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McMahon, Siobhan

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McMahon, Siobhan

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Central Scotland

Politically, you're most like Baillie, Jackie Lab — similarity 66.2/100.

Divisions voted in
720
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.4%
0.6% rebellion
Attendance
88.0%
98 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
100
301 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,205
238 chamber · 967 committee
Allowances claimed
£2,293
8 transactions
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S4O-05565 · 24 Feb 2016
  • Musicians from Scottish Branches of CCE Taking Part in Macalla 1916 Motion
    S4M-15657 · 16 Feb 2016
  • Question
    S4O-05544 · 10 Feb 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29496 · 03 Feb 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29303 · 26 Jan 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29302 · 26 Jan 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29301 · 25 Jan 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29300 · 25 Jan 2016
Recent rebellions

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

Motion success

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

Lodged
100
Carried
1
Defeated
1
Not divided
98

Of the 2 motions that went to a vote, 50.0% 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).

Career arc

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

  1. Left Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Joined Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  5. Left Education and Culture Committee
    02 Sep 2015
  6. Joined Education and Culture Committee as Deputy Convener
    13 Jan 2015
  7. Left Education and Culture Committee
    13 Jan 2015
  8. Joined Education and Culture Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  9. Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  10. Left City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee
    26 Jun 2014
  11. Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee as Convener
    19 Jun 2013
  12. Left City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee
    19 Jun 2013
  13. Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee as Member
    29 May 2013
  14. Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  15. Started representing Central Scotland
    05 May 2011
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    As I said at stage 1 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill, I welcome a lot of what the Scottish Government and, in particular, the minister, Marg…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    The minister’s comments reassure me, but the report is based on evidence that we heard from more than one source, so I am not reassured as to why some people s…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    I am just getting to the point that you made earlier, minister, if you can hold on for two seconds. The committee has requested that the Scottish Government c…
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    I thank the team of Presiding Officers for their understanding this afternoon. I also thank the convener, Jim Eadie, the other members of the committee and the…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    24 Feb 2016
    As the minister will recall, I wrote to her in November 2015 after I received a large number of representations from my constituents expressing concern about p…
Committee & government roles

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