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Hilton, Cara

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Hilton, Cara

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Dunfermline

https://twitter.com/cara_hilton

Politically, you're most like Baxter, Jayne Lab — similarity 81.7/100.

Divisions voted in
360
last on 17 Mar 2016
Party alignment
99.4%
0.6% rebellion
Attendance
86.3%
57 "Not Voted" of 417 divisions present
Motions lodged
98
136 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
298
186 chamber · 112 committee
Allowances claimed
£5,348
11 transactions
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S4W-30685 · 21 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4O-05661 · 16 Mar 2016
  • Evie’s 5th Birthday 5k Motion
    S4M-15899 · 10 Mar 2016
  • Childcare Costs Spiralling in Scotland Motion
    S4M-15741 · 08 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29939 · 03 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29937 · 03 Mar 2016
  • Question
    S4W-30006 · 29 Feb 2016
  • Question
    S4W-29936 · 29 Feb 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
98
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
98
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 Local Government and Regeneration Committee
    23 Mar 2016
  2. Stood down from Dunfermline (Dissolution)
    23 Mar 2016
  3. Left Scottish Labour
    23 Mar 2016
  4. Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2015
  5. Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  6. Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
    08 Jan 2015
  7. Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    19 Dec 2013
  8. Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member
    31 Oct 2013
  9. Started representing Dunfermline
    24 Oct 2013
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    24 Oct 2013
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
    17 Mar 2016
    The First Minister will be aware that Longannet power station in my constituency will close at the end of the month, with the loss of 236 jobs locally and more…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    Does the minister share my concern that pupils in Woodmill high school in my constituency are being taught in a category C building and that the condition of t…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    16 Mar 2016
    To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding the future provision of high schools in Dunfermline. (S4O-05661)
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    The SNP took a gamble and thousands of Fife commuters, residents and businesses have been left to pay the price.
  • Forth Road Bridge Inquiry Chamber
    15 Mar 2016
    I am sorry; I am running out of time. I am disappointed in the report. It will disappoint the businesses and commuters in my constituency, who suffered not on…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Career timeline

Party

Seats

  • Dunfermline · 24 Oct 2013 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)