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McTaggart, Anne

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McTaggart, Anne

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Glasgow

Politically, you're most like Pentland, John Lab — similarity 84.0/100.

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Divisions voted in
734
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
89.7%
84 "Not Voted" of 818 divisions present
Motions lodged
220
235 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,212
307 chamber · 905 committee
Allowances claimed
£2,694
71 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·201 stage ·169 transplantation ·104 authorisation ·104 removal ·104 organs ·104 petitions ·60 community ·47 empowerment ·47 question ·38 time ·38 current ·38
Recent motions & questions
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
220
Carried
1
Defeated
0
Not divided
219

Of the 1 motion that went to a vote, 100.0% 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).

organ organ donation soft opt-out opt-out system donation delighted contribute deciduous species deciduous transplantation opt-out region glasgow leprosy
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Glasgow (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. ☷
    Left National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee
    19 Jan 2016
  5. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    07 Oct 2015
  6. ☷
    Joined National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee as Convener
    24 Sep 2015
  7. ☷
    Left National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee
    24 Sep 2015
  8. ☷
    Joined National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2015
  9. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Jan 2015
  10. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  11. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  12. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  13. ☷
    Left City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee
    18 Feb 2014
  14. ☷
    Joined City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee as Member
    18 Sep 2013
  15. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    25 Apr 2012
  16. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  17. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    22 Dec 2011
  18. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
    21 Dec 2011
  19. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  20. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011
  21. ⌂
    Started representing Glasgow
    05 May 2011
  22. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2011
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    23 Mar 2016
    Local authorities report significant increases in the length of time that is spent in temporary accommodation. Typical stays in temporary accommodation are now…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    23 Mar 2016
    To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a time limit for temporary accommodation. (S4O-05703)
  • Human Rights Committee
    03 Mar 2016
    Given the different human rights regimes in different parts of the UK, how would that pan out?
  • Human Rights Committee
    03 Mar 2016
    I have a few questions. I will start with the devolution settlement. Arguments have been made that the repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 could have an impact…
  • Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Priorities) Committee
    03 Mar 2016
    Just to home in on your point about tackling the root causes, what kind of work has been done so far? What work is projected to come your way to make the situa…
Committee & government roles

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Seats

  • Glasgow · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)