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Gorrie, Donald

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Gorrie, Donald

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Central Scotland
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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
177
955 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,889
1,188 chamber · 3,701 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
time ·118 bill ·84 stage ·77 guidance ·49 planning ·45 committees ·30 interests ·26 bills ·22 code ·21 conduct ·21 legacy ·21 paper ·21
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
177
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
177
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 Standards and Public Appointments Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  5. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    02 Apr 2007
  6. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Oct 2005
  7. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Convener
    27 Sep 2005
  8. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    27 Sep 2005
  9. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Member
    22 Sep 2005
  10. ☷
    Left Communities Committee
    21 Sep 2005
  11. ☷
    Joined Standards and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    18 Mar 2005
  12. ☷
    Left Standards Committee
    18 Mar 2005
  13. ☷
    Joined Communities Committee as Deputy Convener
    10 Jun 2003
  14. ☷
    Left Communities Committee
    10 Jun 2003
  15. ☷
    Joined Standards Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  16. ☷
    Joined Communities Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Central Scotland
    01 May 2003
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    01 May 2003
  19. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  20. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  21. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  22. ⌂
    Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  23. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    31 Mar 2003
  24. ☷
    Left Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee
    26 Mar 2003
  25. ☷
    Joined Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    16 Jan 2003
  26. ☷
    Left Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Bill Committee
    27 Jun 2002
  27. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2002
  28. ☷
    Joined Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Bill Committee as Member
    07 Mar 2002
  29. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    14 Feb 2002
  30. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2001
  31. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  32. ☷
    Left Transport and the Environment Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  33. ☷
    Left Local Government Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  34. ☷
    Joined Transport and the Environment Committee as Member
    28 Sep 2000
  35. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  36. ☷
    Joined Local Government Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  37. ⌂
    Started representing Central Scotland
    06 May 1999
  38. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    06 May 1999
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Chamber
    28 Mar 2007
    I congratulate the committee, which has clearly done a good job, and which, by studying the issues intensively, has done what committees are supposed to do. I …
  • Education Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    I am sure that there are good points in the SNP amendment but, for reasons that the member will appreciate, I will not be voting for it.My first point is that …
  • Education Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    James Douglas-Hamilton and I go back to the early 1970s, when we were both councillors on Edinburgh Town Council. I will draw a veil over that.I am happy to su…
  • Cairngorms National Park Boundary Bill: Stage 1 Chamber
    21 Mar 2007
    I am an assiduous watcher of "Yes, Minister" DVDs. Unfortunately, today I am in the position of the Sir Humphrey brigade, who often say, "Yes, of course I supp…
  • Scottish Commission for Public Audit Chamber
    15 Mar 2007
    In case any member is confused, this debate is not on the issue about which the Procedures Committee wrote to the Presiding Officer to say that it was concerne…
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