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Brennan, Lesley

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Brennan, Lesley

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

Politically, you're most like Findlay, Neil Lab — similarity 80.0/100.

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Divisions voted in
40
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
95.2%
2 "Not Voted" of 42 divisions present
Motions lodged
2
38 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
135
36 chamber · 99 committee
Allowances claimed
£5,633
17 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·69 stage ·58 fiscal ·36 framework ·29 land ·27 buildings ·22 transaction ·22 amendment ·22 before ·12 prevention ·10 succession ·10 question ·9
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S4W-30739 · 24 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30666 · 22 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30665 · 22 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30763 · 21 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30664 · 21 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30287 · 09 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30285 · 09 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30284 · 09 Mar 2016
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Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

funeral poverty funeral funeral costs eradicating funeral fund funeral scotland-specific economic funeral payment gdp growth funeral payments onshore gdp economic shock casually disregarding
Career arc

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  1. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  5. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Member
    19 Jan 2016
  6. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    19 Jan 2016
  7. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    11 Jan 2016
  8. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    11 Jan 2016
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    As many members have said, the bill covers many sensitive topics. I have focused on funeral poverty because of my experience as a councillor and, as I mentione…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    I thank the Government for agreeing to support amendment 1. We need to recognise that this is the start of the process of eradicating funeral poverty in Scotla…
  • Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    22 Mar 2016
    When I moved an amendment identical to amendment 1 at stage 2, the minister said: “I support the principle behind the amendment.” Therefore, it is really wel…
  • Annual Report Committee
    17 Mar 2016
    I thank all the committee staff for helping me to get up to speed very quickly. I really appreciate all the effort that has been put into all the reports and t…
  • Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    Tenants have to chase landlords for repairs and annual gas safety checks, so we need to make sure that we put a charter in place. If more people are living in …
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