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McKelvie, Christina

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MSP profile

McKelvie, Christina

Politically, you're most like Kidd, Bill SNP — similarity 67.0/100.

Divisions voted in
2,175
last on 26 Mar 2025
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
84.4%
402 "Not Voted" of 2,577 divisions present
Motions lodged
604
318 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
5,431
1,296 chamber · 4,135 committee
Allowances claimed
£238,038
1,879 transactions
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
604
Carried
4
Defeated
0
Not divided
600

Of the 4 motions that went to a vote, 100.0% were carried.

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).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.1%
S4 · SNP
0.1%
S5 · SNP
0.0%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. Left Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy
    27 Mar 2025
  2. Stood down from Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Deceased)
    27 Mar 2025
  3. Left Scottish National Party
    27 Mar 2025
  4. Appointed Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy
    08 Feb 2024
  5. Left Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development
    08 Feb 2024
  6. Appointed Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development
    29 Mar 2023
  7. Left Minister for Equalities and Older People
    29 Mar 2023
  8. Appointed Minister for Equalities and Older People
    19 May 2021
  9. Left Minister for Older People and Equalities
    19 May 2021
  10. Started representing Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
    06 May 2021
  11. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  12. Stood down from Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  13. Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  14. Appointed Minister for Older People and Equalities
    28 Jun 2018
  15. Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    28 Jun 2018
  16. Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    13 Sep 2017
  17. Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    30 Mar 2017
  18. Left Justice Committee
    30 Mar 2017
  19. Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Convener
    29 Sep 2016
  20. Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  21. Joined Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    07 Sep 2016
  22. Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Convener
    16 Jun 2016
  23. Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    16 Jun 2016
  24. Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  25. Started representing Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
    05 May 2016
  26. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  27. Left Welfare Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  28. Left European and External Relations Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  29. Stood down from Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  30. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  31. Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    27 Nov 2014
  32. Left Public Audit Committee
    22 Apr 2014
  33. Joined Public Audit Committee as Substitute Member
    25 Oct 2012
  34. Left Welfare Reform Committee
    24 Oct 2012
  35. Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    18 Sep 2012
  36. Left European and External Relations Committee
    14 Jun 2011
  37. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Convener
    14 Jun 2011
  38. Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  39. Started representing Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
    05 May 2011
  40. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011

16 earlier events not shown.

Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    29 May 2024
    We are working with a number of organisations across the board to look at how we tackle alcohol harm in Scotland. I am happy to share that information with Mon…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    29 May 2024
    The Scottish Government is determined to reduce alcohol-related harm, including by increasing the minimum unit price and through the record investment in treat…
  • Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    28 May 2024
    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect to the app. I would have voted no.
  • Drug Deaths and Drug Harm Committee
    01 May 2024
    We have already done that. I can make sure that the committee gets that report, which was published at the end of last year. It contains the results of our aud…
  • Drug Deaths and Drug Harm Committee
    01 May 2024
    I have been clear that the money from the Scottish Government for ADPs that goes into the system via local authorities is going to ADPs. I do not think that I …
Committee & government roles

Government

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
Winding-up costs £3,506 £3,506 +£0
Incidental employment costs £78 £95 −£17
Start-up costs £12 £30 −£18
MSP & staff travel £30 £1,181 −£1,151
Office costs £3,506 £7,961 −£4,455
Engagement costs £831 £5,809 −£4,977
Registered interests

28 total · showing most recent.

  • Controlled transactions · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 17 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2016
    I am a member of Unison.
Career timeline

Party

Seats