MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
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Scottish Labour
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
07 May 2026 to present
Deputy Convener
Substitute Member
Scottish Labour
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
11 June 2026 to 23 June 2026
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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 Katherine Sangster. The date of their initial statement was 10 June 2026.
Until 8 May 2026, when I resigned, I was a Director at The Fabian Society, a think tank (of 61 Petty France, Westminster, London, SW1H 9EU). I worked 8 hours per week and received remuneration of between £10,001 and £15,000 per annum. I received a final salary payment of £425.67 on 19 May 2026.
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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: 6 October 2026
5. Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the results of the Scottish household survey 2025 regarding childcare."
Chamber meeting date: 6 October 2026
Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab): "I will take Stephen Gethins’s advice that less is more, and so I apologise if I do not take up my full seven minutes…
Education and Gaelic Committee meeting date: 6 October 2026
Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab): "Good morning. I will return to the topic of reduced class contact time. Thank you for your remarks so far, cabinet secretary. You have been very clear that you consider that the measures will have a positive impact on young people in education…
Education and Gaelic Committee meeting date: 29 September 2026
Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab): "My first question follows on from what Duncan Dunlop was asking you about. You mentioned that, in 2020, you wanted a commitment to class sizes of 20, and in 2021 the SNP made a pledge to recruit 3,500 teachers…
Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2026
6. Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it consulted MSP staff trade unions on the contents of the employer pledge that MSPs were asked to sign up to. (S7O-00300)"
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Motion ref. S7M-01517.1
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 8, 2026
Result 96 for, 13 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01517.3
Submitted by: Amanda Bland, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK . Date lodged: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 8, 2026
Result 35 for, 74 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01517
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Supported by: Kirsten Oswald
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 8, 2026
Result 70 for, 37 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01517.2
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Supported by: Patrick Harvie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 8, 2026
Result 65 for, 42 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01460.5
Submitted by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Result 21 for, 78 against, 15 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP abstained
Disagreed
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Motion ref. S7M-01661
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 19 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 November 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the mental health of university students, in light of the 2021 Thriving Learners survey, which indicated that 73…
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 19 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 November 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to establish emergency mental health care services for young people and students."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 30 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the results of the Scottish Household Survey 2025 regarding childcare."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 17 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it consulted MSP staff trade unions on the contents of the employer pledge that MSPs were asked to sign up to."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 3 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 16 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to introducing breakfast clubs across all special schools from August 2027."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 9 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that students who are enrolled in, but not regularly attending college courses, are accurately classified in statistics on young people who are not in education, employment or training."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration is being given to ensuring that local authorities that have already implemented bans on mobile phones in schools do not incur additional costs when any national guidance is introduced."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 14 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be allocated per pupil to support the delivery of universal breakfast clubs in all primary and special schools."
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 14 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that social workers are taking children home to ensure their safety due to a lack of alternative accommodation, (a) what action it it taking and (b) how it will ensure that this does not become normal practice"
Asked by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 14 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its news release of 14 January 2026, Expansion of breakfast clubs, whether it will clarify the difference in wording between the references to the “introduction of universal breakfast club services by August 2027” and “a national breakfast club programme across all primary and special…
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