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1008:"Scotland's same-sex marriage bill: How MSPs voted"
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207:John Swinney
197:Succeeded by
162:
143:Succeeded by
124:Alex Salmond
108:
90:Succeeded by
55:
18:
3120:1951 births
3047:NATO debate
2975:Sturgeon II
2386:Bill Walker
2331:John Finnie
2311:Chic Brodie
2306:Marco Biagi
2294:John Wilson
2289:Bill Wilson
2225:Bruce McFee
2166:Kay Ullrich
2151:George Reid
2101:Adam Ingram
1977:Anum Qaisar
1801:Drew Hendry
1791:Peter Grant
1575:Jim Sillars
1541:Hamish Watt
1531:George Reid
1236:Jim Fairlie
1083:1803–2005:
1074:SNP website
932:The Courier
858:18 November
854:. p. 2
713:. In 2000,
565:, then for
405:Preceded by
387:(1995–1997)
368:Jim Fairlie
351:Preceded by
333:(1999–2011)
297:Preceded by
245:Preceded by
204:(Fair Work)
202:Keith Brown
185:Preceded by
131:Preceded by
78:Preceded by
3114:Categories
2970:Sturgeon I
2965:Salmond II
2795:Presidents
2655:Cunningham
2476:Leadership
2336:Colin Keir
2215:Jim Mather
2205:Rob Gibson
2056:Brian Adam
1960:Alyn Smith
1811:Calum Kerr
1756:Martyn Day
1726:Alan Brown
1667:John Mason
1390:2000–2004
1336:2014–2016
1299:2011–2014
1262:2009–2011
911:6 November
781:References
533:(MSP) for
492:Profession
471:Alma mater
455:, Scotland
443:1951-07-27
97:(Net Zero)
2990:Yousaf II
2960:Salmond I
2777:Blackford
2772:Robertson
2670:Robertson
2645:Macartney
2615:Henderson
2610:MacDonald
2600:Henderson
2529:Donaldson
2425:Gail Ross
2420:Ash Regan
2326:Jim Eadie
2269:Ian McKee
2259:Nigel Don
2136:Alex Neil
1796:Neil Gray
1638:Mike Weir
1044:22 August
806:Who's Who
659:in 1990.
653:solicitor
647:from the
607:Fremantle
599:Australia
591:Edinburgh
553:(MP) for
496:Solicitor
395:In office
341:In office
277:In office
223:In office
163:In office
109:In office
56:In office
3091:Category
2985:Yousaf I
2837:Hudghton
2817:McIntyre
2807:Muirhead
2722:Sturgeon
2712:Sturgeon
2660:Sturgeon
2559:Sturgeon
2524:Halliday
2519:McIntyre
960:20 April
938:21 April
830:22 April
738:ScotsGay
686:MP, Sir
622:79 Group
500:advocate
209:(Skills)
3042:History
3035:Related
2995:Swinney
2842:Russell
2827:Stewart
2767:Salmond
2752:Stewart
2732:Swinney
2717:Salmond
2707:Swinney
2702:Salmond
2650:Swinney
2640:Sillars
2630:Salmond
2620:Fairlie
2569:Swinney
2554:Salmond
2549:Swinney
2544:Salmond
2494:MacEwen
2485:Leaders
2037:in the
1446:in the
1080:Hansard
667:At the
615:BA Hons
613:with a
583:Glasgow
453:Glasgow
2862:Leader
2812:Gibson
2802:Graham
2762:Morgan
2727:Yousaf
2635:Morgan
2605:Wilson
2595:Leslie
2564:Yousaf
2539:Wilson
2514:Watson
883:
821:
286:Leader
2832:Ewing
2822:Wolfe
2782:Flynn
2757:Ewing
2675:Brown
2665:Hosie
2625:Ewing
2590:Wolfe
2585:Milne
2534:Wolfe
2509:Young
2504:Power
1188:Perth
1147:Perth
711:Perth
700:Perth
595:Perth
567:Perth
557:from
545:from
537:from
535:Perth
380:Perth
331:Perth
2940:2018
2935:2016
2930:2014
2914:2024
2909:2023
2904:2014
2899:2004
2894:2003
2889:2000
2884:1990
2879:1979
2874:1969
2869:1967
2499:Gibb
2409:2016
2397:2013
2300:2011
2243:2007
2231:2006
2199:2003
2187:2001
2050:1999
2030:the
1971:2021
1929:2019
1917:2017
1685:2015
1673:2010
1661:2008
1644:2005
1622:2001
1605:1997
1593:1995
1581:1990
1569:1988
1557:1987
1505:1974
1493:1973
1481:1970
1469:1967
1457:1945
1229:2021
1225:2011
1217:for
1197:2011
1193:1999
1186:for
1156:2001
1152:1997
1145:for
1125:1997
1121:1995
1112:for
1046:2020
962:2021
940:2021
913:2017
881:ISBN
860:2016
832:2019
819:ISBN
707:1999
589:and
571:2001
563:1997
559:1995
547:2011
539:1999
437:Born
378:for
324:for
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