Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Email: [email protected]
Website: craighoy.co.uk
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EH99 1SP
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EH41 3ES
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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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: 11 September 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "Will the minister take an intervention?"
Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025
4. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details regarding the announcement that NHS Dumfries and Galloway has moved to stage 3 of the NHS Scotland support and intervention framework. (S6O-04909)"
Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "The minister says that he can balance the budget between now and the end of the decade by saving £1 billion in public expenditure through cutting waste and reducing the public sector workforce…
Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "This is a debate that some members in the Parliament do not want us to have. It is one that is politically heated, and in which those on the liberal left want to mischaracterise the views of others…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 10 September 2025
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con): "I am attending alongside Rachael Hamilton to speak in support of the petition lodged by Kenneth Moffatt, which reflects the real sense of public anger and concern at the culling of wild goats by Oxygen Conservation in February…
Find out how Craig Hoy has voted recently.
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 60 for, 49 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 72 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 91 for, 27 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: 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25344 by Richard Lochhead on 4 March 2024, whether it plans to make a financial commitment to the Scottish Growth Scheme until March 2029."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 September 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to the Scottish Growth Scheme in the financial year (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 September 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 3 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details regarding the announcement that NHS Dumfries and Galloway has moved to stage 3 of the NHS Scotland Support and Intervention Framework."
Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of the incentives offered in each of its designated Enterprise Areas, also broken down by the statutory basis of each incentive."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 August 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether firms liable for the higher property rate in Scotland are better placed to pay higher non-domestic rates than their counterparts in England in similar sized premises."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 August 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly not brought the higher property rate for non-domestic rates in line with that in England, in light of the Barclay Review recommending that it did so by April 2020."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 August 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the Scottish Retail Consortium’s reported statement that retailers in Scotland have paid an additional £93 million in non-domestic rates over the last decade, compared with their England-based counterparts, as a result of the higher property rate being above the non-domestic rates…
Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 August 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 24 July 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 24 July 2025
Asked by: Hoy, Craig, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the health secretary has had with ministerial colleagues and NHS Lothian regarding the provision of education and tutoring for sick children at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh and other NHS facilities and services."
Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025