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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
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Alan Brown

Scottish National Party

MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Constituency)

About Alan Brown

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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Career as MSP

Career as MSP

Scottish National Party
MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Constituency)
07 May 2026 to present

Committees

Alan Brown is a member of 2 committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Deputy Convener

Public Audit Committee

Member

Cross-party groups

Alan Brown is not a member of any cross-party groups

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Alan Brown does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Alan Brown does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Alan Brown had the following role in Parliament

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

11 June 2026 to 17 June 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Member

Register of interests

Alan Brown's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Recent Activity

Official Report

What Alan Brown has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Cashback for Communities (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley)

Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2026

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government how the cashback for communities programme is supporting projects and young people in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency during its phase 7. (S7O-00076)"

Interests

Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 17 June 2026

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP): "I have no relevant interests to declare."

Bus Fares

Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2026

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP): "Will the member take an intervention?"

Motability Scheme

Chamber meeting date: 16 June 2026

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP): "Changes made by the United Kingdom Government mean that the Motability scheme’s annual allowable mileage is reducing from 20,000 miles to 10,000 miles; critically, excess mileage charges are going up fivefold to 25p per mile…

Energy Security

Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2026

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP): "Grangemouth provided aviation fuel and could have been used to develop sustainable aviation fuel for the future…

Votes

How Alan Brown has voted in Parliament

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Suspension of Standing Orders

Motion ref. S7M-00397

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Result 108 for, 10 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Appointment of Law Officers

Motion ref. S7M-00380

Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Result 102 for, 16 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Affordable Bus Fares

Motion ref. S7M-00367.4

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Result 10 for, 107 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Affordable Bus Fares

Motion ref. S7M-00367.1

Submitted by: Graham Simpson, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK . Date lodged: Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Result 23 for, 78 against, 15 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Affordable Bus Fares

Motion ref. S7M-00367

Submitted by: Stephen Flynn, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 15, 2026

Supported by: Tom Arthur
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Result 93 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motions

Motions made by Alan Brown in Parliament

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Questions

Questions Alan Brown has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S7O-00115

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 17 June 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 June 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out a cumulative impact assessment of the number of planning applications proposed for AI data centres, including the power and water resources required and the impact on climate emissions."

Question reference: S7O-00076

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 10 June 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government how the CashBack for Communities programme is supporting projects and young people in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency during its phase 7."

Question reference: S7W-00003

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 14 May 2026

Current Status: Answered by Hannah Mary Goodlad on 1 June 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what Barnett consequential funding is expected to arise from the support granted to the British Steel plant, Scunthorpe steelworks."

Question reference: S7W-00004

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 14 May 2026

Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 28 May 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what the impact might be (a) on its climate emission targets and (b) job creation in North East Scotland of the funding allocated by the UK Government to the East Coast Cluster and HyNet carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters compared with the Acorn cluster, and what assessment it has made of this…

Question reference: S7W-00002

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 14 May 2026

Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 28 May 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for announcing the (a) location and (b) opening date of the proposed walk-in GP clinic for East Ayrshire."

Question reference: S7O-00016

Asked by: Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 27 May 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of future journey times on cross-border services between Scotland and London once HS2 is operational, including how passenger service and demand will be affected."