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Don, Nigel

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Don, Nigel

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Angus North and Mearns

Politically, you're most like McMillan, Stuart SNP — similarity 85.5/100.

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Divisions voted in
796
last on 16 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
97.3%
22 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
135
144 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,390
706 chamber · 5,684 committee
Allowances claimed
£2,678
13 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·218 stage ·206 instruments ·188 subject ·188 procedure ·188 negative ·116 before ·71 succession ·69 bankruptcy ·53 after ·53 reform ·48 section ·44
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S4F-03105 · 03 Dec 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04888 · 02 Dec 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04856 · 25 Nov 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04801 · 18 Nov 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04769 · 11 Nov 2015
  • Big Energy Savings Week Motion
    S4M-14586 · 23 Oct 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04694 · 08 Oct 2015
  • Question
    S4O-04659 · 01 Oct 2015
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
135
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
135
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).

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Angus North and Mearns (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  5. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    27 Nov 2014
  6. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    27 Nov 2014
  7. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Convener
    05 Jun 2013
  8. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    04 Jun 2013
  9. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member
    25 Oct 2012
  10. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    24 Oct 2012
  11. ☷
    Left Scotland Bill Committee
    01 May 2012
  12. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Feb 2012
  13. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  14. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  15. ☷
    Joined Scotland Bill Committee as Member
    09 Jun 2011
  16. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Angus North and Mearns
    05 May 2011
  18. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
  19. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  20. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  21. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  22. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  23. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    22 Mar 2011
  24. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    31 Oct 2007
  25. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Substitute Member
    14 Jun 2007
  26. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  27. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    03 May 2007
  28. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    03 May 2007
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    The member makes a perfectly fair point, which will be explained if anyone cares to look at the Official Report. We had quite a lot of discussions about “forth…
  • Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    Certainly, from a member of the committee.
  • Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I hesitate to say that anything is “entirely flawed”, but I will come on to the remit of my committee and what we might do in future, if the member will bear w…
  • Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill, although, as I say that, it occurs to me that I may be one of a rare breed who wo…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I am, of course, the aforementioned convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, which welcomes the amendments as a response to its concerns. Se…
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