Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Post-d: Stephen.Kerr.msp@parliament.scot
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
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Room 35-36, Airdrie Business Centre
1 Chapel Lane
Airdrie
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29 June 2023 - 28 March 2024
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22 June 2022 - 29 June 2023
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22 September 2022 - 29 June 2023
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20 September 2022 - 28 June 2023
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18 May 2021 - 22 September 2022
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23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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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: 10 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "I do not understand why the minister, all this time later, is still using words such as “might”. The idea that we cannot compare what has happened in our country with what is happening in the rest of the United Kingdom is, frankly, bizarre…
Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2025
Stephen Kerr: "Like some other members who have lodged and spoken to amendments at stage 3, I, too, come late to the party, as it was put earlier…
Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "It is worth noting, for the record, that there are no Scottish Greens in the chamber to listen to this debate."
Chamber meeting date: 4 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "Perhaps I can swing our attention back to areas that the cabinet secretary is responsible for…
Chamber meeting date: 4 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer…
Find out how Stephen Kerr has voted recently.
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 24 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 19 for, 62 against, 27 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 67 for, 42 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 85 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, June 9, 2025
Supported by: Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 91 for, 1 against, 21 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Stephen Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ringfence any Barnett consequential funding relating to winter fuel spending in England and Wales for the support of pensioners in Scotland."
Answer expected on 27 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect households from any cold-call scams linked to green energy grants."
Answer expected on 27 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the taxpayer has been of all special advisers since the appointment of the current First Minister."
Answer expected on 27 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many homes have been assessed as below the legal tolerable standard in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 27 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the long-term health impacts of any delayed or inaccessible dental care in deprived communities."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what impact the reported potential industrial action by Solicitor Contact Line staff would have on the rights of individuals in police custody."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many formal enforcement actions it has taken against landlords providing unsafe or unfit housing in the last three years."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many hate crime complaints have been received since the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 came into force, broken down by (a) month and (b) protected characteristic."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that almost 1,500 buildings remain "at risk" due to unsafe cladding, eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Kerr, Stephen, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans it has in place to maintain legal representation services in the event of industrial action by the Solicitor Contact Line."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025