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Member of the Scottish Parliament

Liam Kerr

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Member for North East Scotland (region)

At a glance Liam Kerr is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party regional Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland (region).

Votes cast2,063
Attendance71%
Voted For853
Voted Against1,124
Voted with party100%
Rebellions0
Abstained3

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 2,903 Holyrood divisions on record; Liam Kerr did not vote in 22. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out. At Holyrood an abstention is a deliberate recorded vote, distinct from not voting at all.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Committees1 membership
Voting recordlatest 15 shown
Register of interests14 entries

From the Scottish Parliament's Register of Interests. Shown as registered; nothing is added or interpreted.

Controlled transactions1
  • No registrable interests. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Gifts1
  • No registrable interests. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Heritable property1
  • No registrable interests. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Interest in shares1
  • I hold ordinary shares in Trinity Kerr Limited, a provider of legal services, representing 100% of the issued share capital. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Overseas visits1
  • No registrable interests. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Remuneration and related undertaking2
  • I expect to receive dividends from Trinity Kerr Limited of between £500 and £2,000 per annum. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am a director and employee of Trinity Kerr Limited, (a provider of legal services, c/o Infinity Partnership, Aberdeen). From May 2016 until July 2016 I received a gross salary of between £1,001 and £2,000. From July 2016 I have received no salary from this company. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
Voluntary7
  • I am a member of the Royal Yachting Association. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am a member of the RNLI. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I own a small number of shares in Aberdeen Community Energy, a community group which has installed a community hydro-electric turbine in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen. I do not consider these shares to be above the threshold for registration. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am a supporter of the following charities: ActionAid; The SOKO Fund; Lendwithcare. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am registered with the Law Society of England and Wales. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)
  • I am registered with the Law Society of Scotland. (lodged 4 Jun 2026)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.scot.

Questions2,161 tabled

Liam Kerr has tabled 2,161 questions in the Scottish Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives o… 22 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives of South of Scotland Enterprise since 2024, on what dates, and what was discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives o… 22 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives of Highlands and Islands Enterprise since 2024, on what dates, and what was discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives o… 22 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives of Crown Estate Scotland since 2024, on what dates, and what was discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives o… 22 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives of Scottish Enterprise since 2024, on what dates, and what was discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives o… 22 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the minister with responsibility for energy has had with representatives of the Scottish National Investment Bank since 2024, on what dates, and what was discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what key performance indicators or success measures it established prior to the Caledoni… 20 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what key performance indicators or success measures it established prior to the Caledonian Sleeper entering public ownership in June 2023, also broken down by the targets set for each measure, and whether each target has subsequently been met.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the public purse has been of operating the Caledonian Sleeper ser… 20 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the public purse has been of operating the Caledonian Sleeper service in each year since 2019-20, including (a) operating subsidy, (b) loans, (c) grants, (d) capital funding, (e) shareholder support, (f) management fees and (g) any other direct financial support from (A) it, (B) Transport Scotland and (C) any other related public body.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) condition, (b) reliability and (c) availability o… 20 Jul 2026 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) condition, (b) reliability and (c) availability of the Caledonian Sleeper rolling stock since the service entered public ownership, including (i) the number of train failures, (ii) fleet availability and (iii) technical defects in each year since June 2023, and how these figures compare with the final three years prior to public ownership

Awaiting an answer.

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Motions lodged710 lodged
Speechesfrom the Official Report

Recent things Liam Kerr has said in the chamber and in committee, from the Official Report.

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am not Douglas Lumsden—perhaps regrettably—but I am very well informed about Hinkley Point C. The minister said earlier that there is a great cost to building it. He will presumably acknowledge that the entire construction cost of Hinkle…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am not Douglas Lumsden—perhaps regrettably—but I am very well informed about Hinkley Point C. The minister said earlier that there is a great cost to building it. He will presumably acknowledge that the entire construction cost of Hinkle…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

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24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

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24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am very much enjoying David Green’s contribution. When I took an intervention earlier on decommissioning, which the member concerned was right to raise, it was clear that one of the things that the SNP was unaware of was that new nuclear…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am very much enjoying David Green’s contribution. When I took an intervention earlier on decommissioning, which the member concerned was right to raise, it was clear that one of the things that the SNP was unaware of was that new nuclear…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

What the member has said is not true. As I said in my remarks, Hinkley Point C’s strike price is about £131 per megawatt hour, and the strike price for floating offshore wind is about £230, so the member has just misled the chamber.

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

What the member has said is not true. As I said in my remarks, Hinkley Point C’s strike price is about £131 per megawatt hour, and the strike price for floating offshore wind is about £230, so the member has just misled the chamber.

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

For the member to stand up and say that baseload is an outdated concept is an extraordinary intervention. As I reminded him about three weeks ago, he does not seem to know what he is talking about when it comes to energy. He does not seem …

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

For the member to stand up and say that baseload is an outdated concept is an extraordinary intervention. As I reminded him about three weeks ago, he does not seem to know what he is talking about when it comes to energy. He does not seem …

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

In the years since I first contributed to a debate in this Parliament on new nuclear power in Scotland, four of the six parties in the chamber have come to support the proposition that I put forward, in some form or other. In that, they ar…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

In the years since I first contributed to a debate in this Parliament on new nuclear power in Scotland, four of the six parties in the chamber have come to support the proposition that I put forward, in some form or other. In that, they ar…

24 Jun 2026   Reform UK Priorities (draft)

Will the minister give way?

24 Jun 2026   Reform UK Priorities (draft)

Will the minister give way?

23 Jun 2026   STV North News (draft)

I thank Jack Middleton for securing this debate and congratulate him on his powerful speech.I cannot understand, and I deeply regret, not only STV’s decision to cut its dedicated north of Scotland news programme, but Ofcom’s decision to ap…

23 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

In contrast to the answer that we have just heard, according to the Robert Gordon University report that was released today, policies pursued by this Scottish National Party Government towards oil and gas could lead to“loss of a skilled wo…

16 Jun 2026   Jo Cox’s Death (10th Anniversary) (draft)

I, too, congratulate Jenny Young on bringing the debate to the chamber. I had not originally intended to speak in the debate; I wanted just to sit in and listen. However, I was deeply troubled by the report in The Herald at the weekend, ab…

16 Jun 2026   Decision Time (draft)

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My vote has not registered; I tried to vote no.

16 Jun 2026   Aberdeen’s Union Street and Glasgow’s People’s Palace (Investment) (draft)

The deeply cynical timing of this statement—reannouncing money that was promised months ago, £400,000 of which has been repackaged from three years ago, two days before the Aberdeen South by-election—will fool no one. We all know that this…

16 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

I am grateful to hear that reassurance, because the minister will know the dangers of the A90 north of Ellon, particularly at the Toll of Birness and Cortes junctions, which the Scottish National Party Government has shamefully failed to a…

Seat & career3 seats held

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2025 (latest published)

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Printing and/or Photocopying£4,760
Members Mileage£2,025
Rent£1,500
Advertising£936
Members Rail£762
Utilities£655
Stationery£241
Hotel£178
Insurance£123
Running Costs£82
Computer Software£80
Members Bus£49
Car parking£36
Trade Waste£35
Members Taxi£27

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