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Butler, Bill

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Butler, Bill

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Glasgow Anniesland

assigned Brahler ID 0027 from 29/11/00 -

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Divisions voted in
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no votes on record
Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
125
673 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
5,084
666 chamber · 4,418 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·258 current ·225 bill ·130 stage ·123 long ·39 leases ·39 question ·36 domestic ·34 abuse ·34 time ·34 executive ·30 damages ·28
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
125
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
125
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 Public Petitions Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Anniesland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  5. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    02 Oct 2008
  6. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    19 Jun 2007
  7. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Deputy Convener
    19 Jun 2007
  8. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Anniesland
    03 May 2007
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  11. ☷
    Left Standards and Public Appointments Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  12. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  13. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Anniesland (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  14. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  15. ☷
    Joined Standards and Public Appointments Committee as Deputy Convener
    01 Nov 2005
  16. ☷
    Left Standards and Public Appointments Committee
    01 Nov 2005
  17. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    23 Jun 2005
  18. ☷
    Joined Standards and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    18 Mar 2005
  19. ☷
    Left Standards Committee
    18 Mar 2005
  20. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    26 Oct 2004
  21. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Deputy Convener
    26 Oct 2004
  22. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    07 Oct 2004
  23. ☷
    Left Justice 1 Committee
    07 Oct 2004
  24. ☷
    Left Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee
    10 Aug 2004
  25. ☷
    Left Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee
    25 Sep 2003
  26. ☷
    Joined Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee as Convener
    25 Sep 2003
  27. ☷
    Joined Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee as Member
    10 Sep 2003
  28. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2003
  29. ☷
    Joined Standards Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  30. ☷
    Joined Justice 1 Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  31. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Anniesland
    01 May 2003
  32. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  33. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  34. ☷
    Left Health and Community Care Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  35. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Anniesland (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  36. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  37. ☷
    Joined Health and Community Care Committee as Member
    06 Dec 2001
  38. ☷
    Left Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
    05 Dec 2001
  39. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  40. ☷
    Joined Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee as Member
    07 Dec 2000

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2011
    I welcome the opportunity to support the motion in the name of my Labour colleague Rhoda Grant. I offer her my unreserved congratulations on bringing to the Pa…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    That is really a matter of opinion. I much prefer the matter of fact with which you answered my initial question. Thank you for that.I also thank you, convener…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    It is actually a matter for the convener.
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    With the greatest of respect, Mr Maxwell, those were my questions.
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    15 Mar 2011
    Thank you. That is okay.
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