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MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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15 January 2025 - 02 September 2025
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19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023
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19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
17 June 2021 - 19 January 2023
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22 September 2021 - 19 January 2023
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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 Carol Mochan. The date of their initial statement was 30 May 2021.
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 6 February 2025]
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I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
I am on a community enterprise group, Burnsland Enterprise Group CIC, which aims to support a community post office. My involvement is voluntary and I receive no payment.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I chair the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group. [Registered 15 December 2023]
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: 20 November 2025
6. Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to news that public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to the Scottish household survey. (S6F-04472)"
Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I, too, thank Clare Adamson for bringing the debate to the chamber, and for all the work that she has done on pancreatic cancer over this session of Parliament…
Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "The Deputy First Minister has said that we have had only a brief opportunity to read the report. However, I have no doubt, from my brief reading of it, that public confidence in the Scottish Government’s decision making will be significantly affected…
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2025
Carol Mochan: "The cabinet secretary clearly knows the concerns of local people regarding those roads, and I thank the Cabinet Secretary for Transport for meeting community campaigners to hear their concerns…
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Made a request to intervene."
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Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 64 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 61 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 63 for, 54 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Kate Forbes, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 58 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Find out what motions Carol Mochan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:19 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the financial sustainability of Ayrshire College."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:7 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Health Information Integrity Strategy aims to ensure that public information about the risks of alcohol consumption is not influenced by the alcohol industry."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the (a) accessibility and (b) affordability of scaffolding training, including in South Scotland."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a flexible delivery model for roofing apprenticeships, including in South Scotland."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage an uptake in construction apprenticeships, including in South Scotland."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the barriers young people face in accessing construction apprenticeships, including in South Scotland."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve NHS boards' performance against the 62-day target for those diagnosed with prostate cancer."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-33389 and S6W-38959 by Neil Gray on 24 January 2025 and 1 July 2025 respectively, whether the business case for a new pre-hospital emergency critical care replacement service has been completed and submitted for consideration, and, if so, by what date the commissioning of a new…
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to improve prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2025
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to news that public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to the Scottish Household Survey."