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McDougall, Margaret

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McDougall, Margaret

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour West Scotland

Politically, you're most like Murray, Elaine Lab — similarity 81.6/100.

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Divisions voted in
721
last on 16 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
88.1%
97 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
75
364 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,265
324 chamber · 941 committee
Allowances claimed
£894
15 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·103 stage ·85 budget ·56 scrutiny ·56 future ·49 economic ·49 draft ·44 post-2014 ·42 justice ·40 welfare ·39 abusive ·33 behaviour ·33
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
75
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
75
Closest voting allies

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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 Justice Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from West Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  5. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  6. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  7. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  8. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  9. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    16 Jan 2014
  10. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Deputy Convener
    16 Jan 2014
  11. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    03 Sep 2013
  12. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    03 Sep 2013
  13. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    12 Dec 2012
  14. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    12 Dec 2012
  15. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  16. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    21 Dec 2011
  17. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  18. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  19. ⌂
    Started representing West Scotland
    05 May 2011
  20. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
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