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Malik, Hanzala

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Malik, Hanzala

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Glasgow

Politically, you're most like McDougall, Margaret Lab — similarity 79.7/100.

Divisions voted in
675
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.4%
0.6% rebellion
Attendance
82.5%
143 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
187
71 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,404
383 chamber · 1,021 committee
Allowances claimed
£1,690
11 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
187
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
187
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).

Career arc

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

  1. Left Public Petitions Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Left European and External Relations Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Stood down from Glasgow (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  5. Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  6. Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    26 Feb 2014
  7. Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2013
  8. Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    03 Sep 2013
  9. Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    05 Jun 2013
  10. Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    04 Jun 2013
  11. Left Education and Culture Committee
    19 Sep 2012
  12. Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    27 Jun 2012
  13. Joined Education and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  14. Left European and External Relations Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  15. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Deputy Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  16. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  17. Started representing Glasgow
    05 May 2011
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    Although summer support is an ambition for students, recent figures released by the Scottish funding council have revealed a £2.4 million shortfall in the term…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Students Association of the University of the West of Scotland’s report, “Establishing a Stronger Su…
  • Electric Car Rapid Charge Points Chamber
    10 Mar 2016
    I thank Dave Thompson for bringing the debate to the chamber. The expansion of electric vehicle charging networks across the UK in recent years is a welcome c…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    09 Mar 2016
    Glasgow City Council is very proud to hold the Aye Write! book festival as it has done for the past 11 years. It has been observed that the festival has a low…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    09 Mar 2016
    To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs will be attending any events in the Aye Write! festival i…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Glasgow · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)