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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Ash Regan

Independent

MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2025 - present day

Alba Party

Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - 2025

Scottish National Party

Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023

About Ash Regan

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @x.com/AshReganMSP

Facebook: Ash's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5922
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

The Tron Kirk
6 Craigour Gardens
Edinburgh
EH17 7NX

Committees

Ash is not a member of any committees

Cross-party groups

Ash is a member of 1 cross-party group

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Ash does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Ash does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Ash has had 13 previous roles

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

05 December 2024 - 30 September 2025

SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee

Member

09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023

Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee

Member

29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Member

18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023

COVID19 Recovery Committee

Substitute Member

19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022

Minister for Community Safety

Scottish Government

28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021

Minister for Community Safety

Scottish Government

21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018

Health and Sport Committee

Deputy Convener

29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018

Finance and Constitution Committee

Member

14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018

parliamentaryLiaisonOfficerToTheCabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs

Scottish Government

16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017

Health and Sport Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017

Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016

Finance Committee

Member

29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016

European and External Relations Committee

Member

Register of interests

Ash'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 Ash Regan. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

On 11 July 2023, I received £600 for writing three columns for the Reach Plc, Sunday Mail (of One Canada Square Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP). I undertook this work in February and March 2023 and it took me six hours to prepare the articles. [Registered 11 September 2023]

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

From 4 to 6 September 2023, I attended and gave a talk at the Promoting International Cooperation, Cultural Understanding & Peace Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia. The costs of the travel and accommodation amounted to £825.50 and were met, along with hospitality costs, by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in the USA and in Germany; ICD House of Arts & Culture, Soltauer Str. 18-22, 13509 Berlin, Germany). [Registered 7 November 2023]

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

In March 2024 I received a one-off payment of £175 from Ethel Writes Ltd (editors) of the book "The women who wouldn't wheest" for my contribution to the book. [Registered 5 August 2024]

No registrable interests

Recent Activity

What was said

What Ash Regan 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.

Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 8 October 2025

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Thank you, convener, and good morning to the witnesses. Thank you for attending. It often seems that a voice is missing from the debate, and for me, that voice is that of the buyers…

Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2025

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government what benefits it anticipates the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill will deliver for rural and island communities, including in relation to breaking up concentrated land ownership and ensuring that land is used in the public interest and communities are not locked out of decision making. (S6O-05001)"

Chamber meeting date: 17 September 2025

Supreme Court Judgment (Definition of “Woman” in the Equality Act 2010)

Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I join other members in congratulating Pam Gosal on bringing this important debate to the chamber…

Chamber meeting date: 11 September 2025

Nuclear Safety Event (Faslane)

Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I agree with the cabinet secretary that it is extremely concerning that there has been a category A safety event at Faslane. It certainly brings Scotland’s environmental risks from nuclear weapons into sharp focus…

Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2025

For Women Scotland (Policing)

Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I, too, was a speaker outside the Parliament at the For Women Scotland rally last week. I approached the police who were on duty at the time and requested that the volume be reduced so that everyone could be heard…

Votes

How Ash Regan has voted in Parliament

Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-19275

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025

Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP not voted

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-19276

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025

Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote

MSP not voted

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-19128

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025

Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6M-19269

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote

MSP not voted

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-19268

Suspension of Standing Orders

Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote

MSP not voted

Agreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Ash Regan has asked

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

Question reference: S6W-41312

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged:15 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding who has the ownership of the Musselburgh seawall; what responsibility Scottish Power has under the Musselburgh Agreement regarding it carrying out any repairs required to the wall; what its response is to concerns that Scottish Power might ask for public funds to be allocated to carry…

Question reference: S6W-41150

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged:10 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of 12 October 2025 marking the first anniversary of the death of the former First Minister, Alex Salmond, whether it will consider commissioning a memorial to be located within the Scottish Parliament."

Question reference: S6W-41165

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding what progress has been made in assigning a share of VAT revenues raised in Scotland to the Scottish Parliament, in light of the provisions set aside at section16 of the Scotland Act 2016 to allow this."

Question reference: S6W-41167

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will put in place funding to complete the roll-out of free school meals to all primary school children."

Question reference: S6W-41168

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for the Scottish economy, whether it remains its policy position to seek the devolution of immigration powers to the Scottish Parliament."

Question reference: S6W-41161

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a presumption against new oil and gas licences, and, if so, whether it will end this presumption, in light of the UK Government reportedly considering a policy change on its opposition to granting licences for new oil and gas fields adjacent to existing ones."

Question reference: S6W-41160

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what preparations have been made since the First Minister stated in July 2025 that he plans to set up a Scottish constitutional convention to “marshal support for Scotland’s right to decide through gathering support from the people of Scotland, civic bodies and international opinion”."

Question reference: S6W-41163

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017 being in force, by what date it will implement the provisions of the tax."

Question reference: S6W-41164

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on using a sustainable aviation fuel as a means of implementing Air Departure Tax at a rate 50% less than the current Air Passenger Duty administered by HMRC."

Question reference: S6W-41169

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party

Date lodged:9 October 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs there are, and what the recruitment target is for additional GPs in each of the next five years."

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