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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.

Energy

Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Will the minister take an intervention?"

Town Centres (Local Authority Funding)

Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Local authorities across Scotland are carrying a £22 billion net debt. While local authorities are left to look after their own borrowing risk, is the Government looking at aggregated exposure if borrowing costs remain high or increase…

Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities

Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Made a request to intervene."

Programme for Government

Education and Gaelic Committee meeting date: 8 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "Several different funding streams go into the Scottish attainment challenge. We have pupil equity funding, strategic equity funding and care-experienced children and young people funding…

Hyperscale AI Data Centres

Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2026

Angela Ross (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform): "I thank my esteemed colleague for bringing this debate to the chamber. It is really important that we look at this issue…

Votes

How Angela Ross has voted in Parliament

Find out how Angela Ross has voted recently.

Building Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities, Together

Motion ref. S7M-01084.1

Submitted by: Thomas Kerr, Glasgow, Reform UK . Date lodged: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Result 17 for, 102 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Building Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities, Together

Motion ref. S7M-01084.4

Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Supported by: Carol Mochan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Result 24 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Building Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities, Together

Motion ref. S7M-01084.3

Submitted by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Supported by: Maggie Chapman
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Result 92 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Building Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities, Together

Motion ref. S7M-01084

Submitted by: Simita Kumar, Edinburgh South Western, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Supported by: Neil Gray, Kirsten Oswald, Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Result 92 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Building Stronger, Safer and Inclusive Communities, Together

Motion ref. S7M-01084.2

Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Result 27 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motions

Motions made by Angela Ross in Parliament

Find out what motions Angela Ross has submitted recently.

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: 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."

Question reference: S7W-02469

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

Date lodged: 14 August 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 14 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…