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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

Phone: 0131 370 4303
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Ash is not a member of any committees

Cross-party groups

Ash is a member of 2 cross-party groups

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

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on St Andrew's Day

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

Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Cabinet 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

No registrable interests

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]

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.

The Promise

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026

2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"

The Promise

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026

2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"

The Promise

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026

2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"

The Promise

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026

2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"

The Promise

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026

2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"

Votes

How Ash Regan has voted in Parliament

Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.

Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill

Motion ref. S6M-20944

Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 2, 2026

Supported by: Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 5, 2026

Result 114 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Fixing Scotland's Ferry Fiasco

Motion ref. S6M-20957.2

Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Result 52 for, 66 against, 2 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Fixing Scotland's Ferry Fiasco

Motion ref. S6M-20957

Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, March 2, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Result 85 for, 33 against, 1 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP not voted

Agreed

Fixing Scotland's Ferry Fiasco

Motion ref. S6M-20957.3

Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Result 66 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Judging the Scottish Government on its Education Record

Motion ref. S6M-20956

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, March 2, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Result 59 for, 61 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motions

Motions made by Ash Regan in Parliament

Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.

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-43747

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 16 February 2026

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what measurable improvements in patient outcomes and service delivery have been observed since the recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report were accepted, particularly in areas flagged as urgent, including paediatric diagnostic safety, waiting times and equitable access to…

Question reference: S6W-43748

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 16 February 2026

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to monitor, escalate and publicly report on the ongoing delivery of the 55 recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report, and how it ensures that workforce shortages, variability between NHS boards and incomplete quality assurance systems do not prevent…

Question reference: S6W-43749

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 16 February 2026

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the 55 recommendations in the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland that it accepted, whether it will confirm if the draft Budget 2026-27 will dedicate funding to ensure full delivery of these audiology services reforms across all NHS boards."

Question reference: S6O-05596

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 25 February 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, The Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe."

Question reference: S6W-43746

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 16 February 2026

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report making 55 recommendations to improve services, whether it will provide (a) a breakdown of the number of recommendations that (i) have been fully implemented to date, (ii) are in operational work plans and (iii) remain dependent on linked…

Question reference: S6O-05571

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 18 February 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact that withdrawing funding for Wave Energy Scotland from March 2026 will have on Scotland’s ability to leverage investment, including through Horizon Europe, and on confidence in the marine energy sector."

Question reference: S6O-05530

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 11 February 2026

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution."

Question reference: S6W-43396

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 28 January 2026

Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 February 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of testimony from survivors of grooming gangs, frontline service organisations and justice agencies that child sexual exploitation (CSE) and grooming are core pathways through which vulnerable children are drawn into the commercial sexual exploitation of prostitution, both in childhood and later in…

Question reference: S6W-42997

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 13 January 2026

Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 January 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that university funding is meaningfully linked to best practice in healthy workplaces, specifically in relation to workload management and other drivers of work-related stress."

Question reference: S6W-42996

Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent

Date lodged: 13 January 2026

Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 January 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement of the review into a sustainable future funding model for universities, what support or assurances it will provide to any university staff who have lost their jobs or are currently at risk of redundancy."