Hilton, Cara
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Hilton, Cara
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Politically, you're most like Baxter, Jayne Lab — similarity 81.7/100.
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Question
S4W-30685 · 21 Mar 2016
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Question
S4O-05661 · 16 Mar 2016
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Evie’s 5th Birthday 5k
Motion
S4M-15899 · 10 Mar 2016
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Childcare Costs Spiralling in Scotland
Motion
S4M-15741 · 08 Mar 2016
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Question
S4W-29939 · 03 Mar 2016
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Question
S4W-29937 · 03 Mar 2016
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Question
S4W-30006 · 29 Feb 2016
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Question
S4W-29936 · 29 Feb 2016
Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.
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Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill
27 May 2015 · they voted Yes, party voted No
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Women Offenders
28 Jan 2015 · 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.
- Ferguson, Patricia Lab 100.0% 285 shared
- Brennan, Lesley Lab 100.0% 32 shared
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 100.0% 314 shared
- Fee, Mary Lab 100.0% 315 shared
- Beamish, Claudia Lab 100.0% 291 shared
- Murray, Elaine Lab 100.0% 345 shared
MSPs they vote against most often.
- Salmond, Alex SNP 29.3% 174 shared
- Ewing, Fergus Ind 31.1% 270 shared
- Campbell, Aileen SNP 31.4% 239 shared
- Lochhead, Richard SNP 31.4% 299 shared
- Sturgeon, Nicola SNP 31.6% 263 shared
- Swinney, John SNP 32.2% 283 shared
Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.
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Baxter, Jayne Lab 81.7vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
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Findlay, Neil Lab 81.6vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 28
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Stewart, David Lab 81.1vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 25
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McTaggart, Anne Lab 80.6vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 22
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Murray, Elaine Lab 80.0vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 20
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Boyack, Sarah Lab 79.1vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 18
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Brennan, Lesley Lab 78.9vote 100 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 15
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vote 99 · co-sponsor 100 · topic 18
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 Local Government and Regeneration Committee23 Mar 2016
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Stood down from Dunfermline (Dissolution)23 Mar 2016
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Left Scottish Labour23 Mar 2016
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Joined Local Government and Regeneration Committee as Member08 Jan 2015
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Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee08 Jan 2015
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Left Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee08 Jan 2015
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Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member19 Dec 2013
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Joined Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee as Member31 Oct 2013
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Started representing Dunfermline24 Oct 2013
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Joined Scottish Labour24 Oct 2013
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 372×
- Baillie, Jackie Lab 328×
- Ferguson, Patricia Lab 308×
- Malik, Hanzala Lab 304×
- Baxter, Jayne Lab 272×
- Beattie, Colin SNP 272×
- Torrance, David SNP 272×
- White, Sandra SNP 268×
- Lyle, Richard SNP 264×
- Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 260×
- Findlay, Neil Lab 616×
- Baillie, Jackie Lab 284×
- Ferguson, Patricia Lab 212×
- Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 180×
- Grant, Rhoda Lab 172×
- Smith, Elaine Lab 148×
- Smith, Drew Lab 112×
- Baker, Claire Lab 108×
- Macdonald, Lewis Lab 96×
- McTaggart, Anne Lab 96×
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First Minister’s Question Time
Chamber
17 Mar 2016The 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…
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
16 Mar 2016Does 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…
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Portfolio Question Time
Chamber
16 Mar 2016To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding the future provision of high schools in Dunfermline. (S4O-05661)
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Forth Road Bridge Inquiry
Chamber
15 Mar 2016The SNP took a gamble and thousands of Fife commuters, residents and businesses have been left to pay the price.
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Forth Road Bridge Inquiry
Chamber
15 Mar 2016I 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
- Local Government and Regeneration Committee Member · left 23 Mar 2016
- Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Member · left 08 Jan 2015
- Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Member · left 08 Jan 2015
Party
- Scottish Labour · 24 Oct 2013 — 23 Mar 2016
Seats
- Dunfermline · 24 Oct 2013 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)