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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
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Angela Ross

Reform UK

MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)

About Angela Ross

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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Career as MSP

Career as MSP

Reform UK
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
07 May 2026 to present

Committees

Angela Ross is a member of 2 committees

Education and Gaelic Committee

Member

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Substitute Member

Cross-party groups

Angela Ross is not a member of any cross-party groups

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Angela Ross does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Angela Ross has 1 party role

Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education

Reform UK

Previous roles

Angela Ross does not have any previous roles

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

Register of interests

Angela Ross'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.

Here is the register for Angela Ross. The date of their initial statement was 11 June 2026.

Remuneration and related undertaking

No registrable interests.

Gifts

No registrable interests.

Overseas visits

No registrable interests.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests.

Heritable property

I own a cottage in East Lothian with a market value of between £200,001 and £250,000. I do not receive any income from this property.

Interest in shares

I own ordinary shares in and am the unremunerated Director of Sub 10 Ltd, a company providing eLearning, digital learning and training services. These shares represent 33% of the issued share capital.

Voluntary

No registrable interests.

Recent Activity

Official Report

What Angela Ross 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.

Consent for Jackdaw and Rosebank

Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Why did the Scottish Government not create a wealth fund with the money that it received from selling the seabed?"

Income Tax

Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "This is an important debate, because income tax is one of the things that we have control of. However, it is not a lever for growth unless it is lowered. I agree with Craig Hoy that we need to protect it from being increased…

Creative Economy

Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "I say to Patrick Harvie that I am not into banning books—not even Murdo Fraser’s book.We have reached quite a good level of consensus across the chamber in talking about Scotland’s creative economy…

Inquiry into White Working-class Educational Outcomes

Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "At the heart of the report is something uncomfortable—I think that we have felt that tone. It is something urgent that we can no longer ignore. We need to understand whether the findings in the report are the same here, or not…

Universities (Purpose)

Chamber meeting date: 22 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Does the First Minister believe that the primary purpose of Scotland’s universities is to serve Scottish students and Scotland’s economy…

Votes

How Angela Ross has voted in Parliament

Find out how Angela Ross has voted recently.

Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy

Motion ref. S7M-01304.2

Submitted by: Q Manivannan, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 24, 2026

Result 99 for, 16 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy

Motion ref. S7M-01304.4

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 24, 2026

Result 40 for, 65 against, 7 abstained, 17 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy

Motion ref. S7M-01304

Submitted by: Màiri McAllan, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Martyn Day, Alyn Smith
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 24, 2026

Result 89 for, 22 against, 1 abstained, 17 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy

Motion ref. S7M-01304.3

Submitted by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 24, 2026

Result 46 for, 53 against, 15 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy

Motion ref. S7M-01304.1

Submitted by: David Kirkwood, South Scotland, Reform UK . Date lodged: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 24, 2026

Result 15 for, 93 against, 7 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Angela Ross has asked

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

Question reference: S7W-03351

Asked by: Angela Ross, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Reform UK

Date lodged: 16 September 2026

Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 September 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its forthcoming childcare delivery plan, (a) whether it will include the fully costed delivery plan and timetable referred to in Motion S7M-00128 as amended on 27 May 2026, (b) when it will be published for consultation and (c) whether any expansion of provision will be phased by age or introduced at the…

Question reference: S7W-03350

Asked by: Angela Ross, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Reform UK

Date lodged: 16 September 2026

Current Status: Answered by Alison Thewliss on 24 September 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding NHS dental services for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), for what reason Type 3 EDS is not currently recognised as meeting the criteria for specialist or priority dental treatment, whether it plans to review the relevant NHS Scotland guidance and eligibility criteria to ensure that people with Type…

Question reference: S7W-02469

Asked by: Angela Ross, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Reform UK

Date lodged: 14 August 2026

Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 September 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Parliament's agreement of motion S7M-00128 on 27 May 2026, which called on it to set out a fully costed delivery plan and timeline for its commitment to extend year-round childcare support to every child from nine months old to the end of primary school, when it plans to publish the delivery plan and…

Question reference: S7O-00136

Asked by: Angela Ross, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Reform UK

Date lodged: 26 August 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 September 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government whether the publication of the draft Curriculum Improvement Cycle, which introduces new concepts, big ideas and a Know-Do-Understand framework, reflects an assessment that the existing skilled-focused approach within Curriculum for Excellence has not achieved its intended outcomes for pupils."