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Canavan, Dennis

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Canavan, Dennis

Former (left at end of session) Independent Falkirk West
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Divisions voted in
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
75
117 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,608
760 chamber · 848 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·143 andrew ·100 bank ·98 holiday ·98 inquiry ·94 stage ·88 european ·79 executive ·57 report ·48 convener ·43 union ·37 time ·27
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
75
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
75
Voice fingerprint

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

andrew's bank holiday larbert national holiday andrew's holiday andrew's national bank holidays freshwater salmon executive's co-operation objective co-operation ireland freshwater fishing
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Falkirk West (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  3. –
    Left Independent
    02 Apr 2007
  4. +
    Joined Independent
    16 Dec 2003
  5. –
    Left Member for Falkirk West
    15 Dec 2003
  6. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  7. ⌂
    Started representing Falkirk West
    01 May 2003
  8. +
    Joined Member for Falkirk West
    01 May 2003
  9. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  10. ⌂
    Stood down from Falkirk West (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  11. –
    Left Member for Falkirk West
    31 Mar 2003
  12. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    06 Mar 2003
  13. ☷
    Left European Committee
    05 Mar 2003
  14. ☷
    Joined European Committee as Member
    02 Jul 1999
  15. ⌂
    Started representing Falkirk West
    06 May 1999
  16. +
    Joined Member for Falkirk West
    06 May 1999
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    15 Mar 2007
    Is the minister aware of the complaints that have been made about the diversion of access funding, given that local authorities received £29.2 million in acces…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    15 Mar 2007
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the implementation of the provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 in respect of access to …
  • Sift Committee
    13 Mar 2007
    As the joint longest-serving member of the committee, I thank the convener for her excellent convenership. I also thank the deputy convener who, like me, was a…
  • Sift Committee
    13 Mar 2007
    Hear, hear.
  • Finland Study Trip Committee
    13 Mar 2007
    I found it an interesting and informative visit and I would like to give some of my general impressions.Finland is an interesting country in that it manages to…
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