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Fox, Colin

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Fox, Colin

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Socialist Party Lothians
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Divisions voted in
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no votes on record
Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
122
197 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,180
440 chamber · 740 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·361 stage ·334 legal ·268 profession ·134 custodial ·120 sentences ·120 weapons ·120 christmas ·48 year ·48 trading ·48 criminal ·41 justice ·41
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

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

Lodged
122
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
122
Voice fingerprint

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

prescription charges socialist party socialist executive's defendants prescription people's festival belmarsh jail new year's abolition prescription prescriptions
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Lothians (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  4. –
    Left Scottish Socialist Party
    02 Apr 2007
  5. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    11 Jan 2007
  6. ☷
    Left Local Government and Transport Committee
    05 Sep 2006
  7. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Transport Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2003
  8. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Lothians
    01 May 2003
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Socialist Party
    01 May 2003
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    I am sorry; I do not have time.I have no doubt that Scotland would be better off economically, socially, culturally and politically if we were independent in a…
  • The Future of Scotland Chamber
    29 Mar 2007
    On 23 May 2006, at the University of Stirling, the First Minister gave a lecture called "Scotland's Future: Thinking for the Long Term". I came across his spee…
  • Scotland in the United Kingdom Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    Of course they were a nightmare, but they were brought about by the failure of the previous Labour Government, which redistributed wealth to the rich. That is …
  • Scotland in the United Kingdom Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    I am happy to give way now that Labour members have remembered the cake.
  • Scotland in the United Kingdom Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    I knew that it would come back to Labour members, now that I have mentioned it. They have remembered that there was a cake. The icing sugar was on the top and …
Committee & government roles

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Lothians · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)