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Mason, Tom

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Mason, Tom

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

Politically, you're most like Stewart, Alexander Con — similarity 82.5/100.

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Divisions voted in
536
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
90.2%
58 "Not Voted" of 594 divisions present
Motions lodged
162
273 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
541
145 chamber · 396 committee
Allowances claimed
£89,888
755 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·234 continued ·184 bill ·63 stage ·62 time ·61 question ·59 elections ·54 portfolio ·41 franchise ·31 representation ·31 cross-party ·31 reform ·23
Recent motions & questions
  • Question
    S5W-36000 · 05 May 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36001 · 29 Apr 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36004 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36002 · 23 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36005 · 19 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36006 · 18 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5W-36003 · 18 Mar 2021
  • Question
    S5O-05112 · 11 Mar 2021
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
162
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
162
Closest voting allies

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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 Public Petitions Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  3. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    04 May 2021
  4. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    25 Feb 2020
  5. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    25 Feb 2020
  6. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    25 Feb 2020
  7. ☷
    Left Local Government and Communities Committee
    25 Feb 2020
  8. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee as Substitute Member
    06 Sep 2018
  9. ☷
    Left Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  10. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    17 May 2018
  11. ☷
    Joined Local Government and Communities Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2017
  12. ☷
    Joined Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2017
  13. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    15 Jun 2017
  14. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    15 Jun 2017
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    As you said, convener, I am leaving the committee in a very short time. The success of the committee—it has, undoubtedly, been a success—has been thanks in no …
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    On balance, I think that we will have to close the petition. The situation is changing month by month as we go forward, and any legislation on the matter would…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    We have got more information on the situation. It seems that we have taken the petition as far as we can. There will be an island communities impact assessment…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    It is a difficult one, but on balance I go with your thoughts, convener. We have achieved quite a bit with the petition. A consultation is going on and the pet…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    I agree with Finlay Carson and other members. We are short of the information that we asked for and we should not close the petitions until we get that informa…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Registered interests

72 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Institute of Directors [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Institute of Directors [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Institute of Directors [Registered 30 August 2017]
  • Voluntary · 27 Jun 2017
    I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers [Registered 30 August 2017]
Career timeline

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