Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5647
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Room 35-36, Airdrie Business Centre
1 Chapel Lane
Airdrie
ML6 6GX
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
06 November 2024 - 26 June 2025
Substitute Member
29 June 2023 - 28 March 2024
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22 June 2022 - 29 June 2023
Substitute Member
22 September 2022 - 29 June 2023
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20 September 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
18 May 2021 - 22 September 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 September 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 20 September 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
Convener
23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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 Stephen Kerr. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
Until March 31 2021, I was a self-employed Consultant for Results Based Leadership Ltd, a management consultancy (of Wallace House, Maxwell Place, Stirling FK8 1JU). I received between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum for occasional work. I expect to receive between £10,001 and £20,000 for work I completed before I was elected. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions.
Until February 28 2021, I was a self-employed paid Consultant for the Sign Language Interactions Limited, a company which delivers BSL interpreter services within the public, private and voluntary sector (of Claremont Office, 112 Cornwall Street, South Kinning Park, Glasgow G41 1AA). I received between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum and spent 2 days per month in the role. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions.
Until March 31 2021, I was a self-employed paid Consultant for the British Cleaning Council, an association of UK’s cleaning, hygiene and waste management industries (of Pacioli House, 9 Brookfield, Duncan Close, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6WL). I received between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum and spent 2 days per month in the role. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions.
Until March 31 2021, I was a self-employed Consultant for the Association of Professional Sales, now known as the Institute of Sales Professionals, an association concerned with professional standards in the field of sales (of 19, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9JQ). I received between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum and spent 2 days per month in the role. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions. [Amended interest 9 September 2025]
Until March 31 2021, I was a self-employed paid Consultant for the Invicta Public Affairs Limited, a company which engages with government on behalf of clients (of 9 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1QQ). I was involved with the marine energy sector and the wood panel industries. I received between £35,001 and £40,000 per annum for occasional work. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions.
Until March 31 2021, I was a self-employed independent assessor for the Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences at Middlesex University, an organisation concerned with course assessments (of The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT). I received between £1,001 and £2,000 pr annum for occasional work. This represents gross invoiced income before cost deductions.
On 27 February 2025 I received tickets and hospitality to the value of £200 from Scottish Opera (of 39 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow, G2 4PT) for the Scottish Opera performance of "The Makropulos Affair". On 15 October 2025, I received two tickets to the value of £150 to Scottish Opera’s performance of La Bohème at Theatre Royal, Glasgow. The cumulative value of these gifts is £350 and therefore over the threshold for registration in the gifts category. [Registered 22 November 2025]
From 13 to 16 November 2025, I attended, by invitation, the Parliamentary Diabetes Global Network (PDGN) Advocacy Forum in Valletta, Malta. The estimated cost of the trip for two people was £1,500. This was funded by the PGDN, 44 Howard Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4EA. PDGN is an organisation of parliamentarians who champion diabetes prevention, early diagnosis and the best treatments for all. [Registered 22 November 2025]
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
I own common stock shares in Kimberley-Clark Corp, a brand supplier of consumer disposable products with a value of £50,000. [Amended interest 25 March 2025]
I am a Director of Whistleblowers (Company number 09347927). I receive no remuneration for this role.
Until 31 December 2024, I was an unpaid adviser to the Institute of Sales Professionals, an association concerned with professional standards in the field of sales (of 19, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9JQ). [Amended interest 25 March 2025]
On 14 October 2025 I received two tickets to the value of £120 to The Seagull at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. [Registered 22 November 2025]
I am a Director of Conservative Friends of the Union Ltd. (Company number 13411041. I receive no remuneration for this role.
I am a Trustee of Freedom Declared Foundation (Company number 10524561; charity number 1174966). I receive no remuneration for this role.
On 27 February 2025 I received tickets and hospitality to the value of £200 from Scottish Opera for the Scottish Opera performance of "The Makropulos Affair". [Registered 25 March 2025]
Until 31 December 2024, I was an unpaid adviser to the British Cleaning Council, an association of the UK’s cleaning, hygiene and waste management industries (of Pacioli House, 9 Brookfield, Duncan Close, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6WL). [Amended interest 25 March 2025]
I am a member of the Royal British Legion. [Registered 25 March 2025]
I am a Guild Brother of the Guildry of Stirling. [Registered 25 March 2025]
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Stirling and Alloa. [Registered 2 November 2021]
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: 22 January 2026
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "No, you did not."
Chamber meeting date: 22 January 2026
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "No, you did not."
Chamber meeting date: 22 January 2026
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "No, you did not."
Chamber meeting date: 22 January 2026
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "No, you did not."
Chamber meeting date: 22 January 2026
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "No, you did not."
Find out how Stephen Kerr has voted recently.
Motion ref. S6M-20414
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 22, 2026
Result 25 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 57 Amendment 43
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Result 28 for, 72 against, 18 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 57 Amendment 42
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Result 46 for, 73 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Find out what motions Stephen Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason eligibility for the First Minister’s Start Up Challenge is restricted to only young people from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds, and what assessment it has made of the impact this restriction will have on other entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how much have electricity generators in Scotland been paid in constraint payments in each year since 2021."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its decision to draw down a further £286 million from ScotWind revenues, whether it anticipates requiring additional drawdowns from the ScotWind fund to balance future spending reviews."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 22 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when its (a) officials and (b) ministers last met the management at Alexander Dennis."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 22 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that Alexander Dennis is meeting its obligations regarding the funding that it has made available to the company."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42739 by Ivan McKee on 9 January 2026, what sources provided the evidence for the internal review to implement the 40% in-person working target, and whether it will set out what these sources advised."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 21 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how many new teachers, who qualified in the last three years, are now in permanent teaching posts."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated in its draft Budget 2026-27 to a museum of empire, slavery, colonialism and migration in Glasgow."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 13 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not yet provided a target date for establishing a 24/7 thrombectomy service."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 7 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission to publish its final report, and whether it plans to make a statement to the Parliament on the Commission's recommendations following publication."