Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
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The Scottish Parliament
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EH99 1SP
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Edinburgh
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Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
05 December 2024 - 30 September 2025
Member
29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
Member
09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
Member
18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
Substitute Member
19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
Deputy Convener
29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
Member
14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
Scottish Government
16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
Member
29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016
Member
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.
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]
No registrable interests
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]
No registrable interests
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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]
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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.
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2025
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
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
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
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…
Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Smartphones in schools are harming mental health. This is no longer just a debate—we know that that is the case. They are disrupting our classrooms, driving bullying and exposing pupils to adult content, which is very disturbing…
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Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, September 29, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Result 85 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Sharon Dowey, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Result 54 for, 56 against, 2 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP abstained
Disagreed
Submitted by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, September 29, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Result 56 for, 53 against, 3 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Siobhian Brown, Ayr, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Result 55 for, 52 against, 3 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Result 49 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:11 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) governance meetings its officials have attended in each of the last five years."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:24 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2025
"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."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:11 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the reasons for the removal of commitments to openness and transparency, including the sharing of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) risk registers with the Scottish Government, from the NDA’s 2024 Framework Document, compared with the 2021 version."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:16 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to prevent the closure of Marionville Fire Station in Edinburgh, and to ensure the continued provision of fire and rescue services in the area served by the station."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:15 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 3 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its public appointments guide, which states that “terms of appointment vary from role to role and are usually between one and five years” and that “the total period of appointment in one role on one board may not exceed eight years”, for what reason a member of the Children’s…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:1 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what its policy is on whether an independent Scotland would seek to join the New Agenda Coalition."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:15 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with any of their duties under the Children (Scotland) Act 2020; which duties, if any, it considers the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with, and how many instances of failure to comply with their duties under the…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:13 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the duty of Scottish Ministers under section 21 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 to ensure the availability of child advocacy services in contact and residence cases, whether it will (a) provide an update on its short-life working group on child welfare reporters and (b) confirm whether it is complying…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:13 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) provide an update on the implementation of the provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) set out all provisions that have yet to be implemented, including the reasons why they have not been implemented to date."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged:13 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether section 30(1) and (3) to (7) of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 came into force on 22 June 2025."