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Henry, Hugh

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Henry, Hugh

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Renfrewshire South

Politically, you're most like Simpson, Dr Richard Lab — similarity 82.1/100.

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Divisions voted in
638
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.2%
0.8% rebellion
Attendance
78.0%
180 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
161
645 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
10,691
2,085 chamber · 8,606 committee
Allowances claimed
£1,894
3 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
social ·151 security ·144 future ·140 delivery ·140 section ·80 report ·66 subordinate ·59 legislation ·59 work ·40 your ·28 programme ·28 bill ·25
Recent motions & questions
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
161
Carried
4
Defeated
4
Not divided
153

Of the 8 motions that went to a vote, 50.0% 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).

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Renfrewshire South (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Convener
    08 Sep 2015
  5. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    08 Sep 2015
  6. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  7. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  8. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Jan 2015
  9. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  10. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Convener
    18 Sep 2013
  11. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    18 Sep 2013
  12. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2013
  13. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    21 Dec 2011
  14. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    15 Jun 2011
  15. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Convener
    15 Jun 2011
  16. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Renfrewshire South
    05 May 2011
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  19. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  20. ⌂
    Stood down from Paisley South (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  21. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  22. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Convener
    11 Dec 2008
  23. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    10 Dec 2008
  24. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Convener
    26 Sep 2007
  25. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    26 Sep 2007
  26. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2007
  27. ★
    Left Minister for Education and Young People
    17 May 2007
  28. ⌂
    Started representing Paisley South
    03 May 2007
  29. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  30. ⌂
    Stood down from Paisley South (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  31. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  32. ★
    Appointed Minister for Education and Young People
    16 Nov 2006
  33. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Justice
    14 Nov 2006
  34. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Justice
    21 May 2003
  35. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Justice
    21 May 2003
  36. ⌂
    Started representing Paisley South
    01 May 2003
  37. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  38. ⌂
    Stood down from Paisley South (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  39. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  40. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Justice
    28 Nov 2002

12 earlier events not shown.

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Lobbying (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    10 Mar 2016
    Will the member take an intervention?
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    Just before we go into private session, I want to say that this is our last meeting of this parliamentary session and my last committee meeting as a convener. …
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    Thank you very much for that. No members have questions. Item 3 is to ask whether the committee has any comments on the subordinate legislation. Are members h…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    The power to determine what method of uprating to apply lies with the Scottish Government. If, for example, it was felt that CPI was inappropriate, unfair or d…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    Does that include the uprating method that is used? Could the Government decide not to apply CPI and to revert to what was used before?
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