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Crawford, Bruce

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MSP profile

Crawford, Bruce

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Stirling

Politically, you're most like McAlpine, Joan SNP — similarity 67.1/100.

Divisions voted in
1,512
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
92.3%
127 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
1,326
999 questions · 3 unanswered
Hansard contributions
10,104
2,106 chamber · 7,998 committee
Allowances claimed
£121,463
1,866 transactions
Recent motions & questions
  • Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Build Your Future Motion
    S5M-24209 · 23 Feb 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34493 · 01 Feb 2021
  • Question
    S5O-04960 · 27 Jan 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34494 · 26 Jan 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34497 · 26 Jan 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34528 · 25 Jan 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34492 · 25 Jan 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34533 · 25 Jan 2021
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
1,326
Carried
5
Defeated
0
Not divided
1,321

Of the 5 motions that went to a vote, 100.0% 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.

0.1%
S4 · SNP
0.1%
S5 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. Left Finance and Constitution Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. Stood down from Stirling (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  3. Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  4. Joined Finance and Constitution Committee as Convener
    29 Sep 2016
  5. Left Finance Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  6. Joined Finance Committee as Convener
    07 Sep 2016
  7. Left Finance Committee
    07 Sep 2016
  8. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2016
  9. Left European and External Relations Committee
    06 Sep 2016
  10. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  11. Started representing Stirling
    05 May 2016
  12. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  13. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  14. Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  15. Stood down from Stirling (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  16. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  17. Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  18. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Substitute Member
    27 Nov 2014
  19. Left Public Audit Committee
    26 Nov 2014
  20. Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    29 Oct 2014
  21. Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Convener
    29 Oct 2014
  22. Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    08 May 2014
  23. Left City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee
    18 Feb 2014
  24. Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2013
  25. Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    05 Jun 2013
  26. Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    04 Jun 2013
  27. Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Convener
    25 Oct 2012
  28. Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    25 Oct 2012
  29. Left Finance Committee
    24 Oct 2012
  30. Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    23 Oct 2012
  31. Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Substitute Member
    18 Sep 2012
  32. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012
  33. Left Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy
    06 Sep 2012
  34. Left Minister for Parliamentary Business
    25 May 2011
  35. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy
    25 May 2011
  36. Started representing Stirling
    05 May 2011
  37. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  38. Stood down from Stirling (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  39. Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  40. Appointed Minister for Parliamentary Business
    17 May 2007

32 earlier events not shown.

Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Covid-19 (Reflections and Next Steps) Chamber
    23 Mar 2021
    Travel restrictions have been a vital component in controlling the spread of Covid-19. I was therefore very concerned, over the past weekend, when constituents…
  • Global Capital Investment Plan Chamber
    16 Mar 2021
    I listened carefully to the answer that the minister gave to Colin Smyth. Will the minister provide further information on what steps can be taken to ensure th…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    10 Mar 2021
    Thank you, Murdo. That is very kind of you indeed. All that remains for me to say is that it has been a blast. Over and out. I will see you in MS Teams in five…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    10 Mar 2021
    Later this week, the committee will publish its report on the two instruments that we have considered today. As this is the last public item on the agenda and…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    10 Mar 2021
    As there are no further questions, we move to item 5, which is formal consideration of the motion on the instrument. Motion moved, That the Finance and Const…
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Registered interests
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats