Holyrood, made browsable

McInnes, Alison

Everything we have on one MSP — voting record, motions, questions, committee work, allowances, Hansard contributions, registered interests and career history — pulled together on a single page.

MSP profile

McInnes, Alison

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats North East Scotland

Politically, you're most like Hume, Jim LD — similarity 80.1/100.

Compare with… Speeches Motions & Q+A
Divisions voted in
705
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.4%
0.6% rebellion
Attendance
86.2%
113 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
120
1,004 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
2,545
785 chamber · 1,760 committee
Allowances claimed
£4,150
39 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·203 stage ·184 police ·103 justice ·69 question ·58 time ·58 communications ·54 interception ·53 human ·44 criminal ·44 trafficking ·41 exploitation ·41
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S4T-01369 · 22 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30362 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30361 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30354 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29942 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29941 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29935 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4T-01363 · 15 Mar 2016
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
120
Carried
2
Defeated
4
Not divided
114

Of the 6 motions that went to a vote, 33.3% 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).

stop search spa annual targets corroboration epilepsy searches civilian staff cornton cornton vale community justice nps infrastructure climate
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  5. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    23 Mar 2016
  6. ☷
    Left City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee
    26 Jun 2014
  7. ☷
    Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee as Member
    29 May 2013
  8. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    13 Mar 2013
  9. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  10. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  11. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    05 May 2011
  12. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    05 May 2011
  13. ☷
    Left Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  14. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  15. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  16. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    22 Mar 2011
  17. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Sep 2008
  18. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    02 Sep 2008
  19. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    03 Oct 2007
  20. ☷
    Left Procedures Committee
    28 Sep 2007
  21. ☷
    Joined Procedures Committee as Substitute Member
    21 Jun 2007
  22. ☷
    Joined Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  23. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    03 May 2007
  24. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    03 May 2007
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    The bill addresses the need to tackle the damage that is done by abusive behaviour and sexual harm. The Government has acknowledged that the bill deals with on…
  • Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I, too, pay tribute to Margaret Mitchell’s persistence in this matter—she has been rewarded at last. The recent judicial review vindicated the position that M…
  • Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I do not support Margaret McDougall’s amendments; I did not support them at stage 2 and I do not believe that she has made her case. There is a danger of drawi…
  • Topical Question Time Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    It has been reported in the media that the unit’s powers will be handed to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner. If that is the case, the cabinet …
  • Topical Question Time Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    The future of the counter-corruption unit matters to Parliament because its activities have been of national significance. MSPs have spent months scrutinising …
Committee & government roles

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats