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Park, John

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Park, John

Former (by-election triggered) Scottish Labour Mid Scotland and Fife

Politically, you're most like Boyack, Sarah Lab — similarity 80.1/100.

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Divisions voted in
218
last on 29 Nov 2012
Party alignment
99.1%
0.9% rebellion
Attendance
81.0%
51 "Not Voted" of 269 divisions present
Motions lodged
113
411 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
643
399 chamber · 244 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
executive ·91 inquiry ·82 energy ·72 question ·69 time ·69 renewable ·64 targets ·64 strategy ·35 bill ·33 stage ·32 budget ·26 business ·25
Recent motions & questions
  • Time for a Building MOT Motion
    S4M-05053 · 29 Nov 2012
  • Question
    S4O-01482 · 15 Nov 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10367 · 06 Nov 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10372 · 02 Nov 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10371 · 02 Nov 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10373 · 31 Oct 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10369 · 31 Oct 2012
  • Question
    S4W-10368 · 31 Oct 2012
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
113
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
113
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).

adult apprenticeships rosyth west fife ardroy anne frank dockyard living wage fife enterprise rosyth dockyard apprenticeship opportunities services sector kincardine
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    07 Dec 2012
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Mid Scotland and Fife (Resigned)
    07 Dec 2012
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    07 Dec 2012
  4. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  5. ⌂
    Started representing Mid Scotland and Fife
    05 May 2011
  6. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
  7. ⌂
    Stood down from Mid Scotland and Fife (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  8. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  9. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    01 Oct 2008
  10. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    01 Oct 2008
  11. ☷
    Left Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
    01 May 2008
  12. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    01 May 2008
  13. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    01 May 2008
  14. ☷
    Joined Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee as Substitute Member
    20 Sep 2007
  15. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    27 Jun 2007
  16. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Mid Scotland and Fife
    03 May 2007
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • St Andrew’s Day Chamber
    27 Nov 2012
    I think that that shows that Mark Griffin consulted his electronic device in an appropriate manner before intervening.There has been a bit of debate about the …
  • St Andrew’s Day Chamber
    27 Nov 2012
    I am not clear on the use of electronic devices during a debate—at this point, I would probably refer myself to Wikipedia. If the Scottish junior cup is the ol…
  • St Andrew’s Day Chamber
    27 Nov 2012
    I am not brave enough to comment on people of Mr Stevenson’s generation. It is one of the benefits of devolution, with what has happened in the Scottish Parlia…
  • St Andrew’s Day Chamber
    27 Nov 2012
    I will try my best to keep to that time, Presiding Officer. It is nice to have a few extra minutes in what has been an excellent debate. I will say a bit more …
  • St Andrew’s Day Chamber
    27 Nov 2012
    Is Stewart Stevenson saying that the Scottish Government’s position is that it would create an extra holiday on this day if the powers were available?
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