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Stewart, Kevin

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Stewart, Kevin
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Stewart, Kevin

Former (left at end of session) Scottish National Party Aberdeen Central

Politically, you're most like Ewing, Annabelle SNP — similarity 83.7/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,791
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
98.3%
49 "Not Voted" of 2,840 divisions present
Motions lodged
982
579 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
12,162
3,208 chamber · 8,954 committee
Allowances claimed
£278,241
772 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·188 stage ·149 climate ·107 change ·107 plan ·104 draft ·103 ecocide ·76 digital ·35 assets ·35 artificial ·34 intelligence ·34 economic ·34
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
982
Carried
16
Defeated
1
Not divided
965

Of the 17 motions that went to a vote, 94.1% 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).

folks folk voices lived national care co-design regeneration everyone local regeneration john central central snp wilson john lived experience practice exported
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.3%
S4 · SNP
0.0%
S5 · SNP
0.2%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ☷
    Left Economy and Fair Work Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Aberdeen Central (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  4. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  5. ☷
    Left Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    13 Nov 2024
  6. ☷
    Joined Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as Member
    06 Nov 2024
  7. ☷
    Left Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
    26 Jun 2024
  8. ☷
    Joined Social Justice and Social Security Committee as Member
    18 Jun 2024
  9. ☷
    Joined Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee as Substitute Member
    06 Mar 2024
  10. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    05 Mar 2024
  11. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2023
  12. ☷
    Joined Economy and Fair Work Committee as Member
    29 Jun 2023
  13. ★
    Left Minister for Transport
    06 Jun 2023
  14. ★
    Appointed Minister for Transport
    29 Mar 2023
  15. ★
    Left Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care
    29 Mar 2023
  16. ★
    Appointed Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care
    19 May 2021
  17. ★
    Left Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
    19 May 2021
  18. ⌂
    Started representing Aberdeen Central
    06 May 2021
  19. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  20. ⌂
    Stood down from Aberdeen Central (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  21. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  22. ★
    Appointed Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
    26 Jun 2018
  23. ★
    Left Minister for Local Government and Housing
    26 Jun 2018
  24. ★
    Appointed Minister for Local Government and Housing
    19 May 2016
  25. ⌂
    Started representing Aberdeen Central
    05 May 2016
  26. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
  27. ☷
    Left Welfare Reform Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  28. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  29. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    23 Mar 2016
  30. ⌂
    Stood down from Aberdeen Central (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  31. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    23 Mar 2016
  32. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    13 Mar 2013
  33. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    26 Sep 2012
  34. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Convener
    26 Sep 2012
  35. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    23 Feb 2012
  36. ☷
    Joined Welfare Reform Committee as Member
    25 Jan 2012
  37. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Jun 2011
  38. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Deputy Convener
    15 Jun 2011
  39. ☷
    Left Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    15 Jun 2011
  40. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    01 Jun 2011

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Edinburgh accommodation £8,832 £6,403 +£2,429
Start-up costs £48 £30 +£18
Office costs £7,922 £7,961 −£39
MSP & staff travel £1,069 £1,181 −£112
Engagement costs £84 £5,809 −£5,725
Registered interests

24 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a member of the Scottish National Party.
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a member of Unison.
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a member of Parliamentarians for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a member of the St Machar Credit Union.
  • Voluntary · 14 May 2021
    I am a Burgess of Guild of the Burgh of Aberdeen.
  • Controlled transactions · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Gifts · 14 May 2021
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats