Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Email: [email protected]
Website: craighoy.co.uk
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
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1 High Street
Haddington
EH41 3ES
Phone: 01620 849350
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
09 May 2022 - 16 November 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
25 May 2022 - 10 October 2024
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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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 Craig Hoy. The date of their initial statement was 09 June 2021.
Until 4 May 2022 when I stood down, I was a local authority councillor for East Lothian Council (of John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian EH41 3HA). I worked approximately 10-15 hours per week and received remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum, which included the use of a council owned laptop computer and a council mobile telephone for which a data package and council related calls were settled by East Lothian Council. My council salary was paid to a local charity. [Amended interest 2 December 2022]
On 7 December 2023 I received a payment of £500 from GoFibre Broadband Limited (broadband provider; of Floor 8, Exchange Tower, 19 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG) to cover the costs of the winning and runner up prizes for schoolchildren for my annual Christmas Card Competition and a portion of the card's printing costs. On 13 December 2024 I received a payment of £500 from GoFibre Broadband Limited to cover to cover the sponsorship of the production and prizes for my annual Christmas card competition. [Registered 1 April 2024, Amended interest 27 December 2024]
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 16 August 2024]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 15 November 2022]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 December 2023]
I owned 35% of the issued share capital of Public Affairs Asia Ltd., a publishing, intelligence and conference business registered overseas. This company has been wound up and as of 1 April 2024 is dormant and in the process of being deregistered. The market value of the shares is nil. [Amended interest 1 April 2024]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 16 August 2024]
I am a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
From May 2022 until 16 November 2024 I was Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I received no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022, Amended interest 27 December 2024]
I am a friend of Blooming Haddington.
I am a friend of the Scottish Seabird Centre.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 December 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 December 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 December 2023]
I am a member of the National Trust for Scotland.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 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: 15 May 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "Mr Greer quite rightly identifies areas where there is a density of second home ownership for holiday homes, but does he also accept that there are many people, such as members of the Scottish Parliament, who, for the purposes of employment, for example, require a second home and are being penalised by the additional taxes?"
Chamber meeting date: 15 May 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "What message does the education secretary think that playing truant from the Parliament, because she believed that she had something better to do, sends to the children she is imploring to attend our schools?"
Chamber meeting date: 14 May 2025
4. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the justice secretary has had with the Lord Advocate regarding the costs of defending unsuccessful legal cases in the Supreme Court. (S6O-04651)"
Chamber meeting date: 8 May 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "When the cabinet secretary looks at the responses to the consultation, will she impress upon NatureScot the importance of considering the postcodes of those who responded, so that we can tell whether those who live in the affected communities are those who are most opposed to the proposal?"
Chamber meeting date: 6 May 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "SNP MSPs have been nodding slavishly behind the First Minister, but beyond the Holyrood bubble, people and businesses will be scratching their heads in disbelief at today’s programme for government…
Find out how Craig Hoy has voted recently.
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025
Result 70 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Supported by: Foysol Choudhury
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025
Result 15 for, 96 against, 3 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025
Result 27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, May 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Result 61 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Supported by: Alasdair Allan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Result 61 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Craig Hoy has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on city region and regional growth deals in the current parliamentary session to date, and how much it estimates it will have spent in total by the end of the current parliamentary session."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36629 by John Swinney on 3 April 2025, how much funding it anticipates will be made available for public spending in 2025-26 as a result of the decision to equalise the MSP element of minsters' salary with that of MSPs who are not currently serving ministers."
Answer expected on 28 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on emerging energy technologies funds in the current parliamentary session to date."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a complete list of its economic objectives."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to measure its progress against any economic objectives for which it has not specified a timeline or quantitative target."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what economic objectives and targets it has adopted or discarded since 2015."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it measures progress against its economic objectives."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what quantitative economic targets it has."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what representation it has made to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the UK Government regarding (a) reported long delays for practical driving test appointments in Scotland and (b) reports that third party resellers are using bot-based technologies to capture cancelled…
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 May 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on supporting community-led regeneration and town centre revitalisation in the current parliamentary session to date, and how much it estimates it will have spent in total by the end of the current parliamentary session."
Answer expected on 26 May 2025