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The Fun Corner

Take the data less seriously. Mood ring, this-day-in-Holyrood, Hall of Fame, top talkers, random surprises, and a few jokes.

129
Current MSPs
415
MSPs ever elected
13
Parties on record
Chamber mood ring

Hive mind

Across the last 60 divisions, parties voted with their majority 98% of the time.

Below 80% would mean the chamber is in genuine open rebellion. Holyrood almost never gets there.

I'm feeling parliamentary

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Each click jumps somewhere new in the Holyrood corpus.

This day in Holyrood history

What happened on 14 May in past years?

Motions lodged on this day

Divisions decided on this day

Hall of Fame

Title-holders, automatically awarded

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Longest-serving sitting MSP
McNeill, Pauline
first elected 06 May 1999
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Most divergent voting pair
Cameron, Donald & Slater, Lorna
agreed on just 13.1% of 548 shared divisions
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Most rebellious sitting MSP
Clark, Katy
0.7% rebellion across 1,097 divisions
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Most motions lodged
Dey, Graeme
1,715 all-time
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Most prolific speaker
Grahame, Christine
35,111 contributions to the Official Report
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Most-signed petition
Petition by Cancer Research UK, urging politicians to plan now for the future of cancer. Specifically in Scotland, calling on politicians to update the Cancer in Scotland strategy beyond its current end date of 2011 up to 2020 and beyond.
268,738 signatures
Top Talkers

Most contributions to the Official Report since 2021

  1. 1. McArthur, Liam 9,516 contributions · 4,971k chars
  2. 2. Carson, Finlay 7,479 contributions · 2,451k chars
  3. 3. Burgess, Ariane 6,435 contributions · 2,674k chars
  4. 4. Swinney, John 4,907 contributions · 4,632k chars
  5. 5. Kerr, Stephen 4,822 contributions · 2,206k chars
  6. 6. Martin, Gillian 4,663 contributions · 2,815k chars
  7. 7. Gibson, Kenneth 4,507 contributions · 2,549k chars
  8. 8. Fairlie, Jim 3,634 contributions · 2,036k chars
  9. 9. Ruskell, Mark 3,225 contributions · 1,849k chars
  10. 10. Simpson, Graham 3,128 contributions · 1,387k chars
Catchphrase wall

Things each MSP says way more than the rest of the chamber

"malicious publication"
— Tomkins, Adam · 33×
"pancreatic cancer"
— McNair, Marie · 61×
"content note"
— Aitken, Bill · 87×
"senior citizens"
— Swinburne, John · 139×
"invite jeremy"
— Stevenson, Collette · 30×
"chapelcross"
— Ballance, Chris · 16×
"falkirk east"
— MacDonald, Angus · 102×
"permanence order"
— Brown, Robert · 154×
"interests order"
— Adam, Brian · 91×
"chief constable"
— MacAskill, Kenny · 615×
"queen's park"
— Galbraith, Mr Sam · 56×
"macintyre"
— McMahon, Siobhan · 36×
More fun

Other ways to play

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Which MSP are you?
Vote on 12 close divisions, get matched to your nearest MSP.
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Voting network
Force-clustered map of who actually votes together.
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Holyrood Bingo
FMQ trope generator. Bring it to the next sitting.