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Jackson, Gordon

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Jackson, Gordon

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Glasgow Govan
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Divisions voted in
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Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
12
20 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
3,836
251 chamber · 3,585 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
powers ·229 delegated ·225 scrutiny ·225 instruments ·62 regulatory ·59 executive ·55 inquiry ·55 subject ·52 annulment ·42 responses ·38 framework ·36 bill ·32
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
12
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
12
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 Finance Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Govan (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  5. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    23 Nov 2006
  6. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    23 Nov 2006
  7. ☷
    Left Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee
    24 Jul 2006
  8. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    24 Jun 2005
  9. ☷
    Joined Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    21 Jan 2004
  10. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2003
  11. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Deputy Convener
    17 Jun 2003
  12. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    17 Jun 2003
  13. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  14. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  15. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Govan
    01 May 2003
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  17. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  18. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  19. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Govan (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  20. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  21. ☷
    Left Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee
    26 Mar 2003
  22. ☷
    Joined Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee as Deputy Convener
    18 Dec 2002
  23. ☷
    Left Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee
    18 Dec 2002
  24. ☷
    Joined Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    05 Dec 2002
  25. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    21 Mar 2002
  26. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee as Member
    21 Mar 2002
  27. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  28. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Deputy Convener
    08 Jan 2001
  29. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  30. ☷
    Left Justice and Home Affairs Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  31. ☷
    Joined Justice and Home Affairs Committee as Deputy Convener
    11 Jan 2000
  32. ☷
    Left Justice and Home Affairs Committee
    11 Jan 2000
  33. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  34. ☷
    Joined Justice and Home Affairs Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  35. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Govan
    06 May 1999
  36. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 1999
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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    No, I am sorry, but I have to move on.The prosperity of which I spoke is the key issue, not just for Govan but for the whole of Scotland. The question is, do w…
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    That is simply not true. The truth of the matter is that no European Government gives its defence orders outside its own borders.
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    "The Future of Scotland" might sound a somewhat melodramatic title for a debate. After all, Governments come and go. For most people, when Governments change, …
  • Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    15 Mar 2007
    The minister is right to say that the bill represents a fundamental—and good—change in the way in which we do things.There was no lack of clarity before. When …
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    22 Feb 2007
    I appreciate what is being done, but I could not help but note that in an earlier answer from the minister to Rosie Kane on the same subject, he mentioned alco…
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