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Allard, Christian

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Allard, Christian

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party North East Scotland

Politically, you're most like Campbell, Roderick SNP — similarity 82.7/100.

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Divisions voted in
440
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
93.0%
33 "Not Voted" of 473 divisions present
Motions lodged
75
46 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,459
387 chamber · 1,072 committee
Allowances claimed
£1,964
18 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·144 stage ·127 race ·60 ethnicity ·60 employment ·60 report ·42 justice ·37 question ·32 time ·32 annual ·32 abusive ·29 behaviour ·29
Recent motions & questions
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

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).

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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 Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  5. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  6. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Substitute Member
    27 Nov 2014
  7. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    03 Apr 2014
  8. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    07 Nov 2013
  9. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    07 Nov 2013
  10. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    07 Nov 2013
  11. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    07 Nov 2013
  12. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    05 Jun 2013
  13. ☷
    Left Subordinate Legislation Committee
    04 Jun 2013
  14. ☷
    Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member
    16 May 2013
  15. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2013
  16. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    16 May 2013
  17. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    14 May 2013
  18. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    14 May 2013
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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    23 Mar 2016
    I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer, but can she give us some more detail on how the training to work in tourism, food and drink, and life sciences is…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    23 Mar 2016
    To ask the Scottish Government what training and support it provides to people no longer working in the oil and gas sector. (S4O-05688)
  • Food Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    Will the member take an intervention?
  • Food Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    I did not sign the motion, because although I read the report and thought that it was very good, I think that something is missing: it needs a stronger emphasi…
  • Schools Autism Awareness Week Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    I, too, thank Mark McDonald for bringing the debate to the chamber because, at the end of the day, the Parliament has maybe not been as good as it could have b…
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