Murray, Elaine

• Question
  S4W-30100 · 10 Mar 2016
• Question
  S4W-30090 · 10 Mar 2016
• Question
  S4W-30089 · 10 Mar 2016
• Solicitor Trainees to Receive at Least the Living Wage Motion
  S4M-15846 · 07 Mar 2016
• Question
  S4W-30091 · 07 Mar 2016
• Criminal Verdicts (Scotland) Bill Motion
  S4M-15429.1 · 19 Feb 2016
• Congratulations to the Devil's Porridge Motion
  S4M-15681 · 19 Feb 2016
• Dark Skies Offer a Bright Future for Moffat Motion
  S4M-15672 · 18 Feb 2016

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

• Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill
  27 May 2015 · they voted Yes, party voted No
• Women Offenders
  28 Jan 2015 · they voted Yes, party voted Abstain
• Project TransmiT
  18 Apr 2012 · they voted No, party voted Yes
• Childcare
  15 Mar 2012 · they voted No, party voted Abstain
• Housing
  06 Oct 2011 · they voted Yes, party voted No

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

Of the 11 motions that went to a vote, 45.5% were carried.

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

• Brennan, Lesley Lab 100.0% 35 shared
• Hilton, Cara Lab 100.0% 345 shared
• Grant, Rhoda Lab 99.6% 670 shared
• Baker, Claire Lab 99.5% 635 shared
• Baxter, Jayne Lab 99.5% 365 shared
• Fee, Mary Lab 99.4% 686 shared

MSPs they vote against most often.

• Walker, Bill Ind 26.0% 208 shared
• Salmond, Alex SNP 28.5% 456 shared
• Adam, Brian SNP 29.9% 211 shared
• Sturgeon, Nicola SNP 30.4% 634 shared
• Russell, Michael SNP 30.7% 667 shared
• Campbell, Aileen SNP 30.9% 625 shared

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

• McTaggart, Anne Lab 67.6
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 47 · topic 25
• Pearson, Graeme Lab 67.5
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 43 · topic 28
• Baillie, Jackie Lab 66.7
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 36 · topic 33
• Brennan, Lesley Lab 66.4
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 50 · topic 15
• Boyack, Sarah Lab 66.4
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 34 · topic 33
• Grant, Rhoda Lab 65.9
  vote 100 · co-sponsor 21 · topic 43
• Baxter, Jayne Lab 65.7
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 46 · topic 18
• Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 65.2
  vote 99 · co-sponsor 30 · topic 33

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

• Baillie, Jackie Lab 107×
• Boyack, Sarah Lab 79×
• McTaggart, Anne Lab 73×
• Ferguson, Patricia Lab 69×
• Paterson, Gil SNP 64×
• Fergusson, Alex Con 59×
• Godman, Trish Lab 58×
• Gibson, Kenneth NPA 57×
• Stewart, David Lab 56×
• Henry, Hugh Lab 53×

• Baillie, Jackie Lab 289×
• Findlay, Neil Lab 212×
• Ferguson, Patricia Lab 144×
• Simpson, Dr Richard Lab 138×
• Boyack, Sarah Lab 134×
• McTaggart, Anne Lab 125×
• Grant, Rhoda Lab 112×
• Smith, Elaine Lab 112×
• Smith, Drew Lab 93×
• Macdonald, Lewis Lab 86×

• Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill Chamber
  22 Mar 2016
  Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. I often wonder how much more can be said about a bill when we get to the final debate at stage 3. The cabinet secretar…
• Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill Chamber
  22 Mar 2016
  I have had this cough since 5 January. I wish it would go away. Opponents within the judiciary argue that similar directions will creep into other areas of le…
• Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill Chamber
  22 Mar 2016
  I am honoured to open the stage 3 debate for Scottish Labour on the last bill to be considered in the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament. I would like t…
• Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  22 Mar 2016
  Amendment 29 is similar to my stage 2 amendment 4, which I lodged but did not press after agreement to discuss its intention further with the Cabinet Secretary…
• Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
  22 Mar 2016
  I rise to support the amendment in Margaret Mitchell’s name, and to congratulate her on her tenacity in bringing the issue forward—in the form of a number of a…

Government

• Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport · 28 Nov 2001 — 01 May 2003

Committee

• Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Member · left 23 Mar 2016
• Justice Committee Deputy Convener · left 23 Mar 2016
• Justice Committee Member · left 10 Sep 2013
• Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Member · left 03 Sep 2013
• Finance Committee Member · left 12 Dec 2012
• Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Member · left 21 Dec 2011
• Rural Affairs and Environment Committee Member · left 22 Mar 2011
• Finance Committee Deputy Convener · left 01 Oct 2008

Party

• Scottish Labour · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016
• Scottish Labour · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011
• Scottish Labour · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007
• Scottish Labour · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003

Seats

• Dumfriesshire · 05 May 2011 — 23 Mar 2016 (Dissolution)
• Dumfries · 03 May 2007 — 22 Mar 2011 (Dissolution)
• Dumfries · 01 May 2003 — 02 Apr 2007 (Dissolution)
• Dumfries · 06 May 1999 — 31 Mar 2003 (Dissolution)