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Gibson, Kenneth

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Gibson, Kenneth
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Gibson, Kenneth

Sitting Scottish National Party Cunninghame North
🏛️ Longest-serving sitting MSP

Politically, you're most like Mason, John Ind — similarity 88.6/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,665
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.3%
0.7% rebellion
Attendance
93.8%
175 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
1,136
2,008 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
15,981
3,176 chamber · 12,805 committee
Allowances claimed
£376,412
5,685 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·127 stage ·126 levy ·101 building ·100 safety ·100 spending ·80 review ·80 public ·79 legacy ·79 issues ·79 administration ·73 subordinate ·67
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
1,136
Carried
1
Defeated
0
Not divided
1,135

Of the 1 motion that went to a vote, 100.0% 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).

session colleagues open session colleagues table finance remind ardrossan north ayrshire arran cumbrae public administration obr present turn lbtt
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

1.0%
S4 · SNP
0.6%
S5 · SNP
0.5%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ⌂
    Started representing Cunninghame North
    07 May 2026
  2. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    07 May 2026
  3. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Cunninghame North (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  5. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  6. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Convener
    20 Jun 2023
  7. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    20 Jun 2023
  8. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Member
    14 Jun 2023
  9. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    15 May 2023
  10. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Convener
    22 Jun 2021
  11. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    22 Jun 2021
  12. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  13. ⌂
    Started representing Cunninghame North
    06 May 2021
  14. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  15. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    04 May 2021
  16. ☷
    Left Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
    04 May 2021
  17. ⌂
    Stood down from Cunninghame North (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  18. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  19. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Member
    01 Sep 2020
  20. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    01 Sep 2020
  21. ☷
    Joined Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  22. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  23. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Sep 2016
  24. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  25. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Substitute Member
    07 Sep 2016
  26. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  27. ⌂
    Started representing Cunninghame North
    05 May 2016
  28. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  29. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  30. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  31. ⌂
    Stood down from Cunninghame North (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  32. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  33. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    25 Oct 2012
  34. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    15 Jun 2011
  35. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Convener
    15 Jun 2011
  36. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  37. ⌂
    Started representing Cunninghame North
    05 May 2011
  38. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  39. ☷
    Left Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  40. ⌂
    Stood down from Cunninghame North (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011

24 earlier events not shown.

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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    Demographic change and rising demand are placing ever greater strain on health and social care partnerships and the Scottish Government. From next Wednesday, N…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to North Ayrshire health and social care partnership. (S6O-05705)
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    Against community wishes, CalMac has reduced services to Cumbrae this summer, and it is combining an overzealous approach to health and safety with new schedul…
  • Remote, Rural and Island Communities (Sustainability) Chamber
    25 Mar 2026
    Thank you, Presiding Officer. Since this will be my last speech of session 6, I thank you and the Presiding Officer team for your patience and for the fair and…
  • Bank of Scotland Branch Closures Chamber
    24 Mar 2026
    I congratulate my colleague Clare Haughey on bringing this important and timely debate to the chamber and on all the work that she is doing to save the Bank of…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Edinburgh accommodation £14,207 £6,403 +£7,804
Office costs £13,092 £7,961 +£5,131
MSP & staff travel £3,340 £1,181 +£2,159
Staff costs £315 £268 +£47
Overnight accommodation £141 £338 −£197
Engagement costs £2,008 £5,809 −£3,801
Registered interests

50 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 13 May 2021
    From 16 to 26 October 2025, I was part of a delegation of MSPs who met with the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, with MPs, NGOs, entrepreneurs and artists in Bhutan. The purpose of the trip …
  • Gifts · 13 May 2021
    On Thursday 22 September 2022, I visited the Stena Spey drilling rig, Scapa Flow, Orkney as the guest of drilling contractor Stena Drilling Ltd (Ullevi House, Greenbank Crescent, East Tullos Industri…
  • Gifts · 13 May 2021
    On Thursday 22 September 2022, I visited the Stena Spey drilling rig, Scapa Flow, Orkney as the guest of drilling contractor Stena Drilling Ltd (Ullevi House, Greenbank Crescent, East Tullos Industri…
  • Gifts · 13 May 2021
    On Thursday 22 September 2022, I visited the Stena Spey drilling rig, Scapa Flow, Orkney as the guest of drilling contractor Stena Drilling Ltd (Ullevi House, Greenbank Crescent, East Tullos Industri…
  • Gifts · 13 May 2021
    On Thursday 22 September 2022, I visited the Stena Spey drilling rig, Scapa Flow, Orkney as the guest of drilling contractor Stena Drilling Ltd (Ullevi House, Greenbank Crescent, East Tullos Industri…
  • Heritable property · 13 May 2021
    I own a flat in Glasgow with a market value of between £100,001 and £150,000 from which I receive gross annual income of up to £5,000. The costs associated with this property exceed the income from l…
  • Heritable property · 13 May 2021
    I own a flat in Glasgow with a market value of between £100,001 and £150,000 from which I receive gross annual income of up to £5,000. The costs associated with this property exceed the income from l…
  • Heritable property · 13 May 2021
    I own a flat in Glasgow with a market value of between £100,001 and £150,000 from which I receive gross annual income of up to £5,000. The costs associated with this property exceed the income from l…
Career timeline

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