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Martyn Day

Scottish National Party

MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow (Constituency)

About Martyn Day

Contact details

Contact online

Website: martyndaysnp.org

X (previously known as Twitter): @x.com/MartynDaySNP

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6273
Text relay calls welcome.

Career as MSP

Career as MSP

Scottish National Party
MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow (Constituency)
07 May 2026 to present

Committees

Martyn Day is a member of 2 committees

Climate Action Committee

Member

Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Member

Cross-party groups

Martyn Day is not a member of any cross-party groups

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Martyn Day does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Martyn Day does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Martyn Day does not have any previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

Register of interests

Martyn Day's register of interests

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 Martyn Day. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2026.

Remuneration and related undertaking

Until 7 May 2026, when I resigned, I was a caseworker for Gordon Macdonald MSP (of 9 Kingsknowe Park, Edinburgh, EH14 2JQ). I spent around 20 hours per week on this role. I received remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum. I received a final salary payment of £522.99 on 31 May 2026.

Gifts

No registrable interests.

Overseas visits

No registrable interests.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests.

Heritable property

No registrable interests.

Interest in shares

No registrable interests.

Voluntary

On 19-21 June, I attended the Free Iran Summit in Paris, France. My attendance was paid for by Alliance for Public Awareness, Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT, at a cost of £438 for the flight and £411 for accommodation and food. [Registered 7 July 2026]

I am Co-chair of the Scottish Independence Convention.

Recent Activity

Official Report

What Martyn Day has said in Parliament

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.

Artificial Intelligence Data Centres (Planning Guidance)

Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2026

Martyn Day (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to bring forward planning guidance on AI data centres in order to enable local authorities to fully and properly assess their impact on local communities and the environment. (S7O-00126)"

Interests

Climate Action Committee meeting date: 25 June 2026

Martyn Day (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP): "I have no relevant interests to declare."

Grangemouth (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)

Chamber meeting date: 23 June 2026

Martyn Day (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP): "The Labour Government has announced £219 million for sustainable aviation fuel, a key transition option for the Grangemouth site, which produced jet fuel for all of Scotland before it was betrayed and shut down…

Interests

Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee meeting date: 23 June 2026

Martyn Day (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP): "I am going to sound really boring because I have got no registrable interests, but I will do my level best to make my contributions a bit more exciting."

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee meeting date: 23 June 2026

Martyn Day: "I am grateful, convener, for your explanation of the process. As a new member, this is the first time that I have had to look at the legislative consent process, so I put on the record that I think that you made the correct call at the beginning…

Votes

How Martyn Day has voted in Parliament

Find out how Martyn Day has voted recently.

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Motion ref. S7M-00469

Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Supported by: Kirsten Oswald
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 89 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Motion ref. S7M-00469.3

Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Supported by: Kate Nevens
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 16 for, 104 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Motion ref. S7M-00469.5

Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Supported by: James Adams
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 26 for, 78 against, 15 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Motion ref. S7M-00469.1

Submitted by: Amanda Bland, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK . Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 26 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Motion ref. S7M-00469.2

Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 65 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Martyn Day has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S7W-02208

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 31 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to Public Health Scotland figures suggesting that people living in the most deprived areas have a 74% higher risk of dying from cancer than those in the least deprived, and that inequalities in cancer mortality are continuing to widen."

Question reference: S7W-02180

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 30 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of changes to the Motability Scheme on the accessibility of the Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme (AVES) to disabled people in Scotland."

Question reference: S7W-02179

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 30 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support Motability customers in receipt of Social Security Scotland benefits who are affected by the changes to the Motability Scheme."

Question reference: S7W-01614

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 8 July 2026

Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 July 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the turnout in the most recent elections."

Question reference: S7W-01449

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 1 July 2026

Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 July 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the timeline will be for extending funded childcare provision to children from the age of nine months."

Question reference: S7W-02087

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 27 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 24 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to a) paying the Carer Support Payment in full to carers receiving state pension and b) introducing a carer recognition payment for carers with underlying entitlement."

Question reference: S7W-02085

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 27 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 24 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering any reforms to Permitted Development Rights to support the faster deployment of mobile telecommunications networks across Scotland."

Question reference: S7W-01652

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 24 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 21 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, following the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's report, State of Emergency Medicine in Scotland, which concluded that, under current arrangements, it would take 237 years to reduce 12-hour waits in emergency departments to 1,000 cases, what specific actions it has taken to ensure Scotland's emergency departments…

Question reference: S7W-01649

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 24 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 21 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has instructed NHS boards to prepare surge plans for winter 2026/27 and, if so, whether these plans will be published."

Question reference: S7W-01648

Asked by: Martyn Day, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 24 July 2026

Current Status: Answer expected on 21 August 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, with respect to the provision of health and social care services, what its definition of "surge planning" is, and how this differs from the "winter planning" approach used in previous years."