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Arbuckle, Mr Andrew

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Arbuckle, Mr Andrew

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Mid Scotland and Fife
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Divisions voted in
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
21
27 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
757
256 chamber · 501 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·249 stage ·181 glasgow ·141 airport ·141 rail ·141 link ·141 preliminary ·109 financial ·66 memorandum ·65 inquiry ·42 local ·38 executive ·38
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
21
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
21
Voice fingerprint

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

baird trust trust reorganisation garl promoter baird whisky manufacturers david campbell glasgow airport barley trustees baird train strain organic
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ☷
    Left Environment and Rural Development Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Mid Scotland and Fife (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  5. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    02 Apr 2007
  6. ☷
    Joined Environment and Rural Development Committee as Substitute Member
    24 Jan 2007
  7. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    11 May 2006
  8. ☷
    Joined Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee as Member
    01 Mar 2006
  9. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Member
    22 Sep 2005
  10. ☷
    Left Baird Trust Reorganisation Bill Committee
    19 Jul 2005
  11. ☷
    Joined Baird Trust Reorganisation Bill Committee as Convener
    26 Apr 2005
  12. ☷
    Left Baird Trust Reorganisation Bill Committee
    26 Apr 2005
  13. ☷
    Joined Baird Trust Reorganisation Bill Committee as Member
    16 Mar 2005
  14. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    26 Jan 2005
  15. ⌂
    Started representing Mid Scotland and Fife
    10 Jan 2005
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    10 Jan 2005
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    28 Mar 2007
    What would happen if we did not proceed with the stop order and we thus breached the habitats directive?
  • Small Business Chamber
    07 Mar 2007
    No. As I explained, SNP members should not expect to make interventions if they limit the time for their debates.The Liberal Democrats will maintain the very s…
  • Small Business Chamber
    07 Mar 2007
    No. If the SNP had not shoehorned two debates into the time that is normally allowed for one, we would have had more time to debate the issues properly.Of cour…
  • Small Business Chamber
    07 Mar 2007
    I find it interesting that the SNP motion is on small businesses rather than the large business sector and that Jim Mather provided a pretty rosy-eyed romp thr…
  • Scottish Water Committee
    06 Mar 2007
    Some of the questioning has been about the fact that there is the amount that could be borrowed but it is not taken up fully. Could the layout of the next draf…
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