Scottish Labour
MSP for Edinburgh Southern (Constituency) 2016 - present day
134 Comiston Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5QN
Phone: 0131 541 2145
Text relay calls welcome.
Convener
Substitute Member
Member
Co-Convener
Convener
Deputy Convener
Member
Convener
Member
Member
Scottish Labour
Scottish Labour
Scottish Labour
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
06 November 2024 - 03 September 2025
Member
25 September 2024 - 02 September 2025
Substitute Member
04 September 2024 - 15 January 2025
Member
25 April 2023 - 06 November 2024
Substitute Member
22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
Deputy Convener
22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
Substitute Member
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
10 April 2023 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Member
01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Labour
11 September 2019 - 04 May 2021
Deputy Convener
20 November 2019 - 03 December 2020
Member
10 September 2019 - 11 September 2019
Member
18 June 2019 - 09 September 2019
Substitute Member
17 January 2018 - 08 September 2019
Member
09 January 2018 - 08 September 2019
Member
19 December 2017 - 28 May 2019
Scottish Labour
23 November 2017 - 09 January 2018
Member
08 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Member
29 September 2016 - 09 January 2018
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 28 November 2017
Member
28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
Substitute Member
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.
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: 8 October 2025
3. Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on legal enforcement measures being taken with regard to retailers committing age-of-sale offences when selling age-restricted items, such as vapes and cigarettes. (S6O-05036)"
Chamber meeting date: 8 October 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "It gives me great pleasure to follow Lorna Slater, who gave several very useful insights. This is a useful debate and—dare I say it—it stands in contrast to the previous motion that the Conservatives moved…
Chamber meeting date: 8 October 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Will the member take an intervention?"
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 1 October 2025
The Convener (Daniel Johnson): "Good morning, and welcome to the 27th meeting in 2025 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. This morning, as part of our pre-budget scrutiny, we will take evidence from the Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 1 October 2025
The Convener: "We are pleased to be joined by Kate Forbes, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic, alongside Scottish Government officials Colin Cook, who is the director of economic development, and Aidan Grisewood, who is the director of jobs and wellbeing economy. We will launch straight into questions after I open with an…
Find out how Daniel Johnson has voted recently.
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Daniel Johnson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:28 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is provided to local authorities on parental eligibility for Neonatal Care Pay and Leave."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:28 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on which local authorities provide their staff with statutory paternity leave and pay and which local authorities provide their staff with enhanced paternity leave and pay, and what the level of uptake is for these across local authorities."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:7 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes when its corporate devices, including laptops and mobile phones, reach the end of their business needs and are no longer required by it, and how they are routinely disposed of, including whether it allows any of these devices to be reused subsequently outside of its supervision and, if so, (a)…
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be committed to the National AI Adoption Programme in 2025-26, and how much of this will be committed to (a) grants and (b) loans."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40750 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2025, what the remaining 29% of funding not allocated to local government was spent on."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:25 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26080 by Mairi McAllan on 25 March 2024, whether the 58 actions published in its report, The Entrepreneurial Campus, have been delivered, and what mechanisms are in place to scrutinise the delivery."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:24 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion in the Scottish Retail Consortium’s manifesto, Scotland’s Future High Streets, that accredited providers other than local authorities should be permitted to issue building warrants, in line with the approach taken in England."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:11 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many self-sufficient information and communications technology (ICT) structures with dedicated data centres and professional staff exist within the Scottish public sector, including non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), NHS boards and local government."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:24 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much of the 2024-25 employability budget of £102.8 million (a) it spent and (b) was passed on to local government."
Asked by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on legal enforcement measures being taken with regard to retailers committing age of sale offences when selling age-restricted items, such as vapes and cigarettes."
See all of Daniel Johnson's questions submitted in Parliament