Davidson, Ruth

• Question
  S5F-04920 · 24 Mar 2021
• Question
  S5W-36066 · 24 Mar 2021
• Motion of No Confidence Motion
  S5M-24292 · 23 Mar 2021
• Question
  S5F-04895 · 18 Mar 2021
• Question
  S5F-04878 · 11 Mar 2021
• Question
  S5F-04857 · 04 Mar 2021
• Question
  S5F-04833 · 25 Feb 2021
• Question
  S5F-04813 · 17 Feb 2021

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

• Approval of SSI
  20 Jan 2021 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
• Living Wage
  23 Apr 2014 · they voted No, party voted Abstain
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
  04 Feb 2014 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
  20 Nov 2013 · 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 11 motions that went to a vote, 9.1% were carried.

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

• Scott, John Con 100.0% 1,007 shared
• Ross, Douglas Con 100.0% 154 shared
• Halcro Johnston, Jamie Con 100.0% 337 shared
• Lockhart, Dean Con 100.0% 485 shared
• McLetchie, David Con 100.0% 173 shared
• Lamont, John Con 99.9% 727 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Walker, Bill Ind 16.0% 187 shared
• Adam, Brian SNP 18.9% 196 shared
• Salmond, Alex SNP 19.3% 419 shared
• Urquhart, Jean Ind 20.5% 580 shared
• Thompson, Dave SNP 21.0% 558 shared
• Keir, Colin SNP 21.1% 646 shared

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

• Lamont, John Con 72.8
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 84 · topic 7
• Carlaw, Jackson Con 71.7
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 70 · topic 18
• Fraser, Murdo Con 71.0
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 65 · topic 20
• Smith, Liz Con 69.9
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 67 · topic 13
• Mitchell, Margaret Con 68.0
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 63 · topic 11
• Goldie, Annabel Con 66.7
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 59 · topic 9
• McGrigor, Jamie Con 66.5
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 54 · topic 13
• Milne, Nanette Con 66.4
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 58 · topic 9

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.

• Carlaw, Jackson Con 48×
• Fraser, Murdo Con 45×
• Kidd, Bill SNP 45×
• Lamont, John Con 45×
• Smith, Liz Con 45×
• Mitchell, Margaret Con 42×
• Baillie, Jackie Lab 39×
• Milne, Nanette Con 39×
• McGrigor, Jamie Con 36×
• Lyle, Richard SNP 33×

• Lamont, John Con 54×
• White, Sandra SNP 42×
• Goldie, Annabel Con 39×
• Smith, Drew Lab 36×
• Briggs, Miles Con 30×
• Mitchell, Margaret Con 27×
• Gibson, Kenneth SNP 21×
• Baillie, Jackie Lab 18×
• Carlaw, Jackson Con 15×
• Doris, Bob SNP 15×

• Motion of Condolence Chamber
  12 Apr 2021
  Presiding Officer, “Grief is the price we pay for love”. Quoting Colin Murray Parkes, the Queen was speaking on behalf of the nation when she said those word…
• Motion of Thanks Chamber
  24 Mar 2021
  Presiding Officer, I put on record my support and that of the Scottish Conservatives for the First Minister’s motion and wish you well as you retire from Holyr…
• First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
  24 Mar 2021
  Nicola Sturgeon described closing the attainment gap as her “sacred responsibility”, but the Audit Scotland report is clear that the attainment gap that was me…
• First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
  24 Mar 2021
  Gallant but not required, Presiding Officer. The First Minister turns a good line on this: “My aim—to put it very bluntly—is to close that attainment gap. No…
• First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
  24 Mar 2021
  A bit of contrition from the First Minister might be in order, after the failures of her Government have been exposed, rather than a lack of honour or indeed a…

Committee

• Education and Culture Committee Substitute Member · left 25 Jan 2012
• Local Government and Regeneration Committee Member · left 16 Nov 2011

750 total · showing most recent.

• Remuneration and related undertaking · 24 May 2016
  On 16th October 2020 I received £300 for a column I wrote for the Evening Standard Newspaper. The payment was made by The Evening Standard, ESI Media<br /> 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT [Registered 2…
• Remuneration and related undertaking · 24 May 2016
  On 16th October 2020 I received £300 for a column I wrote for the Evening Standard Newspaper. The payment was made by The Evening Standard, ESI Media<br /> 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT [Registered 2…
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  From 13th September, I record a weekly radio podcast for LBC Radio Ltd, a broadcasting company, of 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA. Revenues from the podcast are donated, after tax to Maggie’s …
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  From 13th September, I record a weekly radio podcast for LBC Radio Ltd, a broadcasting company, of 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA. Revenues from the podcast are donated, after tax to Maggie’s …
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  I am a Trustee of The Halo Trust (the mine clearance charity of Dumfries, Thornhill DG3 5BF). This role is unremunerated. [Registered 27 March 2020]
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  I am a Trustee of The Halo Trust (the mine clearance charity of Dumfries, Thornhill DG3 5BF). This role is unremunerated. [Registered 27 March 2020]
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  I am a Trustee of The Halo Trust (the mine clearance charity of Dumfries, Thornhill DG3 5BF). This role is unremunerated. [Registered 27 March 2020]
• Voluntary · 24 May 2016
  On 24 January 2020 I was paid a £7,500 fee by ITV (of 200 Grays Inn Rd, Holborn, London WC1X 8XZ) for participating in the network’s election night coverage. [Registered 12 February 2020]

Party

• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021
• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016

Seats

• Edinburgh Central · 05 May 2016 — 04 May 2021 (Dissolution)
• Glasgow · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)