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McMahon, Michael

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McMahon, Michael

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Uddingston and Bellshill

Politically, you're most like Pentland, John Lab — similarity 85.4/100.

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Divisions voted in
730
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.5%
0.5% rebellion
Attendance
89.2%
88 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
70
323 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
9,326
869 chamber · 8,457 committee
Allowances claimed
£3,157
20 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·458 continued ·240 current ·43 private ·11 bill ·9 decision ·9 taking ·9 business ·9 stage ·7 fuel ·7 poverty ·7 house ·7
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
70
Carried
1
Defeated
2
Not divided
67

Of the 3 motions that went to a vote, 33.3% were carried.

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Furthest apart on votes

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Voice fingerprint

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

calls urge urge executive agreed seek received circulated petitioner's petitioners petition hosted agreed write atos gathered signatures petition accompanied support petition
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Uddingston and Bellshill (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Convener
    22 Sep 2015
  5. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    22 Sep 2015
  6. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  7. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  8. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  9. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    27 Jun 2012
  10. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    23 Feb 2012
  11. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Convener
    23 Feb 2012
  12. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    25 Jan 2012
  13. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  14. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  15. ⌂
    Started representing Uddingston and Bellshill
    05 May 2011
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  17. ⌂
    Stood down from Hamilton North and Bellshill (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  18. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  19. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    01 May 2008
  20. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    20 Sep 2007
  21. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    20 Sep 2007
  22. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  23. ⌂
    Started representing Hamilton North and Bellshill
    03 May 2007
  24. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  25. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  26. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  27. ⌂
    Stood down from Hamilton North and Bellshill (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  28. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  29. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Convener
    11 Jun 2003
  30. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    11 Jun 2003
  31. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  32. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  33. ⌂
    Started representing Hamilton North and Bellshill
    01 May 2003
  34. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  35. ★
    Left Ministerial Parliamentary Aide to the First Minister
    31 Mar 2003
  36. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  37. ⌂
    Stood down from Hamilton North and Bellshill (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  38. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  39. ☷
    Left Local Government Committee
    21 Mar 2002
  40. ★
    Appointed Ministerial Parliamentary Aide to the First Minister
    26 Feb 2002

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