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Keir, Colin

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Keir, Colin

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Edinburgh Western

Politically, you're most like Campbell, Roderick SNP — similarity 83.7/100.

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Divisions voted in
815
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.6%
0.4% rebellion
Attendance
99.6%
3 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
82
66 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
828
210 chamber · 618 committee
Allowances claimed
£1,714
9 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·123 section ·120 stage ·120 report ·82 health ·52 reports ·46 question ·46 time ·46 scrutiny ·27 criminal ·26 justice ·26 portfolio ·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
82
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
82
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

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Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

edinburgh western apd maybury muirhouse zoo carloway queensferry corstorphine lord carloway western constituency kirkliston century homes
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Edinburgh Western (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  5. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    20 Jan 2016
  6. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    07 Nov 2013
  7. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    07 Nov 2013
  8. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2013
  9. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    23 Feb 2012
  10. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    15 Dec 2011
  11. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  12. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  13. ⌂
    Started representing Edinburgh Western
    05 May 2011
  14. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2014-15 Committee
    15 Mar 2016
    Good morning. My question is about what you said in answer to Mike MacKenzie’s question about planning. I worry that planners perhaps do not have the necessary…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    I thank the minister for clarifying the position. I fully commend the report. Paragraph 147 recommends that the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committe…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    It was a very strong rope—and it was not held by Christine Grahame. Laughter. The engineers and others did their jobs in high winds and freezing conditions ov…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    Thank you very much indeed, Presiding Officer. We do not realise the importance of the bridges that are part of our trunk road network until something goes se…
  • Annual Report Committee
    09 Mar 2016
    I thank the convener for his comments. I totally agree with the comments about the Auditor General and the support staff as well as, of course, those about my …
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