Independent
MSP for Inverness and Nairn (Constituency) 2025 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Inverness and Nairn (Constituency) 2011 - 2025
Former MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Constituency) 1999 - 2011
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31 March 2022 - 27 April 2023
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 31 March 2022
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08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022
Substitute Member
17 February 2020 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
26 June 2018 - 17 February 2020
Scottish Government
19 May 2016 - 26 June 2018
Scottish Government
21 November 2014 - 18 May 2016
Scottish Government
25 May 2011 - 21 November 2014
Scottish Government
17 May 2007 - 25 May 2011
Scottish Government
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
09 May 2006 - 02 April 2007
Deputy Convener
23 September 2004 - 09 May 2006
Member
10 June 2003 - 21 September 2004
Deputy Convener
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Scottish National Party
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Scottish National Party
04 June 2003 - 10 June 2003
Member
27 June 2001 - 31 March 2003
Scottish National Party
16 May 2002 - 31 March 2003
Substitute Member
08 January 2001 - 31 March 2003
Deputy Convener
07 November 2000 - 07 January 2001
Deputy Convener
17 June 1999 - 23 November 2000
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02 November 2000 - 07 November 2000
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17 June 1999 - 01 November 2000
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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 Fergus Ewing. The date of their initial statement was 24 May 2021.
No registrable interests
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I own a house in Lossiemouth which has a market value of between £150,001 and £200,000 and from which I derive income of up to £5,000 per annum.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 02 May 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 02 May 2023]
I own ordinary shares in Findlay Park American (an investment trust) with a value of £49,327. [Amended interest 1 May 2022]
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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: 13 November 2025
7. Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will request that the Auditor General conducts an investigation into the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, in light of the finding in the Future Economy Scotland report, “Rethinking ScotWind: Maximising Scotland’s offshore wind potential”, that, on a per megawatt basis, a comparable leasing round in…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "The 14,860 hectares of peatland that were restored last year accounted for a reduction in carbon emissions of approximately 282,000 tonnes…
Chamber meeting date: 11 November 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "The suggestion of a mountain rescue-type service is welcome, but, as someone who served in a mountain rescue team for about a decade, albeit in a different century, I assure the minister that it would take several decades for a voluntary model to develop. That is just fact. We need an urgent solution to tackle wildfires more effectively to be in…
Chamber meeting date: 11 November 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "Does Mr Kerr agree that the real tragedy of those prospective job losses—which are on a scale that is greater than in the 1980s, when we saw the closure of Ravenscraig—is that they are entirely avoidable if we resume the policy of maximum economic recovery, which we used to have when I was energy minister, and reduce the profits levy? Those two…
Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "Cameron barracks in Inverness is close to the city centre, near two schools and lies in a residential area…
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Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 81 for, 35 against, 2 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 35 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Supported by: Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 62 for, 36 against, 19 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 80 for, 36 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Jim Fairlie, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Supported by: Fiona Hyslop
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 65 for, 34 against, 19 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
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: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot has attended meetings of the Highland Council steering group that is dealing with the issues of seagull management, and, if not, for what reason."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether its position on the transfer of children's vaccinations to GPs by NHS Highland due to proceed in April 2026 has changed, and whether it will provide a detailed statement of the timetable for the processes involved in the transfer of this service to GPs."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the hybrid system of vaccinations of NHS Highland shared between its teams and GPs, what the estimated annual (a) extra costs of maintaining a dual system and (b) costs of each of the two parts of the service are, in each of the next five years."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding NatureScot's work on the issue of gull management, whether it has confidence in its CEO and Chair."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what estimate has been made of the extra costs of the continuance of a hybrid arrangement in NHS Highland for the delivery of vaccination services, with some provided by GPs and some by NHS Highland vaccination teams."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot is implementing the work that the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity announced it would commit to in his ministerial statement on 1 October 2025; what action he will take if NatureScot fails to implement the work, and whether he will exercise his power of direction to require NatureScot to…
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland requires a vaccination distribution licence and, if so, what the reasons are for this, what the cost is of such a licence, and whether the cost requires to be met by NHS Highland."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the Public Health Scotland Board (a) currently receives and (b) formerly received regular updates regarding the uptake rates of the winter flu vaccine, and, if it no longer receives these updates, who decided to discontinue this practice, and for what reason."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland has run a Hospital at Home programme, and, if so, what the cost has been to date, and how many patients have taken part in it."
Asked by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged:14 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the overspend by NHS Highland was in the financial year 2024-25, and whether it will provide a breakdown of this overspend."