Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
Email: [email protected]
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6973
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80 Rosemount Place
Aberdeen
AB25 2XN
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
10 October 2024 - 30 October 2024
Member
29 June 2023 - 10 October 2024
Member
28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
Member
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
28 June 2017 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
29 June 2017 - 04 May 2021
Member
24 November 2016 - 20 August 2020
Deputy Convener
25 February 2020 - 20 August 2020
Substitute Member
03 September 2019 - 11 August 2020
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
18 January 2017 - 29 June 2017
Member
26 May 2016 - 28 June 2017
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
26 May 2016 - 28 June 2017
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
08 June 2016 - 18 January 2017
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29 September 2016 - 24 November 2016
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08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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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 Liam Kerr. The date of their initial statement was 21 May 2021.
I expect to receive dividends from Trinity Kerr Limited of between £500 and £2,000 per annum.
I am a director and employee of Trinity Kerr Limited, (a provider of legal services, c/o Infinity Partnership, Aberdeen). From May 2016 until July 2016 I received a gross salary of between £1,001 and £2,000. From July 2016 I have received no salary from this company.
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
Until 18 April 2024 I owned a flat in Edinburgh. I estimated the value of the property to be between £150,001 and £200,000. The gross rental income from the property was between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum. [Amended interest 24 April 2024, Ceased interest 24 April 2024]
I hold ordinary shares in Trinity Kerr Limited, a provider of legal services, representing 100% of the issued share capital.
I am registered with the Law Society of England and Wales.
I am registered with the Law Society of Scotland.
I am a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
I am a supporter of the following charities: ActionAid; The SOKO Fund, Lendwithcare.
I am a member of the RNLI.
I own a small number of shares in Aberdeen Community Energy, a community group which has installed a community hydro-electric turbine in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen. I do not consider these shares to be above the threshold for registration.
I am a member of the Royal Yachting Association.
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 December 2024
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "One of the drivers of legal aid deserts is the decreasing number of legal aid criminal defence solicitors. The legal aid trainee fund is due to end in March 2025 and the Government says that it is evaluating the scheme…
Chamber meeting date: 28 November 2024
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "One hundred and twenty-eight people have been killed or injured on this killer road since 2021. The report acknowledges that the full dualling, which was promised 13 years and 16 transport ministers ago, “would provide greater accident reductions”…
Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2024
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "I hear everything that the cabinet secretary has said, but does she not concede that simply introducing a governor’s veto would add an extra safeguard to a process that has not been sufficiently scrutinised for safety, given the emergency process that we are going through?"
Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2024
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "After two days’ scrutiny—five working days after MSPs, civic Scotland and crime victims saw it—MSPs now consider whether to pass a bill that will, in a permanent change, automatically release short-sentence prisoners after they have served only 40 per cent of their time, and it will ensure that, when the Government wants to do the same for…
Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2024
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "I rise to speak in support of amendment 3. There is little that I can add to my earlier remarks or to the sage analysis of Martin Whitfield of this unicameral Parliament and the importance of the process…
Find out how Liam Kerr has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 55 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 89 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 2, 2024
Supported by: Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 117 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 27 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 51 for, 60 against, 7 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Liam Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the monthly average sales income for fishermen has been in each of the last three years to date."
Answer expected on 18 December 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 21 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the current prison population, broken down by each institution within the Scottish Prison Service estate."
Answered by Angela Constance on 3 December 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 25 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken on Project Pegasus in England and Wales to tackle retail crime, and what conclusions it has drawn from this research."
Answer expected on 10 December 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 25 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it has a role in facilitating a scheme similar to Project Pegasus in Scotland to tackle retail crime, and, if so, whether it is considering (a) setting up and (b) funding such a scheme."
Answer expected on 10 December 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 25 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it would provide funding to an equivalent scheme to Project Pegasus in England and Wales to tackle retail crime."
Answer expected on 10 December 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the setting up of a contact centre to manage victims signing up to the Victim Notification Scheme, how much has been allocated to the setting up and ongoing running of the centre, and whether this is new money that will not be taken from funds allocated to victim support organisations or other third…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the design capacity is of HMP Barlinnie; how many prisoners it currently holds, and how many cells typically accommodate more than one inmate."
Answered by Angela Constance on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the design capacity is of HMP Inverness; how many prisoners it currently holds, and how many cells typically accommodate more than one inmate."
Answered by Angela Constance on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects the report by the former chief executive of the Scottish Law Commission regarding the offices of the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General to be (a) received by ministers, (b) produced and (c) published."
Answered by Angela Constance on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Kerr, Liam, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that it recommends a change to the dual role of the Lord Advocate, what process it will follow within its statutory power to give effect to the report by the former chief executive of the Scottish Law Commission regarding the offices of the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General, and within what…
Answered by Angela Constance on 25 November 2024