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Gray, Iain

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Gray, Iain

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour East Lothian

Politically, you're most like Baillie, Jackie Lab — similarity 81.7/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,512
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
92.3%
127 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
298
713 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
5,135
2,894 chamber · 2,241 committee
Allowances claimed
£89,638
1,153 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
education ·94 bill ·91 stage ·85 question ·81 time ·81 covid-19 ·68 inquiry ·52 disclosure ·47 portfolio ·45 child ·40 science ·37 care ·35
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S5W-35235 · 24 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5T-02721 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05093 · 10 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05070 · 03 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-35044 · 03 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-35109 · 24 Feb 2021
  • Education Motion
    S5M-24137.2 · 17 Feb 2021
  • Question
    S5W-34904 · 17 Feb 2021
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
298
Carried
8
Defeated
16
Not divided
274

Of the 24 motions that went to a vote, 33.3% 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).

engagements planned planned rest haddington icc east lothian universal jurisdiction engagements punishment part rome statute waiver attainment gap life prisoners
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.0%
S4 · Lab
0.1%
S5 · Lab
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from East Lothian (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    04 May 2021
  4. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Member
    01 Nov 2018
  5. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    01 Nov 2018
  6. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Member
    10 Jan 2018
  7. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    09 Jan 2018
  8. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Substitute Member
    28 Jun 2016
  9. ⌂
    Started representing East Lothian
    05 May 2016
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2016
  11. ☷
    Left Education and Culture Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  12. ⌂
    Stood down from East Lothian (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  13. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  14. ☷
    Joined Education and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Jan 2015
  15. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  16. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    03 Sep 2013
  17. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    03 Sep 2013
  18. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2013
  19. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    19 Sep 2012
  20. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Convener
    18 Jan 2012
  21. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    18 Jan 2012
  22. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  23. ⌂
    Started representing East Lothian
    05 May 2011
  24. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  25. ⌂
    Stood down from East Lothian (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  26. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  27. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    20 Sep 2007
  28. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  29. ⌂
    Started representing East Lothian
    03 May 2007
  30. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  31. ★
    Left Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
    01 May 2003
  32. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh Pentlands (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  33. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  34. ★
    Left Minister for Social Justice
    09 May 2002
  35. ★
    Appointed Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
    09 May 2002
  36. ★
    Appointed Minister for Social Justice
    28 Nov 2001
  37. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Justice
    28 Nov 2001
  38. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Community Care
    02 Nov 2000
  39. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Justice
    02 Nov 2000
  40. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
    02 Nov 2000

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Committee & government roles

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Registered interests

63 total · showing most recent.

  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Gifts · 18 May 2016
    In January 2016 I received from Musselburgh Racecourse (of Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7RG) two annual memberships of Musselburgh Racecourse for 2016 with a value of approximately…
  • Overseas visits · 18 May 2016
    From 11 to 14 November 2018 I visited Bosnia as part of a delegation organised by Remembering Srebrenica Scotland. Costs, which were approximately £600, were met by Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland) …
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