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Watson, Mike

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Watson, Mike

Former (by-election triggered) Independent Glasgow Cathcart
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Divisions voted in
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Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
25
77 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,460
342 chamber · 4,118 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·270 inquiry ·111 business ·97 growth ·90 current ·49 bill ·46 stage ·44 transport ·40 football ·19 union ·11 internal ·10 reviews ·10
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
25
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
25
Voice fingerprint

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

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    05 Sep 2005
  2. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    05 Sep 2005
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Cathcart (Resigned)
    05 Sep 2005
  4. –
    Left Independent
    05 Sep 2005
  5. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    15 Nov 2004
  6. +
    Joined Independent
    15 Nov 2004
  7. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Deputy Convener
    11 Jun 2003
  8. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    11 Jun 2003
  9. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  10. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  11. ★
    Left Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
    21 May 2003
  12. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Cathcart
    01 May 2003
  13. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  14. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Cathcart (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  15. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  16. ★
    Appointed Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
    28 Nov 2001
  17. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    28 Nov 2001
  18. ☷
    Left Social Inclusion Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  19. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  20. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    22 Jun 1999
  21. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Convener
    22 Jun 1999
  22. ☷
    Joined Social Inclusion Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  23. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  24. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    17 Jun 1999
  25. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Cathcart
    06 May 1999
  26. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 1999
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Current Petitions Committee
    28 Jun 2005
    I support Jackie Baillie's view. However, I note that the response from Capability Scotland raises the point that she mentioned and says that the approach that…
  • Current Petitions Committee
    28 Jun 2005
    Even if the board did not want to respond before the decision was made, it could have done so in the six weeks that have passed since then.
  • Current Petitions Committee
    28 Jun 2005
    The petition was prompted by NHS Greater Glasgow's proposal to close the 15-bed in-patient unit at the Glasgow homoeopathic hospital. Members might or might no…
  • Current Petitions Committee
    28 Jun 2005
    I certainly agree with that, but there is a great possibility that the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport has seen none of the correspondence. I suggest t…
  • Current Petitions Committee
    28 Jun 2005
    The responses are interesting. Basically, the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care does not accept the case—that is not an unfair way of paraphrasing …
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