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Grant, Rhoda

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Grant, Rhoda
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Grant, Rhoda

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Highlands and Islands

Politically, you're most like Stewart, David Lab — similarity 67.4/100.

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Divisions voted in
2,394
last on 16 Dec 2025
Party alignment
100.0%
0.0% rebellion
Attendance
86.8%
364 "Not Voted" of 2,758 divisions present
Motions lodged
414
2,396 questions · 11 unanswered
Hansard contributions
6,594
2,210 chamber · 4,384 committee
Allowances claimed
£37,476
453 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·159 stage ·149 question ·73 time ·72 rural ·67 land ·55 reform ·55 communities ·53 salmon ·51 farming ·51 agriculture ·46 portfolio ·38
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
414
Carried
11
Defeated
17
Not divided
386

Of the 28 motions that went to a vote, 39.3% 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).

crofting crofters fishery deeann prostitution hial tremor landowner mary ramsay depopulation caithness interdict
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.0%
S4 · Lab
0.0%
S5 · Lab
0.1%
S6 · Lab
Career arc

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

  1. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  3. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ⌂
    Stood down from Highlands and Islands (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  5. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    08 Apr 2026
  6. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Member
    21 Jan 2026
  7. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    03 Dec 2025
  8. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    02 Sep 2025
  9. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Member
    02 Sep 2025
  10. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    02 Sep 2025
  11. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Member
    25 Apr 2023
  12. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    25 Apr 2023
  13. ☷
    Left Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
    31 Jan 2023
  14. ☷
    Joined Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    19 Jan 2023
  15. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Substitute Member
    22 Sep 2021
  16. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    22 Sep 2021
  17. ⌂
    Started representing Highlands and Islands
    06 May 2021
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 2021
  19. ☷
    Left Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    04 May 2021
  20. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    04 May 2021
  21. ☷
    Left Finance and Constitution Committee
    04 May 2021
  22. ⌂
    Stood down from Highlands and Islands (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  23. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    04 May 2021
  24. ☷
    Joined Justice Sub-Committee on Policing as Member
    02 Dec 2020
  25. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    26 Nov 2020
  26. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    25 Nov 2020
  27. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee as Member
    05 May 2020
  28. ☷
    Left Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    05 May 2020
  29. ☷
    Joined Finance and Constitution Committee as Substitute Member
    25 Feb 2020
  30. ☷
    Left Finance and Constitution Committee
    05 Feb 2020
  31. ☷
    Joined Finance and Constitution Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2019
  32. ☷
    Joined Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee as Substitute Member
    10 Sep 2019
  33. ☷
    Left Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  34. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  35. ☷
    Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  36. ☷
    Joined Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee as Substitute Member
    23 Apr 2019
  37. ☷
    Left Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
    20 Nov 2018
  38. ☷
    Joined Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee as Member
    01 Nov 2018
  39. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Substitute Member
    09 Jan 2018
  40. ☷
    Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Substitute Member
    09 Jan 2018

46 earlier events not shown.

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Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Fishing and Coastal Communities Chamber
    18 Dec 2025
    The SNP continues to complain about the fishing and coastal growth fund allocation, but it was devolved at the SNP’s request. It knew that devolved funding com…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee voted against the Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025 on 3 De…
  • Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill Chamber
    16 Dec 2025
    I congratulate Maurice Golden on introducing the bill; it is not easy to bring a member’s bill to this stage. I thank committee staff and those working in the…
  • Road Network (Connectivity and Economic Growth) Chamber
    10 Dec 2025
    The Labour and Lib Dem Executive carried out improvements to the A9—there were deadly junctions that were improved. We certainly support the dualling of the A9…
  • Road Network (Connectivity and Economic Growth) Chamber
    10 Dec 2025
    Transport links are the very arteries through which our communities’ life-blood flows, both economically and socially. They are essential. Throughout Scotland,…
Committee & government roles

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