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: 2 December 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 2 December 2023]
I am a friend of the Scottish Seabird Centre.
[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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 16 August 2024]
I am a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
I am a friend of Blooming Haddington.
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]
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: 3 December 2025
6. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the illegal use of adapted e-bikes and e-scooters. (S6O-05240)"
Chamber meeting date: 3 December 2025
6. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the illegal use of adapted e-bikes and e-scooters. (S6O-05240)"
Chamber meeting date: 27 November 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "Rachel Reeves yesterday made the same mistake as John Swinney, with a “Benefits Street” budget that increased tax on workers, pensioners and savers. The Scottish benefits bill is set to soar to close to £10 billion by the end of this decade…
Chamber meeting date: 27 November 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "The bill will pass, but it will not pass with our support. In all likelihood, this rushed legislation will not fundamentally fix the problem that the Government has created…
Chamber meeting date: 27 November 2025
7. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any potential negative impacts for local communities when asylum seekers are housed in large-scale sites in Scotland. (S6O-05220)"
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Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 50 for, 73 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, December 1, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 95 for, 27 against, 1 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 68 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 67 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, December 1, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 67 for, 51 against, 5 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
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: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the long-term impact of battery energy storage systems on biodiversity and fire safety, and the long-term landscape and visual impact."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 26 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the illegal use of adapted e-bikes and e-scooters."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any potential negative impacts for local communities when asylum seekers are housed in large-scale sites in Scotland."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 11 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the introduction of an age-related automatic system of regular screening for prostate cancer."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that its core operating costs have increased by £53 million between 2023-24 and 2024-25."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its paper A Fresh Start with Independence and its proposed strategy for establishing a new currency in an independent Scotland, whether its policy for such a currency would include a formal convertibility guarantee to ensure that a Scottish pound would be exchanged at a fixed rate for sterling."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 30 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion, in its Delivering Real Growth manifesto, that there should be no new levies or taxes on the retail industry."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 30 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 6 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion, in its Delivering Real Growth manifesto, that retailers should benefit from a meaningfully more competitive business rate than in England."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 30 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion, in its Delivering Real Growth manifesto, that local referenda should be held whenever a local authority proposes an excessive increase in council tax."
Asked by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 5 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase income tax in the forthcoming Scottish Budget."