Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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05 December 2024 - 30 September 2025
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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04 October 2018 - 01 March 2021
Scottish Labour
02 September 2019 - 01 March 2021
Scottish Labour
18 November 2017 - 14 January 2021
Scottish Labour
28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 23 November 2017
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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 Richard Leonard. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
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I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
On Saturday 26 November 2022 I attended and spoke at a conference on Community Wealth Building in Preston. This event was sponsored by the Communication Workers Union (a trade union) which provided bed and breakfast accommodation in the Holiday Inn Preston on Friday 25 November 2022. The value of the hospitality was £120. [Registered 16 January 2023, Amended interest 20 January 2023]
I am a member of the GMB Union.
I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
On 22 June 2025 I was presented with an inscribed decanter by the RMT trade union at their Annual General Meeting in Glasgow. The value of the decanter was approximately £100. [Registered 28 July 2025]
I am a member of the William Morris Society.
I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
On Sunday 5 May 2024 I attended the Professional Footballers Association Scotland (PFAS) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFAS. The value of the hospitality was £60. [Registered 10 May 2024]
I am a member of the Keir Hardie Society.
On Sunday 1 May 2022 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFA. The value of the hospitality was £50. [Registered 16 July 2022]
I am the Convener of the RMT Scottish Parliamentary Group. [Registered 22 June 2021]
I am a member of the Scottish Labour History Society.
I am a friend of the Grassic Gibbon Centre. [Registered 4 October 2024]
Expenses incurred in the constituency campaign for the Scottish Parliament Election of 6 May 2021 were met by Airdrie and Shotts Constituency Labour Party (A&S CLP). To assist in this campaign A&S CLP received, from permissible sources, the following donations: £2,000 from Unite the Union, a trade union (of John Smith House, 145/165 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RZ). £1,000 from CWU, a trade union (of 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RX). £250 from ASLEF, a trade union (of 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4NN). £450 from UNISON Scotland a trade union (of 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6RX). £100 from TSSA, a trade union (of 2nd floor, 17 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4SQ). £500 from the RMT, a trade union (of Unity House. 39 Chalton Street. London NW1 1JD).
On 15 February 2024 I accepted two tickets by invitation from Scottish Opera for a performance of Marx In London! at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. The value of the tickets and associated hospitality was £203. [Registered 23 February 2024]
On 14th of May 2023 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Scotland Annual Dinner as a guest of the PFA. The value of the dinner was £50. [Registered 27 July 2023]
I am Convenor of the PFA Scotland Parliamentary Interest Group. [Registered 11 November 2021]
On 4 May 2025 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFA. The value of the hospitality was £51. [Registered 15 May 2025]
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: 28 January 2026
Richard Leonard: "The siege of Venezuela, the seizure of its President and the recolonisation of its oil fields; the continuing siege of Cuba and the threat to its sovereignty; and the threat to Greenland and the robbery of its mineral wealth—is this not naked aggression? Is this not raw imperialism? Are they not illegal actions of Donald Trump—actions that all…
Chamber meeting date: 21 January 2026
3. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it has entered into with the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding the publication of the controlling interests of recipients of payments made under the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024. (S6O-05389)"
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 21 January 2026
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Thank you very much, convener, and thanks for the opportunity to move my amendment…
Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2026
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I thank Maggie Chapman for lodging the motion in Parliament, which I am delighted to support. A few weeks ago, one Friday afternoon, I sat down with firefighters at the Cumbernauld fire station…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 14 January 2026
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Thank you very much, convener.What these amendments attempt to do is to promote and realise the potential of employee ownership in the economy…
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Motion ref. S6M-20611.1
Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent. Date lodged: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Sharon Dowey, Fergus Ewing, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Ross, Graham Simpson, Michelle Thomson, Tess White
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 28 for, 83 against, 1 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6M-20549
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 26, 2026
Supported by: Jim Fairlie, Mairi Gougeon
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 90 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-20527
Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 69 for, 27 against, 19 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
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These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 30 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the work that is being done in the development of Employment Injury Assistance to consider whether all current qualifying prescribed conditions for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit will remain and if other conditions will be added."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 30 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what consultation and involvement it has had with trade unions in the development of Employment Injury Assistance."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 21 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the United States Consul General in Edinburgh to discuss Scotland’s international strategy."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it has entered into with the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding the publication of the controlling interests of recipients of payments made under the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 8 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can provide to the (a) firefighters and (b) communities of Cumbernauld and surrounding areas that the urban search and rescue appliance will continue to operate from Cumbernauld Fire Station following the service delivery review."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 8 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what sites have been identified in the Cumbernauld area for the construction of a new fire station; what the timescale is for the construction of this, and by what date it will become operational."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41435 by Mairi McAllan on 18 November 2025, whether it will provide a list of those specific organisations that it (a) has met or consulted with (i) between 20 November 2024 and 16 January 2025 and (ii) since 17 January 2025 and (b) it plans to consult with in the development of…
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 28 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of older and vulnerable people who will have their insurance policies for funeral costs withdrawn as a result of the termination of the Family Protection Plan by C Mutual and Maiden Life Försäkrings from 30 November 2025."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 17 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether regional news serves an important function in a democracy."
Asked by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Holding Answer by Mairi McAllan on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41434 by Mairi McAllan on 18 November 2025, whether it plans to publish the final review report and options for ministers to consider for new accommodation standards for seasonal workers developed by its Housing Standards and Quality team, and, if so, by what date this will…
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