Walker, Bill
Everything we have on one MSP — voting record, motions, questions, committee work, allowances, Hansard contributions, registered interests and career history — pulled together on a single page.
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Steamie Bakehouse Closure
Motion
S4M-07463 · 19 Aug 2013
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Welcoming the New Fife College
Motion
S4M-07368 · 01 Aug 2013
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Play-time Inclusion of Children with Additional Needs
Motion
S4M-07360 · 30 Jul 2013
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Question
S4W-16208 · 30 Jul 2013
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Question
S4W-16207 · 30 Jul 2013
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Question
S4W-16206 · 30 Jul 2013
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Question
S4W-16205 · 30 Jul 2013
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£7,500 Hockey Funding
Motion
S4M-07347 · 29 Jul 2013
Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.
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Progress Toward National Planning Framework 3 and the Scottish Planning Policy
12 Jun 2013 · they voted No, party voted Yes
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Access to Justice
24 Apr 2013 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Access to Justice
24 Apr 2013 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Scotland's Future
03 Oct 2012 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Scotland's Future
03 Oct 2012 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Patient Care
19 Sep 2012 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Patient Care
19 Sep 2012 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Rail
19 Sep 2012 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.
MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.
- Fabiani, Linda SNP 100.0% 200 shared
- Adam, George SNP 100.0% 218 shared
- Gibson, Kenneth NPA 100.0% 215 shared
- McDonald, Mark Ind 100.0% 201 shared
- Adam, Brian SNP 100.0% 150 shared
- Ewing, Fergus Ind 100.0% 165 shared
MSPs they vote against most often.
- Milne, Nanette Con 13.7% 183 shared
- Scanlon, Mary Con 13.8% 210 shared
- Fraser, Murdo Con 14.6% 213 shared
- Lamont, John Con 14.8% 203 shared
- McGrigor, Jamie Con 15.1% 192 shared
- Brown, Gavin Con 15.5% 200 shared
Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.
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Gibson, Kenneth NPA 81.9vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
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Keir, Colin SNP 81.0vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 25
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Lyle, Richard SNP 81.0vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 25
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Stewart, Kevin SNP 80.6vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 22
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Don, Nigel SNP 78.7vote 100 · co-sponsor 93 · topic 22
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MacKenzie, Mike SNP 78.6vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 15
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Thompson, Dave SNP 78.1vote 100 · co-sponsor 86 · topic 28
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Beattie, Colin SNP 78.1vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 13
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.
Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.
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Stood down from Dunfermline (Resigned)09 Sep 2013
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Left Independent09 Sep 2013
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Joined Independent08 Apr 2012
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Left Independent07 Apr 2012
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Left Public Petitions Committee05 Mar 2012
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Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee05 Mar 2012
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Joined Independent03 Mar 2012
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Left Scottish National Party02 Mar 2012
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Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member01 Jun 2011
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Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member01 Jun 2011
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Started representing Dunfermline05 May 2011
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Joined Scottish National Party05 May 2011
- Lyle, Richard SNP 344×
- Beattie, Colin SNP 300×
- MacKenzie, Mike SNP 232×
- Stewart, Kevin SNP 204×
- Gibson, Kenneth NPA 156×
- McMillan, Stuart SNP 148×
- Keir, Colin SNP 132×
- Torrance, David SNP 124×
- Don, Nigel SNP 116×
- Watt, Maureen SNP 108×
- Stewart, Kevin SNP 348×
- Gibson, Kenneth NPA 336×
- Torrance, David SNP 228×
- Beattie, Colin SNP 184×
- MacDonald, Angus SNP 168×
- McMillan, Stuart SNP 132×
- Kidd, Bill SNP 128×
- Eadie, Jim SNP 124×
- Campbell, Roderick SNP 116×
- Dey, Graeme SNP 116×
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Living Wage
Chamber
01 Mar 2012Will the member give way?
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Living Wage
Chamber
01 Mar 2012As a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee, I was pleased to take part in the inquiry into the living wage in December and January. I wholl…
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Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Committee
21 Feb 2012I will ask a question that is similar to the one that I put to the police. I am pleased to say that in Fife, or certainly in west Fife, which is my part of the…
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Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Committee
21 Feb 2012I hope that David O’Connor will remember that I said to the previous panel that superintendents are all very nice people.I am very much in favour of the whole …
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Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Committee
21 Feb 2012This might be the final question. I was heartened to hear Kevin Smith mention earlier that an inspector or chief inspector would be the local commander to look…
Committee
- Public Petitions Committee Member · left 05 Mar 2012
- Local Government and Regeneration Committee Member · left 05 Mar 2012
Party
- Independent · 08 Apr 2012 — 09 Sep 2013
- Independent · 03 Mar 2012 — 07 Apr 2012
- Scottish National Party · 05 May 2011 — 02 Mar 2012
Seats
- Dunfermline · 05 May 2011 — 09 Sep 2013 (Resigned)