Scottish National Party
MSP for Falkirk East (Constituency) 2021 - present day
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Website: michellethomson.scot
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18 June 2024 - 26 June 2024
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29 June 2023 - 17 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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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 Michelle Thomson. The date of their initial statement was 04 June 2021.
I am a Director of Senza Rit Ltd, a property management company (C/o Cunningham Grant Chartered Accountants, Unit G6, The Granary Business Centre, Coal Road, Cupar , Fife KY15 5YQ). I expect to receive remuneration of between £1,001 and £2,000 per annum in the form of life cover. I do not play an active role in running the business.
I am a sole trader of Thomson Holdings, a property investment company (C/o Cunningham Grant Chartered Accountants, Unit G6, The Granary Business Centre, Coal Road, Cupar , Fife KY15 5YQ). I expect to receive remuneration of between £10,001 and £15,000 per annum and will spend 1 hour per month in the role. This remuneration represents a net sum that is also recorded in the heritable property category.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
I own a flat in Edinburgh with a market value of between £200,001 and £250,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
I own a flat in West Lothian with a market value of between £50,001 and £100,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 January 2024]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 14 February 2023]
[Ceased Interest removed from entry: 29 August 2023]
I own a house in Edinburgh with a market value of between £150,001 and £200,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
I own ordinary shares in Senza Rit Ltd, a property management company, representing 60% of the issued share capital, with a market value of £16,500.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 17 February 2023]
On 22 April, I was appointed an Ambassador of the Transparency Taskforce, a social enterprise concerned with the promotion of ongoing reform of the financial sector. This is an unremunerated role. [Registered 22 April 2022]
I am an Ambassador of the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Business Banking. I receive no income, benefit, or gifts for this role.
I am a director of Revive, a Community Interest Company which promotes the understanding of issues arising from explosive devices. I receive no income, benefit, or gifts for this role.
From 3 to 6 November 2024, I visited Sarajevo and Srebrenica with Beyond Srebrenica, a charity that educates and informs about the atrocities of the civil war in Bosnia. The costs of the travel and accommodation amounted to £900 (flights £605, accommodation and meals £295) and were met by Beyond Srebrenica (a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation No SCO46540; Beyond Srebrenica, c/o Turcan Connell Solicitors, Princes Exchange, Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh EH3 9EE). [Registered 2 December 2024]
From 4 to 5 September 2023, I attended and gave a talk at the Promoting International Cooperation, Cultural Understanding & Peace Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia. The costs of the travel and accommodation amounted to £753.41 and were met, along with hospitality costs, by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in the USA and in Germany). [Registered 3 October 2023]
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: 29 April 2025
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "The Supreme Court has clarified the law, which is an absolute win compared with our simply having guidance, whether it be interim or otherwise…
Chamber meeting date: 24 April 2025
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "The public administration section of the Finance and Public Administration Committee recently met the outgoing permanent secretary…
Chamber meeting date: 24 April 2025
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "I was very interested to hear the definition that the member just gave. Indeed, it probably concurs with the definition that the FPA Committee would have given, had it been asked to give one, because that is what we have seen, too…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 23 April 2025
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I want to pick up a thread that, I think, Tony Burns started on when he talked about underrepresented groups. In your industries, how can you target girls and women…
Chamber meeting date: 22 April 2025
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "I note the conciliatory tone that the cabinet secretary has adopted. I am especially pleased now that women’s voices will, eventually, be listened to…
Find out how Michelle Thomson has voted recently.
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 22 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 34 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 7 for, 111 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 103 for, 17 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 30 for, 84 against, 5 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Michelle Thomson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress on the funding model for the Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme in its current iteration, following its decision not to “call in” the scheme for ministerial inquiry."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 April 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what opportunities it has identified to grow Scotland’s economy, following Tartan Week 2025."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Project Willow Grangemouth study."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 March 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 March 2025
"To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the recent UK Living Standards Review 2025, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and any implications for its work to grow Scotland’s economy."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what further engagement it has had with Ineos, in light of recent reports of additional redundancies related to the closure of the Grangemouth refinery."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what role the Skills Transition Centre at Forth Valley College will play in protecting and redeploying the skills base, and providing further training opportunities for a just transition of workers in the Grangemouth chemical cluster."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to sustain and expand Gaelic-medium education."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to invest in the hospice care sector, in light of the £4 million referred to in the draft Budget 2025-26."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Falkirk Council is to consider a motion calling for immediate action by the Scottish Government to support the Grangemouth chemical cluster and the future of its industry."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the additional £34 million allocated to Culture and Heritage in its draft Budget will assist in the preservation of any small, yet key, Scottish heritage sites under threat of closure, such as Kinneil Museum in the Falkirk East constituency."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025
See all of Michelle Thomson's questions submitted in Parliament