Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
22 June 2021 - 10 October 2024
Deputy Convener
28 June 2023 - 27 September 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
22 September 2021 - 08 September 2022
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Member
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 Russell Findlay. The date of their initial statement was 10 June 2021.
No registrable interests
On 5 September 2024 I received a donation of £25,000 to my leadership campaign from Mr Alasdair Locke, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 5 September 2024. [Registered 26 September 2024]
On 5 August 2024 I received a donation of £2,000 to my leadership campaign from Dr Robert Kilgour, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 7 August 2024. [Registered 30 August 2024]
On 6 August 2024 I received a donation of £2,000 to my leadership campaign from Mr John Watt, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 8 August 2024. [Registered 2 September 2024]
On 5 August 2024 I received a donation of £2,000 to my leadership campaign from Dr Mary Stewart Macklin, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 7 August 2024. [Registered 30 August 2024]
On Sunday 30 April 2023, I attended the Scottish FA Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Glasgow as a guest of MFGC Holdings Ltd (of 87 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2AW). The approximate total value of a match ticket and hospitality I received was £390. [Registered 5 May 2023]
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I am a member of the National Union of Journalists.
On 11 February 2023 I was a guest of NatWest Group at the Scotland vs. Wales Six Nations rugby match. The value of the ticket was £122 and hospitality £40. [Registered 21 February 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: 8 May 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Eighty years ago today, the guns fell silent across Europe. At 3 pm on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a radio announcement to the people of our country…
Chamber meeting date: 8 May 2025
1. Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "This week’s programme for government promises to deliver 100,000 more general practitioner appointments, but Public Health Scotland says that, over the past year, there have been 500,000 fewer GP appointments than in the year before John Swinney became First Minister. The British Medical Association Scotland says that the Scottish National Party’s…
Chamber meeting date: 8 May 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Today marks 80 years since the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. After six years of bloodshed and horror, our country awoke to the light of freedom as the dark forces of fascism were vanquished…
Chamber meeting date: 6 May 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Today’s flimsy programme for government is just more of the same from the SNP, and it will do little to restore public trust. It is no wonder that around one in three of the party’s MSPs could not be bothered to turn up to listen to it…
Chamber meeting date: 1 May 2025
Russell Findlay: "The SNP used to say, “It’s Scotland’s oil.” Now, it wants to just stop oil…
Find out how Russell Findlay has voted recently.
Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 30 for, 84 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, May 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 59 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 48 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Russell Findlay has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 May 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33050 by Shona Robison on 21 January 2025, how much it has spent on advertising in (a) national and (b) local newspapers, broken down by title, in each of the last five years."
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will lay before Parliament the Fitness for Judicial Office Tribunal report relating to part-time sheriff John Halley."
Answer expected on 22 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the dates of the last 10 meetings of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, and how many of these meetings were attended by its ministers."
Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the nationalisation of Ferguson Marine in 2019, whether responsibility for the contract to build MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa was transferred from CMAL to the Scottish Government."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government on what date MV Glen Sannox was transferred from the Scottish Government back to CMAL as part of its ferry fleet."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether MV Glen Sannox was completed to its original design specification as stipulated by CMAL."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the price of MV Glen Sannox was upon transfer of responsibility for the vessel from the Scottish Government to CMAL."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 April 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025
See all of Russell Findlay's questions submitted in Parliament