Scottish National Party
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09 November 2023 - 29 October 2024
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31 March 2022 - 16 November 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 Ruth Maguire. The date of their initial statement was 03 June 2021.
Until 19 May 2016, when I resigned my position, I was a councillor with North Ayrshire Council (of Cunninghame House, Irvine). I received remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum.
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I am a trustee of the Break the Silence Charity. Break The Silence provide a range of tailored, professional support options for people affected by childhood sexual trauma in East and North Ayrshire. [Registered 13 August 2024]
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 October 2025
5. Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what representations non-governmental organisations have made to it regarding its work to support humanitarian assistance in Palestine. (S6O-05030)"
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 2 October 2025
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP): "Until 19 May 2016, I was a North Ayrshire councillor."
Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2025
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP): "I welcome what the cabinet secretary has said about the implementation of part 2 of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021. Can she give an indication of when that might happen?"
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 18 September 2025
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP): "Good morning, minister. I want to ask you about the timing of the count. In the order, you have not specified a requirement for the count to be done overnight, but you have said that that is your preference…
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 18 September 2025
Ruth Maguire: "I do not object to what is proposed. However, looking at what has happened, I wonder whether it might be a good example for our committee to examine when we look at the operation of cross-party groups and their rules."
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Ruth Maguire has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what representations NGOs have made to it regarding its work to support humanitarian assistance in Palestine."
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:8 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2025
"To ask the First Minister, in light of reports of the rising rate of poverty for families with a baby under one and new evidence from Save the Children that increasing Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods payments could significantly reduce the child poverty rate for this priority group, whether the Scottish Government will consider increasing…
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:3 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to support sustainable farming and food production that is based on improving biodiversity."
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:28 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, when bail conditions for a perpetrator of domestic abuse are considered, what regard is given to the views of the victim; how any views and information provided by the victim are collected, and what the rights of the victim are with regard to access to information on the bail conditions of the perpetrator."
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:23 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report, Forensic Science in England and Wales: Pulling Out of the Graveyard Spiral, published on 9 June 2025 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Miscarriages of Justice, which highlighted shortcomings with forensic science capabilities in England and Wales that could make miscarriages of…
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:28 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many bail-related offences were associated with an original charge of domestic abuse in 2023-24."
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:28 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many times an individual, who was arrested for domestic abuse offences and then released from police custody with conditions or an undertaking, breached those conditions or that undertaking, in 2023-24."
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:30 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 11 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29907 by Dorothy Bain on 26 September 2024, how many contracts and service level agreements for pathology and mortuary services the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has; whether all contracts and service level agreements require pathologists to meet with the…
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:30 October 2024
Asked by: Ruth Maguire, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:17 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 26 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the findings of the independent review of the forensic pathology response to the Hillsborough disaster, conducted by forensic science expert, Glenn Taylor, which identified seven areas for reform, what further action forensic pathology services in Scotland can take to ensure that they…