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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Jamie Hepburn

Scottish National Party

MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Constituency) 2011 - present day

Former MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2007 - 2011

About Jamie Hepburn

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 01236 453969
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Jamie is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Jamie is not a member of any cross-party groups

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Jamie does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Jamie does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Jamie has had 27 previous roles

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

08 May 2024 - 19 September 2025

Minister for Parliamentary Business

Scottish Government

08 May 2024 - 19 September 2025

parliamentary bureau

Member

29 March 2023 - 08 May 2024

Minister for Independence

Scottish Government

19 May 2021 - 29 March 2023

Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training

Scottish Government

26 June 2018 - 19 May 2021

Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills

Scottish Government

18 May 2016 - 26 June 2018

Minister for Employability and Training

Scottish Government

02 December 2014 - 18 May 2016

Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health

Scottish Government

25 November 2014 - 02 December 2014

Minister for Sport and Health Improvement

Scottish Government

25 October 2012 - 25 November 2014

Finance Committee

Member

23 February 2012 - 25 November 2014

Welfare Reform Committee

Deputy Convener

14 January 2014 - 21 November 2014

parliamentaryLiaisonOfficerToTheCabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth

Scottish Government

18 September 2012 - 20 October 2012

Public Audit Committee

Substitute Member

23 February 2012 - 18 September 2012

Local Government and Regeneration Committee

Substitute Member

25 January 2012 - 23 February 2012

Welfare Reform Committee

Member

15 June 2011 - 23 February 2012

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Deputy Convener

01 June 2011 - 15 June 2011

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Member

02 September 2009 - 22 March 2011

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Member

27 March 2008 - 22 March 2011

parliamentaryLiaisonOfficerToTheCabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment

Scottish Government

04 November 2010 - 22 March 2011

Equal Opportunities Committee

Member

03 June 2010 - 22 March 2011

Public Petitions Committee

Substitute Member

04 November 2010 - 22 March 2011

Public Audit Committee

Member

26 June 2008 - 04 November 2010

European and External Relations Committee

Member

18 November 2008 - 19 July 2010

Review of SPCB Supported Bodies Committee

Deputy Convener

26 June 2008 - 19 November 2009

Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Substitute Member

13 November 2008 - 18 November 2008

Review of SPCB Supported Bodies Committee

Member

14 June 2007 - 26 June 2008

Equal Opportunities Committee

Substitute Member

13 June 2007 - 26 June 2008

Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Member

Register of interests

Jamie'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 Jamie Hepburn 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: 10 December 2025

Gaelic School Provision

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): "Pupils are being provided with an excellent Gaelic-medium education in my constituency—which is outwith the Gaelic heartlands—in Condorrat primary school and Greenfaulds high school, but there is a desire among the community for a dedicated GME campus for those aged three to 18. Does the Deputy First Minister agree that, even where there is already…

Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025

Social Security Spending

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): "I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in today’s debate, although it follows a recurrent theme from the Conservatives in terms of their increasing use of depressing, screeching rhetoric. We hear various refrains from them."

Chamber meeting date: 4 December 2025

Metro Mayor (Greater Glasgow Region)

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): "My question is in a similar vein to Paul Sweeney’s…

Chamber meeting date: 4 December 2025

Cumbernauld New Town (70th Anniversary)

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): "I begin by thanking the many members who supported my motion and enabled it to be debated today, and I look forward to hearing from those who will contribute to the debate…

Chamber meeting date: 4 December 2025

Widening Access to Higher Education

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): "I am grateful for the chance to take part in today’s debate. I am not a member of the Education, Children and Young People Committee, but I am grateful to the committee for the work that it has undertaken in this area…

Votes

How Jamie Hepburn has voted in Parliament

Find out how Jamie Hepburn 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 for

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 against

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 against

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 for

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 Jamie Hepburn has asked

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

Question reference: S4O-03744

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 19 November 2014

Question reference: S4F-02370

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 3 November 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2014

"To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the impact of UK Government welfare reforms on families in which at least one family member is in employment."

Question reference: S4T-00803

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 6 October 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Conservative Party's plans to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998."

Question reference: S4O-03593

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 1 October 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with HM Revenue and Customs regarding employment in Scotland."

Question reference: S4O-03563

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 24 September 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that the Barnett formula will be reduced by the UK Government over time."

Question reference: S4O-03531

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 17 September 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government how it will reduce poverty among disabled people."

Question reference: S4W-22406

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 19 August 2014

Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 August 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government what reassurance it can give public sector workers that their pensions would be safeguarded in an independent Scotland."

Question reference: S4O-03481

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 13 August 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 August 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recent comments by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding further changes to welfare benefits and the impact that these changes would have on poverty in Scotland…

Question reference: S4O-03454

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 6 August 2014

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 August 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the latest round of funding from the Bus Investment Fund."

Question reference: S4W-21679

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: 10 June 2014

Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 23 June 2014

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21331 by Margaret Burgess on 6 June 2014, what information it has on how many of the demolished properties were built after 1945, broken down by local authority area."

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