Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
Email: [email protected]
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Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
Member
29 June 2023 - 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]
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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]
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: 25 June 2025
1. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what specific actions it is taking to strengthen Scotland’s democratic infrastructure, authority and state-building preparations to ensure that the Scottish Parliament could become the legislature of an independent Scotland. (S6O-04834)"
Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I do not believe that this was a mere administrative error. I believe—and I think that I have evidence to support this—that there is systemic data corruption, which has been driven by years of unlawful self-ID policy…
Chamber meeting date: 11 June 2025
5. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports regarding the Barnett formula, and its ministers stating a preference for full fiscal autonomy, what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government in relation to replacing the Barnett formula. (S6O-04780)"
Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "The reports in the press are, indeed, concerning. I am sure that the cabinet secretary is equally concerned by what she has read. However, I am not convinced by what she has said to us this afternoon…
Chamber meeting date: 3 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I commend Rhoda Grant for lodging this important motion for debate and for her long-standing commitment to work in this area. I also commend the cross-party group on commercial sexual exploitation for the excellent work that it has done recently…
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Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 87 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 88 for, 1 against, 27 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kaukab Stewart, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 86 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
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: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"The ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that women wait longer than men for NHS operations."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many manufacturing jobs have been created through inward investment in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area, in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the trade deal between the UK and India, whether it is considering expanding its current list of nine trade and investment envoys to include an envoy for the Indian market."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Healthcare Improvement Scotland reportedly stating that the endometriosis pathway for Scotland is over 500 days past its review date, when it plans to complete its review of the pathway."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the UK Government's national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse; if so, what lessons it has learned that are applicable in Scotland, and what its response is to reported calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs in Scotland."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UN defining any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult, or another child, as child marriage, whether it is considering increasing the minimum age for marriages and civil partnerships in Scotland to 18, and, if so, what work it has already carried out on this…
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on methadone prescriptions in total in each of the last four years, broken down by the cost in each NHS board area."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) in total and (b) per capita has been allocated for public transport in each of the last two years, also broken down by (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary region."
Answer expected on 17 July 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 18 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what specific actions it is taking to strengthen Scotland's democratic infrastructure, authority and state-building preparations to ensure that the Scottish Parliament could become the legislature of an independent Scotland."
Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its policies and guidance for public bodies, what its definition of "woman" is."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 17 June 2025