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FitzPatrick, Joe

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FitzPatrick, Joe
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FitzPatrick, Joe

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Dundee City West

Politically, you're most like Freeman, Jeane SNP — similarity 81.9/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,750
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
96.8%
90 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
1,508
179 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,411
1,473 chamber · 2,938 committee
Allowances claimed
£330,262
1,669 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·107 stage ·93 audit ·88 section ·58 report ·51 question ·42 university ·42 dundee ·42 time ·41 care ·33 national ·29 financial ·26
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
1,508
Carried
31
Defeated
0
Not divided
1,477

Of the 31 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).

pam chapman maggie gosal pam pam west maggie north adam karen karen banffshire east green duncan-glancy pam pam glasgow city west snp chapman
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.1%
S4 · SNP
0.0%
S5 · SNP
0.5%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ☷
    Left Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Dundee City West (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  4. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  5. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    26 Jun 2025
  6. ☷
    Left Education, Children and Young People Committee
    26 Jun 2025
  7. ☷
    Joined Education, Children and Young People Committee as Member
    22 Apr 2025
  8. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    09 Apr 2025
  9. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    18 Jun 2024
  10. ☷
    Joined Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as Member
    18 Jun 2024
  11. ★
    Left Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
    08 May 2024
  12. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    11 Apr 2023
  13. ★
    Appointed Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
    30 Mar 2023
  14. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Convener
    23 Jun 2021
  15. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    23 Jun 2021
  16. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Dundee City West
    06 May 2021
  18. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  19. ☷
    Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    04 May 2021
  20. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    04 May 2021
  21. ⌂
    Stood down from Dundee City West (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  22. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  23. ☷
    Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2020
  24. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2020
  25. ★
    Left Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing
    18 Dec 2020
  26. ★
    Appointed Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing
    26 Jun 2018
  27. ★
    Left Minister for Parliamentary Business
    26 Jun 2018
  28. ★
    Appointed Minister for Parliamentary Business
    18 May 2016
  29. ★
    Left Minister for Parliamentary Business
    18 May 2016
  30. ⌂
    Started representing Dundee City West
    05 May 2016
  31. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  32. ⌂
    Stood down from Dundee City West (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  33. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  34. ★
    Appointed Minister for Parliamentary Business
    06 Sep 2012
  35. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    06 Sep 2012
  36. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    06 Sep 2012
  37. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Feb 2012
  38. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Convener
    15 Jun 2011
  39. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    15 Jun 2011
  40. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011

14 earlier events not shown.

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
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
Office costs £12,176 £7,961 +£4,215
Engagement costs £6,564 £5,809 +£755
MSP & staff travel £1,289 £1,181 +£108
Edinburgh accommodation £6,136 £6,403 −£267
Registered interests

14 total · showing most recent.

  • Controlled transactions · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Interest in shares · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Overseas visits · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Remuneration and related undertaking · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Voluntary · 19 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Controlled transactions · 25 May 2016
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats