Smith, Alyn

• Gemma Thomson’s 256-Mile Charity Walk Across Scotland Motion
  S7M-00358 · 22 Jun 2026
• Growing Scotland’s Screen Sector Motion
  S7M-00188 · 10 Jun 2026
• To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any implications of the EU’… Question
  S7O-00028 · 09 Jun 2026
• Supporting "VAT’s The Problem" Campaign Motion
  S7M-00292 · 08 Jun 2026
• Professor Alex Stedmon’s Contribution to Motorcycle Road Safety Motion
  S7M-00198 · 29 May 2026
• Kinlochard Community Buyout Motion
  S7M-00197 · 29 May 2026

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

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

• Swinney, John SNP 100.0% 48 shared
• Brown, Keith SNP 100.0% 54 shared
• Adam, George SNP 100.0% 66 shared
• Somerville, Shirley-Anne SNP 100.0% 66 shared
• Beattie, Colin SNP 100.0% 66 shared
• Constance, Angela SNP 100.0% 66 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Bannerman, Max Reform 21.5% 65 shared
• Massey, Duncan Reform 21.9% 64 shared
• Offord, Malcolm Reform 22.0% 59 shared
• Beresford, Senga Reform 22.2% 63 shared
• Kerr, Thomas Reform 22.7% 66 shared
• Langan, Jamie Reform 22.7% 66 shared

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

• Hagmann, Katie SNP 83.9
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 36
• Melville, Lloyd SNP 83.3
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 33
• Barratt, David SNP 82.8
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 31
• Linden, David SNP 82.8
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 31
• Kerr, Alex SNP 82.6
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 30
• Bouse, Gary SNP 82.2
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 29
• Black, Dawn SNP 81.9
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
• Mitchell, Laura SNP 80.4
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 21

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

• Black, Dawn SNP 303×
• Beattie, Colin SNP 298×
• Dunbar, Jackie SNP 211×
• Minto, Jenni SNP 195×
• Sweeney, Paul Lab 190×
• Adam, Karen SNP 186×
• Torrance, David SNP 186×
• Moodie, Laura Green 183×
• Stevenson, Collette SNP 182×
• Briggs, Miles Con 177×

• McLennan, Paul SNP 176×
• Brown, Keith SNP 100×
• Kerr, Alex SNP 97×
• Mitchell, Laura SNP 86×
• MacGregor, Fulton SNP 72×
• Hoy, Craig Con 56×
• Melville, Lloyd SNP 46×
• Adam, George SNP 44×
• Manivannan, Q Green 44×
• McArthur, Liam LD 44×

• Prison Population Chamber
  25 Jun 2026
  I am grateful to Amanda Bland for her comment. She is a good colleague on the Criminal Justice Committee, and, as ever, that was a sensible question. Turning P…
• Prison Population Chamber
  25 Jun 2026
  I strongly agree with the member’s point and thank her for it. We need to look at the issue in a much wider context than just that of reducing the prison popul…
• Prison Population Chamber
  25 Jun 2026
  Overall, recorded crime is down by 41 per cent on 1991. I said that it sometimes does not feel like it—the member can read the Official Report. The rest of my …
• Prison Population Chamber
  25 Jun 2026
  I warmly commend the cabinet secretary on his speech, which was a brave one. He proposed some bold action and made the biggest admission in modern politics, wh…
• Prison Population Chamber
  25 Jun 2026
  I am grateful to Amanda Bland for her comment. She is a good colleague on the Criminal Justice Committee, and, as ever, that was a sensible question. Turning P…

Committee

• Criminal Justice Committee Convener · current

• Controlled transactions · 05 Jun 2026
  No registrable interests.
• Gifts · 05 Jun 2026
  No registrable interests.
• Heritable property · 05 Jun 2026
  I own 50% of a house in Edinburgh with a market value of between £400,001 and £500,000. My parents reside at the house and I receive no rental income from the property.
• Interest in shares · 05 Jun 2026
  No registrable interests.
• Overseas visits · 05 Jun 2026
  No registrable interests.
• Remuneration and related undertaking · 05 Jun 2026
  No registrable interests.
• Voluntary · 05 Jun 2026
  I am the voluntary Chair of the Board of Creative Stirling, an arts charity based at King Street in Stirling. The charity supports hundreds of microbusinesses across the Forth Valley through its trad…

Party

• Scottish National Party · 07 May 2026 — Unknown

Seats

• Stirling · 07 May 2026 — Unknown