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Wilson, John

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MSP profile

Wilson, John

Former (left at end of session) Independent Central Scotland

Politically, you're most like Stewart, Kevin SNP — similarity 79.5/100.

Divisions voted in
766
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
98.7%
1.3% rebellion
Attendance
93.6%
52 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
197
696 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,138
469 chamber · 3,669 committee
Allowances claimed
£1,943
27 transactions
Recent motions & questions
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
197
Carried
0
Defeated
1
Not divided
196

Of the 1 motion that went to a vote, 0.0% 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).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

3.0%
S4 · Ind
0.6%
S4 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. Left Public Petitions Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Left Independent
    23 Mar 2016
  5. +
    Joined Independent
    24 Sep 2014
  6. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Sep 2014
  7. Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    26 Sep 2012
  8. Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Deputy Convener
    26 Sep 2012
  9. Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2012
  10. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    18 Sep 2012
  11. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    08 Jun 2011
  12. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Deputy Convener
    08 Jun 2011
  13. Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  14. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  15. Started representing Central Scotland
    05 May 2011
  16. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  17. Left Public Petitions Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  18. Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  19. Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  20. Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  21. Left Public Petitions Committee
    26 Jun 2008
  22. Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    26 Jun 2008
  23. Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    26 Jun 2008
  24. Left Justice Committee
    26 Jun 2008
  25. Joined Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    14 Jun 2007
  26. Joined Justice Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  27. Started representing Central Scotland
    03 May 2007
  28. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    03 May 2007
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I put on record my thanks to Dr Nanette Milne for her quiet words, particularly when we served together on the Public Petitions Committee. It has always been a…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    Will Mr Stewart confirm that he was the convener of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee that produced the stage 1 report that asked the Scottish Go…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    No. “We therefore recommend the Scottish Government takes cognisance of the issues raised and, in discussion with planning colleagues, brings forward an amend…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    The amendment that inserted section 42A at stage 2 was lodged to address an issue that had been identified by the Local Government and Regeneration Committee w…
  • Food Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    We must be bolder in delivering opportunities for communities to have the resources to produce food locally. We need to work together to ensure that that works…
Committee & government roles

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