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Day, Martyn

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Day, Martyn
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Day, Martyn

Sitting Scottish National Party Falkirk East and Linlithgow
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Politically, you're most like Bonnar, Steven SNP — similarity 82.6/100.

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Divisions voted in
69
last on 25 Jun 2026
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
100.0%
0 "Not Voted" of 69 divisions present
Motions lodged
2
11 questions · 8 unanswered
Hansard contributions
20
15 chamber · 5 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
question ·8 time ·8 general ·4 oaths ·4 affirmations ·4 steel ·3 industry ·3 nationalisation ·3 bill ·3 portfolio ·2 wealth ·2 taxation ·2
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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Joined Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee as Member
    11 Jun 2026
  2. ☷
    Joined Climate Action Committee as Member
    11 Jun 2026
  3. ⌂
    Started representing Falkirk East and Linlithgow
    07 May 2026
  4. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    07 May 2026
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • General Question Time Chamber
    25 Jun 2026
    I thank the minister for that helpful and informative answer. Given the scale of live and imminent AI data centre applications, there has been significant focu…
  • General Question Time Chamber
    25 Jun 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to bring forward planning guidance on AI data centres in order to enable local authorities to fu…
  • First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
    23 Jun 2026
    The Labour Government has announced £219 million for sustainable aviation fuel, a key transition option for the Grangemouth site, which produced jet fuel for a…
  • Work Programme Committee
    23 Jun 2026
    I have had 25 years of elected experience in different places—16 on a council and nine at Westminster. Before that, I was in banking, so I have quite literally…
  • Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
    23 Jun 2026
    Ah—okay.
Committee & government roles

Committee

Registered interests
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2026
    No registrable interests.
  • Gifts · 01 Jun 2026
    No registrable interests.
  • Heritable property · 01 Jun 2026
    No registrable interests.
  • Interest in shares · 01 Jun 2026
    No registrable interests.
  • Overseas visits · 01 Jun 2026
    No registrable interests.
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 01 Jun 2026
    Until 7 May 2026, when I resigned, I was a caseworker for Gordon Macdonald MSP (of 9 Kingsknowe Park, Edinburgh, EH14 2JQ). I spent around 20 hours per week on this role. I received remuneration of b…
  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2026
    I am Co-chair of the Scottish Independence Convention.
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