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Maxwell, Stewart

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Maxwell, Stewart

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

Politically, you're most like White, Sandra SNP — similarity 81.8/100.

Divisions voted in
697
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.3%
0.7% rebellion
Attendance
85.2%
121 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
243
854 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
10,743
1,214 chamber · 9,529 committee
Allowances claimed
£7,439
64 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
243
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
243
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.

Career arc

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

  1. Left Education and Culture Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Stood down from West Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  5. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    27 Nov 2014
  6. Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
    29 Oct 2014
  7. Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Member
    29 Oct 2014
  8. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Substitute Member
    05 Jun 2014
  9. Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    23 Oct 2012
  10. Left European and External Relations Committee
    18 Sep 2012
  11. Left Scotland Bill Committee
    01 May 2012
  12. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Feb 2012
  13. Joined Education and Culture Committee as Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  14. Left Education and Culture Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  15. Joined Scotland Bill Committee as Member
    09 Jun 2011
  16. Joined Education and Culture Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  17. Started representing West Scotland
    05 May 2011
  18. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  19. Left Unknown committee
    22 Mar 2011
  20. Left Justice Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  21. Left Finance Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  22. Stood down from West of Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  23. Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  24. Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    05 Nov 2009
  25. Joined Unknown committee as Member
    02 Sep 2009
  26. Joined Justice Committee as Member
    26 Feb 2009
  27. Left Minister for Communities and Sport
    10 Feb 2009
  28. Appointed Minister for Communities and Sport
    17 May 2007
  29. Started representing West of Scotland
    03 May 2007
  30. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    03 May 2007
  31. Left Enterprise and Culture Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  32. Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  33. Stood down from West of Scotland (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  34. Left Scottish National Party
    02 Apr 2007
  35. Left Health Committee
    07 Nov 2006
  36. Joined Enterprise and Culture Committee as Member
    01 Nov 2006
  37. Left Justice 2 Committee
    31 Oct 2006
  38. Joined Health Committee as Substitute Member
    30 Sep 2004
  39. Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    23 Sep 2004
  40. Left Justice 1 Committee
    22 Sep 2004

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Scotland Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    I believe that today represents another significant step on the journey of this Parliament, and I feel privileged to have played a part in that process as a me…
  • Scotland Bill Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    I hope that, as we approach the end of this session of Parliament, we do so with a sense of determination to ensure that in the next session Parliament will us…
  • Petition Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    Although we are meeting next week, this is the last public meeting of the Education and Culture Committee in this session. I thank all the members of the commi…
  • Petition Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    I agree that the Government has responded to the petition and, although the SSI that we considered last week may not address 100 per cent of what was asked for…
  • Petition Committee
    08 Mar 2016
    Our final item of business is consideration of PE1420, by Teresa McNally on behalf of Clacks kinship carers, on recognising the real value of kinship carers an…
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