined Education, Culture and Sport Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  25. ⌂
    Started representing Mid Scotland and Fife
    06 May 1999
  26. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    06 May 1999
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    I understand what the member is saying, but the real growth has been in the public sector. Whether it then engages the private sector in some cases is neither …
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    The Parliament is not going away—that is an important statement for me to make, given my background before coming here—but it requires reform. Politicians who …
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    If the SNP is so committed to reducing business rates, why, on the two occasions on which I sought an annulment of the increase in business rates, did the SNP …
  • Point of Order Chamber
    21 Mar 2007
    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Further to the point of order that Mike Rumbles raised last Wednesday about the Standards and Public Appointments Commi…
  • Complaint Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    I have worked in the media for 16 years. I understand what an embargo means. To give a member a statement that has an embargo on it means that the statement is…
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