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MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
15 January 2025 - 02 September 2025
Substitute Member
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: 27 November 2025
8. Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the financial sustainability of Ayrshire College. (S6O-05213)"
Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Data released only yesterday revealed that NHS Dumfries and Galloway has the third lowest rate of child dentist registrations in Scotland…
Chamber meeting date: 25 November 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I thank Michelle Thomson for bringing the debate to the chamber; I am pleased to speak in it. I acknowledge the work of the cross-party group on St Andrew’s day and the people who continue to run that group, as others have mentioned…
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…
Find out how Carol Mochan has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025
Result 24 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025
Result 47 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025
Result 84 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025
Result 26 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025
Result 25 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 20 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: 27 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to its paper, Surge and Winter Preparedness in Health and Social Care Services National Planning Priorities and Principles, which was published in November 2025, how national planning priorities and principles will address corridor care by NHS Scotland in winter 2025-26."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many additional (a) paramedics and (b) ambulance care assistants have been recruited to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in winter 2025-26, and where they will be based, broken down by (i) Scottish Ambulance Service (A) station and (B) region and (ii) NHS board area."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many additional staff have been recruited to NHS 24 for winter 2025-26, and how it determined (a) the number required and (b) their geographical placement."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government on what date the planning cycle for the NHS Scotland 2025-26 winter preparedness plan began."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement on 2025-26 Winter Preparedness by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on 13 November 2025, for what reason this statement was made at a later point in the year than the similar statement for 2024-25, which was delivered on 24 September 2024."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 26 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to develop apprenticeship models for healthcare workers."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 November 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: 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."