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Tolson, Jim

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Tolson, Jim

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Dunfermline West
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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
70
304 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
699
253 chamber · 446 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·136 stage ·113 local ·65 inquiry ·51 executive ·48 housing ·38 poverty ·34 budget ·34 home ·29 services ·28 subordinate ·28 legislation ·28
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
70
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
70
Voice fingerprint

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

gurkhas dunfermline west fife rosyth factoring companies dunfermline west bluelight parking places persons parking gurkha container high-speed rail
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Dunfermline West (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  4. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    22 Mar 2011
  5. ☷
    Joined Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2008
  6. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    02 Sep 2008
  7. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    21 Jun 2007
  8. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Dunfermline West
    03 May 2007
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    03 May 2007
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Scottish Executive Question Time Chamber
    22 Mar 2011
    While remembering that this is a major project for both my constituency and Scotland, I hope that the minister will agree that the environmental effects on my …
  • Scottish Executive Question Time Chamber
    22 Mar 2011
    6. To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Port Babcock Rosyth Ltd regarding the proposed development of a container terminal at Rosyth …
  • Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    17 Mar 2011
    One principal element of the bill is the measures on the registration of private landlords. Alex Neil said that the bill is targeted at a minority of landlords…
  • Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    17 Mar 2011
    I thank my colleagues on the Local Government and Communities Committee, the committee clerks, the bill team and the minister for their hard work and dedicatio…
  • Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2011
    I agree with my colleague that that is too much information.The autumn stress testing of the new system will be absolutely crucial. I hope that I am proved wro…
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