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Stevenson, Stewart

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Stevenson, Stewart

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Politically, you're most like Lyle, Richard SNP — similarity 85.5/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,557
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
95.0%
82 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
267
2,358 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
14,658
4,627 chamber · 10,031 committee
Allowances claimed
£150,096
1,911 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
european ·120 union ·90 bill ·86 stage ·71 climate ·61 kingdom ·59 change ·56 covid-19 ·49 plan ·49 impact ·44 future ·41 relationship ·41
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S5W-36014 · 24 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36013 · 22 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05136 · 18 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05101 · 10 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-35780 · 08 Mar 2021
  • Community Resilience, Buckie and Regency Car Sales Motion
    S5M-24288 · 03 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05079 · 03 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-04986 · 04 Feb 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
267
Carried
1
Defeated
0
Not divided
266

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).

registered agricultural peterhead agricultural holding small registered ptuc high-speed rail perfectly proper high-speed banff fraserburgh holding derive railfuture
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.1%
S4 · SNP
0.1%
S5 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ☷
    Left Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
    04 May 2021
  3. ☷
    Left Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
    04 May 2021
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  5. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  6. ☷
    Joined Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee as Member
    16 Sep 2020
  7. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Committee
    16 Sep 2020
  8. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member
    21 Apr 2020
  9. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    20 Jun 2019
  10. ☷
    Left Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee
    25 Apr 2019
  11. ☷
    Joined Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee as Deputy Convener
    30 Oct 2018
  12. ☷
    Left Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee
    30 Oct 2018
  13. ☷
    Joined Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    12 Sep 2018
  14. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    24 May 2018
  15. ☷
    Joined Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee as Member
    16 Nov 2017
  16. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Oct 2017
  17. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    26 Oct 2017
  18. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    06 Oct 2016
  19. ☷
    Joined Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  20. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  21. ⌂
    Started representing Banffshire and Buchan Coast
    05 May 2016
  22. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  23. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  24. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  25. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  26. ⌂
    Stood down from Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  27. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  28. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Convener
    21 Nov 2013
  29. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    21 Nov 2013
  30. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    07 Nov 2013
  31. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    07 Nov 2013
  32. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Substitute Member
    07 Nov 2013
  33. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    07 Nov 2013
  34. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    07 Nov 2013
  35. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Deputy Convener
    05 Jun 2013
  36. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    04 Jun 2013
  37. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    02 Oct 2012
  38. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Deputy Convener
    02 Oct 2012
  39. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012
  40. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012

40 earlier events not shown.

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Mar 2021
    Has the cabinet secretary noted that the Office for Budget Responsibility suggests that there will be a 4 per cent drop in productivity compared with the posit…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    18 Mar 2021
    To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding managing the economic impacts of Brexit. (S5O-051…
  • Cultural Sector (Impact of Covid-19) Committee
    11 Mar 2021
    Thank you very much for that. I should not overplay my relationship with Lynda Myles. I was at the biggest school in Scotland—our year was nearly 500 people—an…
  • Cultural Sector (Impact of Covid-19) Committee
    11 Mar 2021
    I will focus on some of the practical elements around culture, not least because if anyone was asked to describe my engagement with culture more generally, the…
  • Transport (Update) Committee
    10 Mar 2021
    Cabinet secretary, do you share my frustration about the way in which the costs of different alternatives for travel are presented? For example, the fully amor…
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Registered interests

85 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Member at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am an Associate Member of the Highland Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association (HRFCA). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [Registered 31 December 2017]
  • Voluntary · 12 May 2016
    I am a Member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). [Registered 31 December 2017]
Career timeline

Party

Seats