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Douglas Lumsden

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Douglas Lumsden

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5967
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

80 Rosemount Place
Aberdeen
AB25 2XN

Committees

Douglas is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Douglas is a member of 7 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Armed Forces and Veterans Community

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Beer and Pubs

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Civil Nuclear Industry

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Towns and Town Centres

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Douglas does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Douglas has 2 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Energy

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Party Spokesperson on Net Zero

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Previous roles

Douglas has had 5 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024

Party Spokesperson on Transport

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Member

21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Community Wealth

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Public Finance

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Planning

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Register of interests

Douglas's register of interests

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 Douglas Lumsden. The date of their initial statement was 26 May 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

I am a local authority Councillor for Aberdeen City Council (of Marischal College, Aberdeen AB10 1AB). I spend in the region of 12 hours per week on this role. I receive remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum.

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

No registrable interests

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

No registrable interests

Recent Activity

What was said

What Douglas Lumsden has said in Parliament

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: 11 December 2025

Energy Profits Levy (North-east Impact)

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "I agree that the energy profits levy is a disaster and threatens jobs, but so does the Scottish Government’s presumption against new oil and gas…

Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2025

Grangemouth (Just Transition)

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "Can the cabinet secretary tell me whether the closures of the Grangemouth refinery and the Exxon plant at Mossmorran have impacted on the viability of the Acorn project…

Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025

Oil and Gas Jobs (North-East)

3. Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues on how its internal modelling of oil and gas jobs in the north-east compares with the latest industry estimates. (S6O-05261)"

Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025

Road Network (Connectivity and Economic Growth)

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "I thank colleagues from across the chamber who have so clearly set out the challenges that our road networks face. I want to start by acknowledging the very real and life-changing consequences of not getting our road infrastructure right…

Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025

Business Motions

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Votes

How Douglas Lumsden has voted in Parliament

Find out how Douglas Lumsden has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-20099

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution

Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, December 11, 2025

Result 79 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote

MSP voted against

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-20068.1

Business Programme

Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 34 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6M-20057

Connecting Scotland

Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 8, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 34 for, 87 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote

MSP voted for

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6M-20057.3

Connecting Scotland

Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 60 for, 60 against, 2 abstained, 7 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6M-20057.1

Connecting Scotland

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 23 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Douglas Lumsden has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S6W-42529

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 11 December 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 8 January 2026

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42085 by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2025, what information it has regarding the dates that the teams involved in Let’s Do Net Zero discussed the Heroes of Net Zero communications campaign, whether formal or informal minutes, notes or other records were taken of those…

Question reference: S6O-05322

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 10 December 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that increased regulations have had on the construction costs of housebuilding."

Question reference: S6W-42412

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 5 December 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41888 by Gillian Martin on 1 December 2025, what information it has on the total cost to it of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy’s travel to attend the COP30 UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil, broken down by (a) travel, (b) accommodation, (c) subsistence…

Question reference: S6W-42414

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 5 December 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42087 by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2025, for what reason carbon savings were not measured for the Climate Change Saltire Fellowships and Scotland Lights up Malawi projects funded from the Scottish Government carbon levy; what assessment it has made of the impact of these projects…

Question reference: S6W-42411

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 5 December 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-41875, S6W-41876, S6W-41877, S6W-41879, S6W-41880, S6W-41882 and S6W-41884 by Neil Gray on 1 December 2025, what information it currently collects from NHS boards on patients who travel outwith their home board area to receive secondary or tertiary care, and whether it plans to…

Question reference: S6W-42413

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 5 December 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42088 by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2025, what information it can provide on the current review of the Scottish Government carbon levy, including (a) the remit and scope of the review, (b) when the review (i) commenced and (ii) will be completed, (c) which (1) directorates and (2)…

Question reference: S6W-42085

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 20 November 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41710 by Gillian Martin on 18 November 2025, what work was undertaken in relation to the reported action point recorded in the note of the meeting between the Minister for Climate Action and HadFab Limited on 22 May 2024 that “SG officials [were] to explore the idea of a…

Question reference: S6O-05261

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 3 December 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues on how its internal modelling of oil and gas jobs in the north east compares with the latest industry estimates."

Question reference: S6W-42027

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 19 November 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 2 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Just Transition Plan for the Mossmorran Industrial Site."

Question reference: S6W-42087

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: 20 November 2025

Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41713 by Ivan McKee on 13 November 2025, whether it will provide information on what money collected from the Scottish Government carbon levy on its business flights has been spent since the levy was introduced, broken down for each funded project by (a) project name and…

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