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McLeod, Aileen

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McLeod, Aileen

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party South Scotland

Politically, you're most like Watt, Maureen SNP — similarity 82.5/100.

Divisions voted in
782
last on 02 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
95.6%
36 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
118
74 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,007
455 chamber · 552 committee
Allowances claimed
£808
11 transactions
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
118
Carried
2
Defeated
0
Not divided
116

Of the 2 motions 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

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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).

Career arc

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

  1. Left Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
    18 May 2016
  2. Stood down from South Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Appointed Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
    25 Nov 2014
  5. Left Health and Sport Committee
    25 Nov 2014
  6. Left European and External Relations Committee
    05 Jun 2014
  7. Left Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
    18 Sep 2012
  8. Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012
  9. Left European and External Relations Committee
    18 Sep 2012
  10. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Substitute Member
    18 Sep 2012
  11. Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    23 Feb 2012
  12. Joined Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee as Member
    23 Feb 2012
  13. Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  14. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  15. Started representing South Scotland
    05 May 2011
  16. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    At stage 2, I lodged amendments that required ministers, when preparing both the land rights and responsibilities statement and the part 4 guidance, to have re…
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    Amendments 34 to 38, 94 and 95 implement the commitment that I gave at stage 2 to amend the bill to include a power for the Scottish ministers to make regulati…
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    I am very happy not to wind up but to welcome the support that we have across the chamber.
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    This is a historic day of proceedings on Scotland’s land reform journey. I must apologise, because, as members will realise and, I hope, understand, I am strug…
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    24 Feb 2016
    I will answer your question in two parts. The 2011 act requires SEPA to “establish and maintain” a public “controlled reservoirs register”, which includ…
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