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Harris, Alison

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Harris, Alison

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Central Scotland

Politically, you're most like Golden, Maurice Con — similarity 80.4/100.

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Divisions voted in
661
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.5%
0.5% rebellion
Attendance
80.5%
160 "Not Voted" of 821 divisions present
Motions lodged
122
137 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
736
270 chamber · 466 committee
Allowances claimed
£26,453
333 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·217 stage ·176 commission ·65 question ·64 time ·64 rights ·58 inchaffray ·53 drainage ·53 consideration ·49 portfolio ·48 human ·35 covid-19 ·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
122
Carried
2
Defeated
1
Not divided
119

Of the 3 motions that went to a vote, 66.7% 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).

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Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ☷
    Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    04 May 2021
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Central Scotland (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  4. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    04 May 2021
  5. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    16 Dec 2020
  6. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Substitute Member
    20 Aug 2020
  7. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee as Member
    25 Feb 2020
  8. ☷
    Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Member
    25 Feb 2020
  9. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    25 Feb 2020
  10. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Member
    10 Sep 2019
  11. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  12. ☷
    Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  13. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  14. ☷
    Left Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee
    13 Dec 2018
  15. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Substitute Member
    16 May 2018
  16. ☷
    Left Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee
    14 Dec 2017
  17. ☷
    Left Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee
    21 Nov 2017
  18. ☷
    Joined Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee as Convener
    06 Sep 2017
  19. ☷
    Left Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee
    06 Sep 2017
  20. ☷
    Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2017
  21. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    29 Jun 2017
  22. ☷
    Joined Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    14 Jun 2017
  23. ☷
    Joined Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    19 Apr 2017
  24. ☷
    Joined Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee as Member
    19 Apr 2017
  25. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    17 Nov 2016
  26. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    17 Nov 2016
  27. ☷
    Left Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    17 Nov 2016
  28. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    17 Nov 2016
  29. ☷
    Joined Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee as Deputy Convener
    29 Sep 2016
  30. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    29 Sep 2016
  31. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    28 Jun 2016
  32. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Deputy Convener
    16 Jun 2016
  33. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    16 Jun 2016
  34. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  35. ⌂
    Started representing Central Scotland
    05 May 2016
  36. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    05 May 2016
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Human Rights Committee
    18 Mar 2021
    I am content with those responses. Thank you, cabinet secretary.
  • Human Rights Committee
    18 Mar 2021
    Will you commit to create and resource a human rights tracker tool for Scotland, which would benefit all stakeholders, officials, public authorities and rights…
  • Human Rights Committee
    18 Mar 2021
    Good morning. The subject of human rights has officially been added to the committee’s remit. What impact, if any, will that have on the scrutiny of human righ…
  • International Women’s Day 2021 Chamber
    04 Mar 2021
    It is a privilege to be closing today for the Conservatives. It is quite fitting that my final speech in the chamber will be to mark international women’s day,…
  • Equality and Human Rights Commission and Scottish Human Rights Commission Committee
    25 Feb 2021
    I found that very interesting. Obviously, the tracking of the money is absolutely essential to measuring the outcomes. If people are not able to do that, that …
Committee & government roles

Committee

Registered interests

28 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 24 May 2016
    From 7 to 13 October 2018, I visited Taiwan as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). The trip was arranged by the Taipei Representative Office in the UK Edinburgh Of…
  • Heritable property · 24 May 2016
    I own a third share of a house in Falkirk with a market value of between £250,001 and £300,000. The gross rental income is between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum of which I receive one third.
  • Heritable property · 24 May 2016
    I own a third share of a house in Falkirk with a market value of between £250,001 and £300,000. The gross rental income is between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum of which I receive one third.
  • Heritable property · 24 May 2016
    I own a third share of a house in Falkirk with a market value of between £250,001 and £300,000. The gross rental income is between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum of which I receive one third.
  • Interest in shares · 24 May 2016
    I own 66.67% of ordinary shares in the Georgian Finance Company Ltd, a property rental company. The market value of the shares is £1 per share. I resigned as managing director of this company on 10 M…
  • Interest in shares · 24 May 2016
    I own 50% of ordinary shares in the Georgian Heritable Company Ltd, a property development company (which is currently dormant). The market value of the shares is £1 per share. I resigned as managing…
  • Interest in shares · 24 May 2016
    I own 66.67% of ordinary shares in the Georgian Finance Company Ltd, a property rental company. The market value of the shares is £1 per share. I resigned as managing director of this company on 10 M…
  • Interest in shares · 24 May 2016
    I own 50% of ordinary shares in the Georgian Heritable Company Ltd, a property development company (which is currently dormant). The market value of the shares is £1 per share. I resigned as managing…
Career timeline

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