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Dornan, James

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Dornan, James
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Dornan, James

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Glasgow Cathcart

Politically, you're most like Kidd, Bill SNP — similarity 81.8/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,601
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.8%
0.2% rebellion
Attendance
91.6%
239 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
365
204 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,129
992 chamber · 5,137 committee
Allowances claimed
£212,337
1,465 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
time ·109 question ·101 portfolio ·74 national ·57 bill ·51 care ·50 child ·43 poverty ·43 parental ·42 employment ·42 service ·39 inquiry ·37
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
365
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
365
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).

wightman andy andy lothian green dornan glasgow cathcart annabelle cowdenbeath cathcart cathcart snp simpson graham graham central cowdenbeath snp stewart alexander alexander mid
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.1%
S4 · SNP
0.4%
S5 · SNP
0.2%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Cathcart (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  2. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  3. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    07 Jan 2025
  4. ☷
    Left Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    18 Sep 2024
  5. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    11 Sep 2024
  6. ☷
    Left Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    29 Feb 2024
  7. ☷
    Joined Social Justice and Social Security Committee as Substitute Member
    31 Oct 2023
  8. ☷
    Left Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    30 Oct 2023
  9. ☷
    Left Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
    10 Nov 2022
  10. ☷
    Joined Social Justice and Social Security Committee as Member
    09 Nov 2022
  11. ☷
    Joined Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as Member
    09 Nov 2022
  12. ☷
    Joined Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    21 Sep 2022
  13. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Recovery Committee
    31 Mar 2022
  14. ☷
    Left Education, Children and Young People Committee
    31 Mar 2022
  15. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Recovery Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Sep 2021
  16. ☷
    Joined Education, Children and Young People Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Cathcart
    06 May 2021
  18. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  19. ☷
    Left Social Security Committee
    04 May 2021
  20. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    04 May 2021
  21. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Cathcart (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  22. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  23. ☷
    Joined Social Security Committee as Substitute Member
    25 Feb 2020
  24. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Convener
    12 Sep 2018
  25. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    12 Sep 2018
  26. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  27. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  28. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Convener
    15 Jun 2016
  29. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    15 Jun 2016
  30. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  31. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow Cathcart
    05 May 2016
  32. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  33. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  34. ☷
    Left Education and Culture Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  35. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow Cathcart (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  36. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  37. ☷
    Left Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
    27 Jan 2016
  38. ☷
    Left Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill Committee
    26 Jan 2016
  39. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    20 Jan 2016
  40. ☷
    Left Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill Committee
    17 Dec 2015

30 earlier events not shown.

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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Sport and Activity as a Force for Good Chamber
    24 Mar 2026
    I thank Brian Whittle for giving me the opportunity to give my final speech in this august place on a subject that is very close to my heart. I was involved in…
  • Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    10 Feb 2026
    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Sorry, but I was unable to connect. I would have voted no.
  • Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    27 Jan 2026
    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In the previous vote, my phone froze and I never had the chance to vote no. It does not matter, anyway.
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    07 Jan 2026
    What more can the Scottish Government do to support humanitarian efforts and alleviate the suffering of civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories?
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    07 Jan 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government how its £600,000 contribution in humanitarian aid to the occupied Palestinian territory humanitarian fund will support civilians…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Office costs £5,364 £7,961 −£2,597
Registered interests

15 total · showing most recent.

  • Controlled transactions · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 01 Jun 2016
    From 7 to 11 October 2014 I was part of a cross-party delegation of MSPs who visited the Republic of China (Taiwan) at the invitation of the Director General, Taipei Representative Office (Edinburgh …
Career timeline

Party

Seats