Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
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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
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 Russell Findlay. The date of their initial statement was 10 June 2021.
No registrable interests
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]
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]
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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: 24 April 2025
1. Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "The Scottish National Party’s policy of gender self-ID has now been ruled to be unlawful by our highest court…
Chamber meeting date: 22 April 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "From the very beginning, my party has been the sole voice of reason in this Parliament in warning of the dangers of gender self-identification. We stood up for women’s rights and urged the Government to drop this toxic and divisive issue…
Chamber meeting date: 3 April 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Scotland exports around £4 billion of goods to the United States each year—it is our largest export destination…
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "On behalf of my colleagues and my party, I commend the First Minister for his warm, heartfelt and personal tribute to our late parliamentary colleague Christina McKelvie…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 2 April 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "I have three amendments in this group, 53, 54 and 59, with amendments 54 and 59 being consequential to amendment 53, which is the most significant one and is my focus…
Find out how Russell Findlay has voted recently.
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 22 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 34 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 7 for, 111 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 103 for, 17 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Result 30 for, 84 against, 5 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
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: 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."
Answer expected on 12 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."
Answer expected on 12 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
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 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."
Answer expected 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."
Answer expected 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 on what date MV Glen Sannox was transferred from the Scottish Government back to CMAL as part of its ferry fleet."
Answer expected 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 what the price of MV Glen Sannox was upon transfer of responsibility for the vessel from the Scottish Government to CMAL."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 24 March 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2025
See all of Russell Findlay's questions submitted in Parliament