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Macdonald, Lewis

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Macdonald, Lewis

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour North East Scotland

Politically, you're most like Stewart, David Lab — similarity 82.6/100.

Divisions voted in
1,452
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
88.6%
187 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
586
2,224 questions · 4 unanswered
Hansard contributions
10,144
3,628 chamber · 6,516 committee
Allowances claimed
£179,154
859 transactions
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S5W-36069 · 29 Apr 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36070 · 29 Apr 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05155 · 24 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36068 · 24 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36183 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36109 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36112 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36108 · 23 Mar 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
586
Carried
6
Defeated
10
Not divided
570

Of the 16 motions that went to a vote, 37.5% 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).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

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

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

  1. Left Health and Sport Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  3. Left Scottish Labour
    04 May 2021
  4. Joined Health and Sport Committee as Convener
    16 Jan 2018
  5. Left Health and Sport Committee
    16 Jan 2018
  6. Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    09 Jan 2018
  7. Left Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee
    09 Jan 2018
  8. Joined Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee as Deputy Convener
    29 Sep 2016
  9. Left European and External Relations Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  10. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Deputy Convener
    16 Jun 2016
  11. Left European and External Relations Committee
    16 Jun 2016
  12. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  13. Started representing North East Scotland
    05 May 2016
  14. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2016
  15. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  16. Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  17. Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  18. Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  19. Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Member
    15 Jan 2015
  20. Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
    15 Jan 2015
  21. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  22. Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    29 Oct 2014
  23. Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Deputy Convener
    29 Oct 2014
  24. Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Deputy Convener
    03 Oct 2013
  25. Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    03 Oct 2013
  26. Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2013
  27. Started representing North East Scotland
    05 May 2011
  28. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  29. Left Finance Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  30. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  31. Stood down from Aberdeen Central (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  32. Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  33. Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    02 Oct 2008
  34. Left Health and Sport Committee
    20 Sep 2007
  35. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2007
  36. Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  37. Left Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
    17 May 2007
  38. Started representing Aberdeen Central
    03 May 2007
  39. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  40. Stood down from Aberdeen Central (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007

22 earlier events not shown.

Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Registered interests
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am a member of Unite the union.
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am a member of Grampian Regional Equality Council.
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am a member of Dons Supporters Together.
  • Controlled transactions · 02 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 02 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 02 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 02 Jun 2016
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats