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Member of the Scottish Parliament
Ross Greer
Scottish Green Party · Member for West Scotland (region)
At a glance Ross Greer is a Scottish Green Party regional Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (region).
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 2,903 Holyrood divisions on record; Ross Greer did not vote in 91. 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.
Voting record
The most recent divisions Ross Greer voted in. For, Against and Abstain are as recorded.
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | For |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | For |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population | Against |
| 24 Jun 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill – UK Legislation | Abstain |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Scotland Needs Reform: Five Years to 2031 | For |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Scotland Needs Reform: Five Years to 2031 | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill - UK Legislation | Abstain |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | For |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | Against |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change | Against |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Appointment of Law Officers | For |
Register of interests
From the Scottish Parliament's Register of Interests. Shown as registered; nothing is added or interpreted.
Controlled transactions1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Gifts1
- On 16 November 2025, I and a guest attended the Scottish BAFTAs as guests of Channel 4 (a broadcasting company of 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX). The total cost of the tickets was £570.00. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Heritable property1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Interest in shares1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Overseas visits1
- From 31 March to 9 April 2025 I travelled to Dharamsala, India, in my capacity as Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Tibet. I paid for my own travel and most of the accommodation, but the Tibetan Government-in-Exile paid for three nights’ accommodation at the Zambala Guest House, at a cost equivalent to approximately £50 per night (approximately £150 in total) based on the exchange rate at the time. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Remuneration and related undertaking1
- No registrable interests. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Voluntary8
- I am a parliamentary member of the Progressive International. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- On 19 November 2023, I was a guest of Screen Scotland at the BAFTA Scotland awards. The value of my seat at their table was approximately £258. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- I am a member of the Milngavie Business Improvement District as a result of my regional office being located within its boundaries. The office also receives relief from Non-Domestic Rates as a result of its rateable value falling within the Small Business Bonus Scheme. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- Since 14 March 2023, I am a member of the re-established PCS union Parliamentary Group. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- I am a member of the RMT Parliamentary Group. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- I am a member of Free Tibet. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- I am a member of the Church of Scotland and hold membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme through the Church. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
- I am a member of the National Union of Journalists. (lodged 9 Jun 2026)
Questions
Ross Greer has tabled 616 questions in the Scottish Parliament.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a feasibility study or any other work on the potential introd…
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a feasibility study or any other work on the potential introduction of a demolition levy and, if so, what the outcome was.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk that post-2027 drone class-marking requirements …
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk that post-2027 drone class-marking requirements could lead to otherwise safe and operational drones being prematurely replaced, resulting in increased electronic waste.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly removed the £5,000 p/a pay supplement to civil s…
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly removed the £5,000 p/a pay supplement to civil servants working in the Digital Data and Technology Framework, resulting in real terms pay reductions of nine to 14%.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Minister for Parliamentary Business's letter to the Standards, Procedure…
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Minister for Parliamentary Business's letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee on 30 January 2026, when it plans to consult on electoral reform, particularly on deposits and supporter signature requirements.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish an equivalent to the UK Government's Local News Fund for …
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish an equivalent to the UK Government's Local News Fund for England and Wales.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what methodology is used to determine the frequency of train services on the Milngavie l…
To ask the Scottish Government what methodology is used to determine the frequency of train services on the Milngavie line and what would be required to restore a service frequency of four services per hour outwith peak times.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the option of issuing retail bonds available to individua…
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the option of issuing retail bonds available to individuals and public institutions, and for what reason this option was not pursued in favour of wholesale bond issuance available to institutional investors.
Awaiting an answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that the selection of financial institutions to advis…
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that the selection of financial institutions to advise on and support its forthcoming bond-issuance scheme is consistent with motion S6M-18686, which was passed by the Parliament on 3 September 2025, particularly the call for "the Scottish and UK governments to immediately impose a package of boycotts, divestment and sanctions targeted at the State of Israel and at companies complicit in its military operations and its occupation of Palestine".
Awaiting an answer.
Motions lodged
| 9 Jun 2026 | Inquiry to Restore Public Trust in Scottish Politics | 1 sig. |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Congratulating the Sikyong and 17th Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration | 0 sig. |
| 21 May 2026 | Ambitious for Scotland | 1 sig. |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Park Mains High School Achieves Bronze LGBT Charter | 9 sig. |
| 18 Feb 2026 | East Dunbartonshire Council's Education Department Achieves the Foundations LGBT Charter | 11 sig. |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Call for the Prime Minister to Resign | 7 sig. |
Speeches
Recent things Ross Greer has said in the chamber and in committee, from the Official Report.
23 Jun 2026 Non-domestic Rates (draft)
I welcome the fact that vape shops will now be paying full rates. However, that shows how poorly designed the small business bonus scheme was in the first place. The Government spends more than £200 million a year on untargeted reliefs, de…
18 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
I cannot reconcile what the First Minister is saying about planning policy with how that operates in practice. He says that a green data centre is one where environmental considerations have been taken into account, but there is no require…
18 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
The First Minister’s response indicates that the Government expects each data centre to be approached individually, but we need a coherent national strategy. This is not an abstract issue: huge energy demands from these data centres will m…
18 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
Scotland faces a wave of applications for hyperscale data centres. If all the applications that are currently in the pipeline were approved, they would consume up to 6,000MW of power, which is more than one and a half times our entire nati…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
Not quite yet, Mr Johnson.However, I am not a member of the SNP, and it is no more my job to tell the SNP how to run that party than it would be for any member in this place to tell me how to run the Scottish Green Party.We could have spen…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
Of course, the current Prime Minister was almost immediately mired in scandal because of the clothes and gifts that he received from Lord Alli.Two things can be true here. The SNP was the victim of a crime, but its internal governance proc…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
Of course, the current Prime Minister was almost immediately mired in scandal because of the clothes and gifts that he received from Lord Alli.Two things can be true here. The SNP was the victim of a crime, but its internal governance proc…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
I am glad that the Labour Party has secured a debate on restoring public trust in Scottish politics, because, quite clearly, the public have very little trust in our political institutions. However, that did not begin and does not end with…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
I am glad that the Labour Party has secured a debate on restoring public trust in Scottish politics, because, quite clearly, the public have very little trust in our political institutions. However, that did not begin and does not end with…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
I ask this quite sincerely: does Mr Sarwar genuinely believe what he just said—that this is the greatest political scandal in the history of devolution—when one of his formerly close colleagues, Colin Smyth, is yet to be prosecuted for wha…
10 Jun 2026 Public Trust in Scottish Politics (draft)
I ask this quite sincerely: does Mr Sarwar genuinely believe what he just said—that this is the greatest political scandal in the history of devolution—when one of his formerly close colleagues, Colin Smyth, is yet to be prosecuted for wha…
4 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
As a West Scotland MSP, I welcome the First Minister’s prioritisation of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, but families across Scotland should be able to benefit from the cap as soon as possible.Making bus travel cheaper is only half …
4 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
I thank the First Minister for his solidarity. I and the Scottish Greens want to see a UK-wide ban on that form of torture, but the UK Government has made the same promise over and over and it has still not introduced such a bill. Should i…
4 Jun 2026 First Minister’s Question Time (draft)
This week marks the start of pride month. Pride is not just a celebration of our LGBTQ community; it is a protest. It is clear why protest is still needed. A decade ago, the United Kingdom consistently came top of the list for LGBTQ rights…
26 May 2026 Independence Referendum (draft)
I remember that, in the last session of this Parliament, we pointed out that the pro-independence parties had won not just a majority of seats but a majority of votes, and Mr Cole-Hamilton had to come up with a whole new reason against a m…
26 May 2026 Independence Referendum (draft)
No.The best way to grow support for Scottish self-government is to do self-government well—to maximise the use of the powers that we have. That is the focus of today’s Green amendment. The powers of this Parliament are limited, but we have…
26 May 2026 Independence Referendum (draft)
Mr Hoy may have missed the fact that the Scottish Greens gave every voter in Scotland the opportunity to vote for us, and far more of them chose to do so than chose to vote for the Scottish Conservative Party.As I said, I respect the argum…
26 May 2026 Independence Referendum (draft)
Not quite yet.I ask those who use that particular line to reflect on the fact that 800,000 people who were old enough to vote at the election just a few weeks ago were not old enough to vote in the referendum in 2014. Is it really credible…
26 May 2026 Independence Referendum (draft)
I see that Mr Sarwar’s constructive and collaborative tone lasted about a week in this place. Clearly, no lessons have been learned from the election.Every Green MSP who was elected to this Parliament was elected on a mandate to support th…
14 May 2026 Oaths and Affirmations (draft)
The ultimate loyalty of the Scottish Greens is not to king or crown but to the people of Scotland, who are sovereign.I, Ross John Greer, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and s…
Seat & career
- West Scotland (region) Regional MSP 7 May 2026 – present
- West Scotland (region) Regional MSP · Dissolution 6 May 2021 – 8 Apr 2026
- West Scotland (region) Regional MSP · Dissolution 5 May 2016 – 4 May 2021
Allowances
2025 (latest published)
Source: Scottish Parliament (published ~1 year in arrears)
Contact & offices
Source: this MSP's official Scottish Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.