Scottish Labour
MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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17 June 2021 - 13 November 2024
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16 November 2023 - 31 January 2024
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01 February 2023 - 25 April 2023
Substitute Member
22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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30 November 2021 - 10 April 2023
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30 November 2021 - 10 April 2023
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30 November 2021 - 10 April 2023
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29 September 2021 - 01 February 2023
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Labour
28 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
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09 January 2018 - 04 May 2021
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19 December 2017 - 01 March 2021
Scottish Labour
04 October 2018 - 01 March 2021
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04 October 2018 - 01 March 2021
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02 September 2019 - 01 March 2021
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19 December 2017 - 04 October 2018
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08 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
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25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
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25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
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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 Colin Smyth. The date of their initial statement was 05 June 2021.
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From 9 February to 13 February 2024 I visited California, USA, as part of a cross-party delegation of MSPs, meeting health professionals, family members of individuals who had used the state’s End of Life Options Act, Senators and representatives of organisations who provide information about the provisions of the Act. The costs of the visit, including travel, accommodation and meals amounted to £2,694 and were paid by the permissible donor Dignity in Dying (a not-for-profit organisation that campaigns for a change in the law on assisted dying, of 181 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2JT). [Registered 8 March 2024]
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I am member of the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
I am Chairperson of the Dumfries and Galloway Fairtrade Steering Group.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
Until 4 May 2017, when I stood down, I was a senior councillor for Dumfries and Galloway Council (of English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2DD). I worked approximately 20 hours per week and I received remuneration of between £20,001 and £25,000 per annum. I donated my salary to local and national good causes/charities. I do not believe this meets the prejudice test.
Until 31 May 2016 I was a volunteer coordinator at Parkinson’s UK, a charity organisation (of 215 Vauxhaull Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EJ). I received remuneration of between £25,001 and £30,000 per annum and worked 35 hours per week. I do not believe this meets the prejudice test.
I am a member of the League Against Cruel Sports.
I am Chairperson of the Eastriggs Railway Station Action Group (ERSAG).
I am a member of GMB Union.
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: 4 June 2025
Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab): "Scotland has a proud history of invention and innovation, from the telephone to the television, and from the pneumatic tyre to penicillin…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 4 June 2025
The Convener (Colin Smyth): "Good morning, and welcome to the 18th meeting in 2025 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. We have apologies from Jamie Halcro Johnston…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 4 June 2025
The Convener: "Item 2 is the committee’s first evidence session as part of our scrutiny of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill at stage 1…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 4 June 2025
The Convener: "Item 3 is consideration of a negative Scottish statutory instrument. No member has lodged a motion to annul the instrument, and no one has indicated that they wish to speak. The committee is invited simply to note the instrument…
Chamber meeting date: 29 May 2025
Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab): "The reality is that the only investment on the table for meaningful upgrade work is from the UK Government for the bypasses at Crocketford and Springholm…
Find out how Colin Smyth has voted recently.
Submitted by: Maree Todd, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 9, 2025
Supported by: Neil Gray, Jenni Minto
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Result 116 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 84 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 55 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 28 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Colin Smyth has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many species-specific licences, issued by NatureScot, Forestry and Land Scotland currently holds; for which species, and for what purposes."
Answer expected on 20 June 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether any species licences issued to Forestry and Land Scotland by NatureScot can be transferred to third parties without the prior approval of NatureScot, and whether any such formal consent is in place at present for third party use."
Answer expected on 20 June 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry and Land Scotland has allowed external organisations to work under its own species-specific killing, disturbance or shelter destruction licences when carrying out forestry operations on the national forest estate; if so, how often, and which species are involved in any instances of such a licence…
Answer expected on 20 June 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government which external organisations or type of organisations have undertaken operations under any Forestry and Land Scotland species-specific licence."
Answer expected on 20 June 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the Programme for Government 2025-26 announcement of 20,000 additional orthopaedic, ophthalmology and general surgery procedures is in addition to the announcement of 30,000 procedures contained within the NHS Operational Improvement Plan, which was published in March 2025."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 May 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will review and update its social security uptake strategy."
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 May 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) complete and (b) publish the outcome of its review of the guidance on the mothballing of rural schools and nurseries."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provides to Scottish Borders council to reflect any additional costs directly associated with providing nursery education in a rural setting."
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that one in three diagnoses of prostate cancer in Scotland are at stage 4, which is a higher proportion compared with the rest of the UK."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 May 2025
Asked by: Smyth, Colin, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that muirburn does not create smoke levels that damage human health or cause a nuisance, in light of reports of significant smoke drift affecting communities in the Scottish Borders, including Peebles and Stobo."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 22 April 2025