Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
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Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
Member
29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
Member
18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
Substitute Member
19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
Deputy Convener
29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
Member
14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
Scottish Government
16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
Member
29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016
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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: 11 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I agree with the cabinet secretary that it is extremely concerning that there has been a category A safety event at Faslane. It certainly brings Scotland’s environmental risks from nuclear weapons into sharp focus…
Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I, too, was a speaker outside the Parliament at the For Women Scotland rally last week. I approached the police who were on duty at the time and requested that the volume be reduced so that everyone could be heard…
Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Smartphones in schools are harming mental health. This is no longer just a debate—we know that that is the case. They are disrupting our classrooms, driving bullying and exposing pupils to adult content, which is very disturbing…
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "The Supreme Court has been absolutely clear: sex, in law, means biological sex, and single-sex provisions must be respected…
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Millions of pounds have now been invested in drug services, but it unfortunately does not seem that that is in fact tackling the problem that is devastating so many lives and communities across Scotland…
Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.
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 voted for
Vote Passed
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 voted against
Vote Defeated
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 voted against
Vote Defeated
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 for
Vote Passed
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
Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 11 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the reasons for the removal of commitments to openness and transparency, including the sharing of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) risk registers with the Scottish Government, from the NDA’s 2024 Framework Document, compared with the 2021 version."
Answer expected on 26 September 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 11 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) governance meetings its officials have attended in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 26 September 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 15 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its public appointments guide, which states that “terms of appointment vary from role to role and are usually between one and five years” and that “the total period of appointment in one role on one board may not exceed eight years”, for what reason a member of the Children’s…
Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 3 September 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what its policy is on whether an independent Scotland would seek to join the New Agenda Coalition."
Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the duty of Scottish Ministers under section 21 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 to ensure the availability of child advocacy services in contact and residence cases, whether it will (a) provide an update on its short-life working group on child welfare reporters and (b) confirm whether it is complying…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) provide an update on the implementation of the provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) set out all provisions that have yet to be implemented, including the reasons why they have not been implemented to date."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether section 30(1) and (3) to (7) of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 came into force on 22 June 2025."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the requirements of section 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020, what measures have been put in place to ensure that a children’s hearing, pre-hearing panel, or court has regard to any risk of prejudice to the child’s welfare that a delay in proceedings would pose."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many children have been affected by the reported delayed implementation of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 15 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with any of their duties under the Children (Scotland) Act 2020; which duties, if any, it considers the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with, and how many instances of failure to comply with their duties under the…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025