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Mackay, Derek

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Mackay, Derek

Former (left at end of session) Independent Renfrewshire North and West

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Politically, you're most like FitzPatrick, Joe SNP — similarity 72.6/100.

Divisions voted in
1,304
last on 05 Feb 2020
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
79.6%
335 "Not Voted" of 1,639 divisions present
Motions lodged
129
31 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,500
2,631 chamber · 1,869 committee
Allowances claimed
£125,427
910 transactions
Motion success

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

Lodged
129
Carried
34
Defeated
6
Not divided
89

Of the 40 motions that went to a vote, 85.0% 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).

Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.0%
S4 · SNP
0.0%
S5 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. Stood down from Renfrewshire North and West (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  2. Left Independent
    04 May 2021
  3. +
    Joined Independent
    06 Feb 2020
  4. Left Scottish National Party
    06 Feb 2020
  5. Left Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work
    05 Feb 2020
  6. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work
    26 Jun 2018
  7. Left Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
    26 Jun 2018
  8. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
    19 May 2016
  9. Appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
    18 May 2016
  10. Left Minister for Transport and Islands
    18 May 2016
  11. Started representing Renfrewshire North and West
    05 May 2016
  12. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  13. Stood down from Renfrewshire North and West (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  14. Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  15. Appointed Minister for Transport and Islands
    21 Nov 2014
  16. Left Minister for Local Government and Planning
    21 Nov 2014
  17. Appointed Minister for Local Government and Planning
    14 Dec 2011
  18. Left Scotland Bill Committee
    14 Dec 2011
  19. Left Finance Committee
    14 Dec 2011
  20. Joined Scotland Bill Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  21. Joined Finance Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  22. Started representing Renfrewshire North and West
    05 May 2011
  23. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2011
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    05 Feb 2020
    For the purposes of rule 9.11 of the standing orders, I advise the Parliament that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Non-Domestic Rates (…
  • Tax and Public Spending Chamber
    05 Feb 2020
    Does Murdo Fraser not understand—or, indeed, know—that the tax forecasts are made by the Scottish Fiscal Commission and not by the Scottish Government?
  • Tax and Public Spending Chamber
    05 Feb 2020
    That is not true.
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    05 Feb 2020
    I agree that the spending of £5 million in that way would indeed be a waste of taxpayers’ money. We have been working on a fully informed, rational debate abou…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    05 Feb 2020
    I simply make the point that we want to have an informed debate on the future of our country. I have never challenged the impartiality of our statisticians. Wh…
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Registered interests

32 total · showing most recent.

  • Gifts · 02 Jun 2016
    On Friday 26 May 2017 I attended the “Remarks by the Honourable Barack H Obama” event in Edinburgh, a charity event organised by the Hunter Foundation, as a guest of Macklin Enterprise Partnerships L…
  • Gifts · 02 Jun 2016
    On Friday 26 May 2017 I attended the “Remarks by the Honourable Barack H Obama” event in Edinburgh, a charity event organised by the Hunter Foundation, as a guest of Macklin Enterprise Partnerships L…
  • Gifts · 02 Jun 2016
    On Friday 26 May 2017 I attended the “Remarks by the Honourable Barack H Obama” event in Edinburgh, a charity event organised by the Hunter Foundation, as a guest of Macklin Enterprise Partnerships L…
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am the Honorary Vice President of the Battalion for Paisley and District Boys’ Brigade.
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I am the Honorary President of the Renfrew Burgh Band.
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I was the Honorary Vice President of the Battalion for Paisley and District Boys’ Brigade. [Amended interest 15 June 2020, Ceased interest 15 June 2020]
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    I was the Honorary President of the Renfrew Burgh Band. [Amended interest 15 June 2020, Ceased interest 15 June 2020]
  • Voluntary · 02 Jun 2016
    Until February 2020 I was the Honorary Vice President of the Battalion for Paisley and District Boys’ Brigade. [Amended interest 15 June 2020, Ceased interest 15 June 2020]
Career timeline

Party

Seats