McDonald, Mark

• Dyce Primary School Pupils Launch Virtual Museum Motion
  S5M-24337 · 09 Mar 2021
• Charities and Community Organisations Welcome FAIRER Aberdeen’s Funding Motion
  S5M-24250 · 26 Feb 2021
• Friends of ANCHOR Pledges £100,000 for Cancer Research in the North East Motion
  S5M-24180 · 19 Feb 2021
• Question
  S5O-04985 · 04 Feb 2021
• Question
  S5W-34715 · 29 Jan 2021
• New Commissioner to Champion Rights of People with Autism and Learning Difficulties Motion
  S5M-23993 · 28 Jan 2021
• Question
  S5W-34717 · 28 Jan 2021
• Question
  S5W-34716 · 28 Jan 2021

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

• Education
  17 Feb 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Mental Health
  17 Feb 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Universal Support for Self-isolation
  03 Feb 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill
  21 Jan 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Protecting Scotland’s Health and Care Workforce
  20 Jan 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Economy
  09 Dec 2020 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Responding to Parliamentary Will and Calls for Clarity in Education
  09 Dec 2020 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Economy
  09 Dec 2020 · they voted Yes, party voted No

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Of the 1 motion that went to a vote, 100.0% were carried.

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

• MacKenzie, Mike SNP 100.0% 757 shared
• Walker, Bill Ind 100.0% 201 shared
• Salmond, Alex SNP 100.0% 460 shared
• Gibson, Rob SNP 100.0% 749 shared
• Adam, Brian SNP 100.0% 223 shared
• Eadie, Jim SNP 99.9% 743 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Thomson, Ross Con 17.7% 204 shared
• Ross, Douglas Con 18.5% 173 shared
• Lamont, John Con 20.3% 815 shared
• McLetchie, David Con 21.2% 193 shared
• McGrigor, Jamie Con 22.1% 657 shared
• Johnstone, Alex Con 22.1% 797 shared

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

• Gibson, Kenneth NPA 82.3
  vote 95 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 40
• Biagi, Marco SNP 81.2
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 97 · topic 28
• Brodie, Chic SNP 81.0
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 25
• Stewart, Kevin SNP 81.0
  vote 95 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 33
• Paterson, Gil SNP 80.9
  vote 95 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 33
• Urquhart, Jean Ind 80.8
  vote 93 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 36
• Keir, Colin SNP 80.5
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 22
• Ingram, Adam SNP 80.5
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 22

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

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

• Lyle, Richard SNP 1,412×
• Kidd, Bill SNP 1,396×
• Torrance, David SNP 1,268×
• Beattie, Colin SNP 1,056×
• Watt, Maureen SNP 996×
• McAlpine, Joan SNP 988×
• Paterson, Gil SNP 980×
• McMillan, Stuart SNP 940×
• Stewart, Kevin SNP 928×
• Ingram, Adam SNP 892×

• Stewart, Kevin SNP 1,400×
• Dey, Graeme SNP 944×
• Gibson, Kenneth NPA 860×
• Torrance, David SNP 784×
• White, Sandra SNP 684×
• Kidd, Bill SNP 656×
• Baillie, Jackie Lab 568×
• McKelvie, Christina SNP 540×
• Doris, Bob SNP 516×
• Robertson, Dennis SNP 508×

• Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill Chamber
  09 Mar 2021
  Thank you, Presiding Officer. On the off chance that I lose track and forget to do this, I say that, having served under Bruce Crawford in the previous session…
• Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill Chamber
  09 Mar 2021
  I am grateful to Daniel Johnson for that. I know that others share that passion and will continue to advance the issues in the next session of Parliament. I a…
• Autism and Learning Disabilities Chamber
  03 Mar 2021
  I thank Alexander Burnett for securing the debate. Although this is not quite my final speech as a member of the Scottish Parliament, it is my final speech on …
• Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill: Stage 1 Chamber
  25 Feb 2021
  I am grateful to the cabinet secretary for meeting me last week to discuss some of the budget issues. I hope that, by stage 3, she might be able to say a bit m…
• Portfolio Question Time Chamber
  04 Feb 2021
  I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and for meeting me prior to the pandemic to discuss these matters. The cabinet secretary will know from the corres…

Government

• Minister for Childcare and Early Years · 19 May 2016 — 04 Nov 2017
• Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Office of the First Minister · 01 Oct 2012 — 14 May 2013

Committee

• Finance Committee Member · left 23 Mar 2016
• Devolution (Further Powers) Committee Member · left 23 Mar 2016
• Local Government and Regeneration Committee Member · left 27 Nov 2014
• Health and Sport Committee Member · left 07 Nov 2013
• Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Member · left 07 Nov 2013
• Local Government and Regeneration Committee Substitute Member · left 14 May 2013
• Health and Sport Committee Member · left 14 May 2013
• Finance Committee Member · left 18 Sep 2012

21 total · showing most recent.

• Voluntary · 26 May 2016
  I am an honorary Vice President of the English Speaking Union Scotland.
• Voluntary · 26 May 2016
  I was an honorary Vice President of the English Speaking Union Scotland. {Amended interest 8 May 2018, Ceased interest 8 May 2018.]
• Voluntary · 26 May 2016
  [Ceased interest removed from entry: 8 May 2019]
• Controlled transactions · 26 May 2016
  No registrable interests
• Controlled transactions · 26 May 2016
  No registrable interests
• Controlled transactions · 26 May 2016
  No registrable interests
• Gifts · 26 May 2016
  No registrable interests
• Gifts · 26 May 2016
  No registrable interests

Party

• Independent · 16 Nov 2017 — 04 May 2021
• Scottish National Party · 05 May 2016 — 16 Nov 2017
• Scottish National Party · 20 Jun 2013 — 23 Mar 2016
• Scottish National Party · 05 May 2011 — 14 May 2013

Seats

• Aberdeen Donside · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021 (Dissolution)
• Aberdeen Donside · 20 Jun 2013 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
• North East Scotland · 05 May 2011 — 14 May 2013 (Resigned)