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Swinburne, John
Everything we have on one MSP — voting record, motions, questions, committee work, allowances, Hansard contributions, registered interests and career history — pulled together on a single page.
MSP profile
Swinburne, John
BBC
Divisions voted in
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Party alignment
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Attendance
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Motions lodged
60
Hansard contributions
898
Allowances claimed
£0
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
inquiry ·127
disability ·114
bill ·58
equalities ·44
review ·43
budget ·35
petitions ·30
executive ·27
process ·26
stage ·23
financial ·19
memorandum ·16
Recent motions & questions
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Maintenance Contracts for Senior Citizens' Central Heating Systems
Motion
S2M-05538 · 05 Feb 2007
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Welcome Gas Rebate
Motion
S2M-05358 · 20 Dec 2006
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Right of Tenure
Motion
S2M-05050 · 31 Oct 2006
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Closure of Scottish Gas Rebate Scheme for Vulnerable Senior Citizens and Others
Motion
S2M-04996 · 24 Oct 2006
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To ask the Scottish Executive why engineering companies in the central region are having …
Question
S2W-28905 · 12 Oct 2006
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Scotland's Duty to its Senior Citizens
Motion
S2M-04901.1 · 05 Oct 2006
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Flawed Statement on the Right to Buy
Motion
S2M-04895 · 29 Sep 2006
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Flawed Legislation on Ageism
Motion
S2M-04879 · 27 Sep 2006
Motion success
Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.
Lodged
60Carried
0Defeated
0Not divided
60Voice 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.
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Left Equal Opportunities Committee02 Apr 2007
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Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)02 Apr 2007
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Left Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party02 Apr 2007
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Left Finance Committee22 Jun 2005
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Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member22 Jun 2005
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Joined Finance Committee as Member04 Jun 2003
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Started representing Central Scotland01 May 2003
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Joined Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party01 May 2003
Who backs their motions most
- Sheridan, Tommy Sol 66×
- Gorrie, Donald LD 62×
- Curran, Frances SSP 56×
- Leckie, Carolyn SSP 52×
- Neil, Alex SNP 48×
- Turner, Dr Jean Ind 48×
- White, Sandra SNP 46×
- Ballance, Chris Green 44×
- Harper, Robin Green 44×
- Fabiani, Linda SNP 40×
Whose motions they back most
- Grahame, Christine SNP 100×
- White, Sandra SNP 100×
- Gorrie, Donald LD 98×
- Turner, Dr Jean Ind 92×
- Leckie, Carolyn SSP 86×
- Byrne, Ms Rosemary Sol 80×
- Sheridan, Tommy Sol 66×
- Fox, Colin SSP 62×
- Baillie, Jackie Lab 60×
- Adam, Brian SNP 58×
Recent contributions to the Official Report
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The Future of Scotland
Chamber
29 Mar 2007An election is coming up. It must be inspirational for any pensioner who is tuned in to today's debate to hear how much all the parties are going to do for sen…
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Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill
Chamber
28 Mar 2007I think that everyone agrees that the bill is excellent, but the missing link that no one has mentioned is the 20 per cent of the population who will not be ab…
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Scotland in the United Kingdom
Chamber
22 Mar 2007Will the minister give way?
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Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Chamber
21 Mar 2007I think that it was not so much that the employers did not know, as that they did not care. That is the difference.
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Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Chamber
21 Mar 2007By the law of averages, I have no right to be standing here, because I worked in the shipyards. In 1947—60 years ago now—I worked in the city of Johannesburg a…
Committee & government roles
Committee
- Equal Opportunities Committee Member · left 02 Apr 2007
- Finance Committee Member · left 22 Jun 2005
Career timeline
Party
- Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007
Seats
- Central Scotland · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)