Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
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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
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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
Russell Findlay: "Liz Shanks campaigns for victims’ rights since her truly horrific domestic violence ordeal, which was featured in a BBC documentary…
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025
1. Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "More than four out of five businesses in Scotland fear that they might go bust within 12 months. Around one in six people in Scotland are trapped on national health service waiting lists, with tens of thousands forced to pay for private treatment…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "We must never forget the horrors of 7 October 2023: the rape, murder and kidnap of innocent Israelis at the hands of Hamas terrorists…
Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2025
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "In just over eight months’ time, this parliamentary session will come to an end. Over the past four years, Parliament’s achievements have been too few and its mistakes too many…
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
1. Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "One in three cancer patients in Scotland do not begin to receive treatment within the Government’s target time. I will repeat that for the First Minister’s benefit: one in three cancer patients are not receiving treatment when they need it…
Find out how Russell Findlay 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 not voted
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 not voted
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 not voted
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 against
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 against
Vote Passed
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: 8 September 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 1 September 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 23 June 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 June 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37209 by Shona Robison on 12 May 2025, in light of this information being sought via a parliamentary question and not via a Freedom of Information request, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how much it has spent on advertising in (a) national and (b)…
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 27 May 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 19 May 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2025
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will lay before Parliament the Fitness for Judicial Office Tribunal report relating to part-time sheriff John Halley."
Answered by Angela Constance on 16 May 2025
See all of Russell Findlay's questions submitted in Parliament