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Lyon, George

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Lyon, George

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Argyll and Bute
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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
39
214 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,226
1,516 chamber · 2,710 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·109 public ·99 budget ·80 subordinate ·78 legislation ·78 stage ·70 process ·63 2007-08 ·63 prostitution ·58 places ·58 services ·49 transposition ·47
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
39
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
39
Voice fingerprint

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

executive's premises licence burt loitering relocation committee's relocations campbeltown tiree loitering offence prostitution soliciting
Career arc

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

  1. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
    17 May 2007
  2. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform
    17 May 2007
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Argyll and Bute (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  4. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    02 Apr 2007
  5. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    06 Oct 2005
  6. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
    29 Jun 2005
  7. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform
    29 Jun 2005
  8. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    29 Jun 2005
  9. ☷
    Left Ad Hoc Standards Committee
    20 Jun 2005
  10. ☷
    Joined Ad Hoc Standards Committee as Member
    02 Jun 2005
  11. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    17 Sep 2003
  12. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  13. ⌂
    Started representing Argyll and Bute
    01 May 2003
  14. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    01 May 2003
  15. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  16. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  17. ⌂
    Stood down from Argyll and Bute (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  18. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    31 Mar 2003
  19. ☷
    Left Rural Development Committee
    09 Jan 2003
  20. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    09 Jan 2003
  21. ☷
    Joined Rural Development Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2002
  22. ☷
    Left Rural Development Committee
    20 Sep 2001
  23. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2001
  24. ☷
    Joined Rural Development Committee as Member
    29 Mar 2001
  25. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    29 Mar 2001
  26. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
    28 Mar 2001
  27. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  28. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  29. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  30. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  31. ⌂
    Started representing Argyll and Bute
    06 May 1999
  32. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    06 May 1999
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    The roll-out of test purchasing throughout Scotland will mean that all off-sales and on-sales premises will need to ensure that they require people who buy alc…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    The Executive is committed to tackling underage drinking, which includes addressing the availability of alcohol, and we welcome initiatives such as challenge 2…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    The minister made his position on the matter very clear yesterday. He and I agree that that money might have been better spent on investing in and improving se…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    As the member will know, advice to ministers is always protected. Ministers have always made it clear that once the spending review has been completed, the rep…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    08 Mar 2007
    As we have always made clear, the recommendations of the budget review report are being considered as part of the preparation for the next spending review. The…
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