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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour

MSP for Glasgow (Region) 2016 - present day

About Anas Sarwar

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @AnasSarwar

Facebook: Anas's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5830
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Anas is not a member of any committees

Cross-party groups

Anas is a member of 1 cross-party group

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Challenging Racial and Religious Prejudice

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Anas does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Anas has 1 party role

Party Leader

Scottish Labour

Previous roles

Anas has had 13 previous roles

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

27 February 2021 - 04 May 2021

Party Leader

Scottish Labour

26 November 2020 - 04 May 2021

Finance and Constitution Committee

Member

16 November 2020 - 27 February 2021

Party Spokesperson on Brexit

Scottish Labour

16 November 2020 - 27 February 2021

Party Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs

Scottish Labour

05 March 2020 - 07 December 2020

Public Audit and Postlegislative Scrutiny Committee

Acting Convener

05 March 2020 - 07 December 2020

Scottish Commission for Public Audit

Member

05 March 2020 - 07 December 2020

conveners group

Member

01 November 2018 - 05 March 2020

Public Audit and Postlegislative Scrutiny Committee

Member

25 September 2019 - 25 February 2020

Local Government and Communities Committee

Substitute Member

10 September 2019 - 25 September 2019

Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Substitute Member

28 June 2016 - 10 September 2019

Health and Sport Committee

Substitute Member

25 May 2016 - 04 October 2018

Party Spokesperson on Health

Scottish Labour

19 December 2017 - 04 October 2018

Party Spokesperson on Sport

Scottish Labour

Register of interests

Anas's register of interests

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.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Anas Sarwar 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 September 2025

Criminal Justice (Retail Crime)

2. Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): "The Scottish National Party has a soft-touch approach to crime in our country. Since the last election, shoplifting is up 124 per cent…

Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025

National Health Service

2. Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): "This summer, I travelled to every part of our country and, in every community, the people I met had one clear priority: fixing our national health service. However, this morning, John Swinney showed that fixing the NHS will never be his priority…

Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025

Gaza

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): "The situation in Gaza is beyond intolerable: the deliberate starvation of children, the killing of innocent civilians trying to access aid and the collective punishment of a population with tens of thousands being killed and schools, hospitals and lives being destroyed. We need the bloodshed to stop right now. There must be an immediate ceasefire,…

Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2025

Scottish Government Priorities

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): "I welcome all members back to the chamber for the new session. It may be a new session, but, for this knackered SNP Government, it is the same old script and the same old tired voices…

Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025

National Health Service

2. Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): "Presiding Officer, I join others in thanking you for your service and wishing you all the best for whatever comes next, although I fully expect that, over the next 10 months, you will continue to hold us to behaving with proper decorum in the Parliament and to tell us off from time to time. Just this week, we have seen that house building has…

Votes

How Anas Sarwar has voted in Parliament

Find out how Anas Sarwar has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-18795

Supporting Scottish Exports in Response to Global Uncertainty

Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025

Result 60 for, 49 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-18795.1

Supporting Scottish Exports in Response to Global Uncertainty

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025

Result 23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-18795.3

Supporting Scottish Exports in Response to Global Uncertainty

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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

Result 26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-18780.3

Impact of Accommodating Asylum Seekers on Scottish Local Government

Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Result 72 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-18780

Impact of Accommodating Asylum Seekers on Scottish Local Government

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 8, 2025

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

Result 91 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Anas Sarwar has asked

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

Question ref. S6F-04294

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 September 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025

Question ref. S6F-04274

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 September 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2025

Question ref. S6F-04256

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 September 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025

Question ref. S6F-04214

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23 June 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2025

Question ref. S6F-04188

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 June 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025

Question ref. S6F-04162

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2025

Question ref. S6F-04142

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2025

Question ref. S6F-04119

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 May 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2025

Question ref. S6F-04091

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 May 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2025

Question ref. S6F-04070

Asked by: Sarwar, Anas, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 May 2025

"Question to be taken in Chamber."

Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

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