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Lennon, Monica

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Lennon, Monica
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Lennon, Monica

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Central Scotland

Politically, you're most like Rowley, Alex Lab — similarity 80.3/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,539
last on 18 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.7%
0.3% rebellion
Attendance
76.1%
483 "Not Voted" of 2,022 divisions present
Motions lodged
463
3,484 questions · 5 unanswered
Hansard contributions
3,968
1,180 chamber · 2,788 committee
Allowances claimed
£220,433
2,257 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·214 stage ·204 land ·105 reform ·101 ecocide ·92 subordinate ·69 legislation ·69 annual ·47 report ·47 accounts ·47 climate ·44 change ·44
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
463
Carried
12
Defeated
5
Not divided
446

Of the 17 motions that went to a vote, 70.6% 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).

ecocide nappies period products ecocide law reusable rra karen mckeown reusable nappies local place period poverty net zero nappy
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.2%
S5 · Lab
0.5%
S6 · Lab
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ☷
    Joined Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  5. ⌂
    Started representing Central Scotland
    06 May 2021
  6. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 2021
  7. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Committee
    04 May 2021
  8. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    04 May 2021
  9. ☷
    Left Social Security Committee
    04 May 2021
  10. ⌂
    Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  11. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    04 May 2021
  12. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Committee as Deputy Convener
    24 Apr 2020
  13. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Committee
    24 Apr 2020
  14. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member
    21 Apr 2020
  15. ☷
    Left Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee
    15 Nov 2019
  16. ☷
    Joined Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee as Member
    31 Oct 2019
  17. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2019
  18. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    14 Nov 2018
  19. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Deputy Convener
    10 Jan 2018
  20. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    10 Jan 2018
  21. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    10 Jan 2018
  22. ☷
    Joined Social Security Committee as Substitute Member
    09 Jan 2018
  23. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Member
    09 Jan 2018
  24. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    09 Jan 2018
  25. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Member
    29 Sep 2016
  26. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  27. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    08 Sep 2016
  28. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    08 Sep 2016
  29. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    28 Jun 2016
  30. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  31. ⌂
    Started representing Central Scotland
    05 May 2016
  32. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    05 May 2016
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

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
Engagement costs £11,253 £9,427 +£1,826
Incidental employment costs £38 £156 −£118
MSP & staff travel £521 £1,324 −£802
Edinburgh accommodation £3,423 £4,657 −£1,234
Office costs £3,615 £5,576 −£1,961
Registered interests

147 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    From 2 to 5 October 2025, I travelled to The Netherlands at the invitation of ‘affect lab’ to be a guest speaker at their Bloody Beautiful Festival, Amsterdam. The purpose of the trip was to discuss …
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Parliamentary Group.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the Ecocide Alliance.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chair of the Scottish Labour Trade Union Parliamentary Group.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Parliamentary Group.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group.
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am a Member of the Ecocide Alliance.
Career timeline

Party

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