Smith, Drew
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.
Smith, Drew
Politically, you're most like Simpson, Dr Richard Lab — similarity 82.1/100.
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Question
S4F-03332 · 23 Mar 2016
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Question
S4O-05697 · 23 Mar 2016
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Question
S4W-29772 · 25 Feb 2016
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Question
S4O-05556 · 11 Feb 2016
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Appointment of the Chair of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights
Motion
S4M-15504 · 02 Feb 2016
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Question
S4O-05484 · 27 Jan 2016
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Question
S4W-29207 · 19 Jan 2016
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Question
S4O-05239 · 13 Jan 2016
Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.
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Women Offenders
28 Jan 2015 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
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Raising Attainment and Ambition for all Scotland’s Young People
02 Nov 2011 · 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 1 motion that went to a vote, 0.0% were carried.
MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.
- Brennan, Lesley Lab 100.0% 36 shared
- McNeil, Duncan Lab 100.0% 489 shared
- Grant, Rhoda Lab 99.9% 650 shared
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 99.9% 655 shared
- Pearson, Graeme Lab 99.8% 623 shared
- McDougall, Margaret Lab 99.8% 637 shared
MSPs they vote against most often.
- Walker, Bill Ind 28.2% 206 shared
- Salmond, Alex SNP 28.8% 434 shared
- Adam, Brian SNP 30.2% 205 shared
- Russell, Michael SNP 30.4% 622 shared
- Grahame, Christine SNP 30.4% 674 shared
- Sturgeon, Nicola SNP 30.5% 603 shared
Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.
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vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 30
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Baillie, Jackie Lab 81.1vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 25
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Findlay, Neil Lab 80.2vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 22
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McTaggart, Anne Lab 79.3vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 18
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vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 18
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Malik, Hanzala Lab 78.7vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 15
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Bibby, Neil Lab 77.4vote 100 · co-sponsor 90 · topic 20
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Boyack, Sarah Lab 76.6vote 99 · co-sponsor 80 · topic 28
Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).
Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.
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Left Equal Opportunities Committee23 Mar 2016
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Stood down from Glasgow (Dissolution)23 Mar 2016
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Left Scottish Labour23 Mar 2016
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Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Member02 Sep 2015
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Left Public Audit Committee02 Sep 2015
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Joined Public Audit Committee as Member08 Jan 2015
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Left Devolution (Further Powers) Committee08 Jan 2015
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Left Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee29 Oct 2014
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Joined Devolution (Further Powers) Committee as Member29 Oct 2014
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Joined Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member03 Sep 2013
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Left Health and Sport Committee03 Sep 2013
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Left Welfare Reform Committee27 Jun 2012
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Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member25 Jan 2012
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Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member22 Dec 2011
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Left Subordinate Legislation Committee21 Dec 2011
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Left Public Audit Committee21 Dec 2011
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Joined Subordinate Legislation Committee as Member01 Jun 2011
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Joined Public Audit Committee as Member01 Jun 2011
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Started representing Glasgow05 May 2011
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Joined Scottish Labour05 May 2011
- Baillie, Jackie Lab 549×
- Ferguson, Patricia Lab 504×
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 480×
- Malik, Hanzala Lab 435×
- Findlay, Neil Lab 369×
- Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 354×
- Paterson, Gil SNP 336×
- MacKenzie, Mike SNP 330×
- Hepburn, Jamie SNP 321×
- Lyle, Richard SNP 312×
- Ferguson, Patricia Lab 525×
- Findlay, Neil Lab 453×
- Baillie, Jackie Lab 381×
- White, Sandra SNP 348×
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 285×
- Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 174×
- Martin, Paul Lab 141×
- Kidd, Bill SNP 132×
- Malik, Hanzala Lab 120×
- Kelly, James Lab 105×
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Water Safety
Chamber
23 Mar 2016Presiding Officer, thank you for the opportunity to take part in this short debate and for all the support, encouragement and occasional discipline that I have…
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First Minister’s Question Time
Chamber
23 Mar 2016Presiding Officer, I thank the First Minister for that answer and wish her, you and all members well. Would a fitting legacy of the debate that we have had in…
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First Minister’s Question Time
Chamber
23 Mar 2016To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on the call from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities for a constitutional convent…
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
23 Mar 2016I am grateful to the cabinet secretary for his response and I welcome many of the initiatives that he highlights, particularly in relation to welfare. I must c…
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
23 Mar 2016To ask the Scottish Government what policies it has instigated to achieve a greater degree of equality between the most and least wealthy areas of the country.…
Committee
- Equal Opportunities Committee Member · left 23 Mar 2016
- Public Audit Committee Member · left 02 Sep 2015
- Devolution (Further Powers) Committee Member · left 08 Jan 2015
- Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee Member · left 29 Oct 2014
- Welfare Reform Committee Member · left 27 Jun 2012
- Health and Sport Committee Member · left 03 Sep 2013
- Subordinate Legislation Committee Member · left 21 Dec 2011
- Public Audit Committee Member · left 21 Dec 2011
Party
- Scottish Labour · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016
Seats
- Glasgow · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)