Simpson, Mark
Everything we have on one MSP — voting record, motions, questions, committee work, allowances, Hansard contributions, registered interests and career history — pulled together on a single page.
Simpson, Mark
Politically, you're most like Langan, Jamie Reform — similarity 83.7/100.
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Edzell Woods Community Hub Congratulates Karen Trail
Motion
S7M-00390 · 17 Jun 2026
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To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported pressures on policing and the justic…
Question
S7O-00070 · 17 Jun 2026
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Congratulations to the Scotland National Football Team on its Recent Scoring Record and W…
Motion
S7M-00310 · 10 Jun 2026
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To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address staffing pressures acr…
Question
S7O-00040 · 10 Jun 2026
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Justice for Henry Nowak, Condolences and Call for Investigation into Police Response
Motion
S7M-00240 · 02 Jun 2026
Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.
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Strengthening Scotland’s Partnership with the Third Sector
16 Jun 2026 · they voted No, party voted Yes
MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.
- Smith, David Reform 100.0% 69 shared
- Kerr, Thomas Reform 98.6% 69 shared
- Lindsay, Amanda Reform 98.6% 69 shared
- Currie, Victor Reform 98.6% 69 shared
- Langan, Jamie Reform 98.6% 69 shared
- Bannerman, Max Reform 98.5% 68 shared
MSPs they vote against most often.
- Manivannan, Q Green 17.9% 67 shared
- Mackay, Gillian Green 18.8% 69 shared
- Harvie, Patrick Green 18.8% 69 shared
- Ruskell, Mark Green 18.8% 69 shared
- Chapman, Maggie Green 18.8% 69 shared
- Greer, Ross Green 18.8% 69 shared
Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.
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Langan, Jamie Reform 83.7vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 38
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Smith, David Reform 82.0vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
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vote 98 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 24
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vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 23
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vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 19
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vote 95 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 26
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Bland, Amanda Reform 78.9vote 97 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 21
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vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 17
Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).
Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.
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Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member11 Jun 2026
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Started representing North East Scotland07 May 2026
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Joined Reform UK07 May 2026
- Bannerman, Max Reform 171×
- Beresford, Senga Reform 171×
- Bland, Amanda Reform 171×
- Langan, Jamie Reform 171×
- MacDougall, Julie Reform 171×
- McDade, Helen Reform 171×
- Sweeney, Paul Lab 164×
- Currie, Victor Reform 126×
- Smith, David Reform 126×
- Kerr, Thomas Reform 114×
- Kerr, Thomas Reform 444×
- Middleton, Jack SNP 289×
- Massey, Duncan Reform 200×
- Dunbar, Jackie SNP 188×
- Black, Dawn SNP 142×
- McDade, Helen Reform 114×
- Hamilton, Rachael Con 106×
- Offord, Malcolm Reform 103×
- Kerr, Stephen Con 85×
- Smith, David Reform 83×
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Prison Population
Chamber
25 Jun 2026I am sorry, but I do not think that I was calling for more money in the system; I was saying that there should be a readjusting of current budgets.A sustainabl…
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Prison Population
Chamber
25 Jun 2026I would love to.
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Prison Population
Chamber
25 Jun 2026I welcome the new member for North East Scotland to the chamber.A couple of weeks ago, one of my first actions as a Reform MSP was to visit HMP Grampian, so I …
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Prison Population
Chamber
25 Jun 2026Will the member take an intervention?
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Prison Population
Chamber
25 Jun 2026Will the member take an intervention?
Committee
- Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Member · current
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Controlled transactions
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
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Gifts
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
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Heritable property
· 04 Jun 2026
I own a flat in London which has a market value of £400,000 to £500,000. I do not receive any rental income from the property.
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Interest in shares
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
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Overseas visits
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
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Remuneration and related undertaking
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
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Voluntary
· 04 Jun 2026
No registrable interests.
Party
- Reform UK · 07 May 2026 — Unknown
Seats
- North East Scotland · 07 May 2026 — Unknown