Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
01 September 2021 - 21 March 2024
Deputy Chair
23 June 2021 - 08 February 2024
Deputy Convener
08 September 2021 - 29 June 2023
Substitute Member
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
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20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
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24 June 2021 - 01 September 2021
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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.
Here is the register for Sharon Dowey. The date of their initial statement was 26 May 2021.
Until the election I was employed by William Morrison Supermarkets plc (a retailer of Kilwinning Road, Stevenston, KA20 3DE). I worked full time and received remuneration of between £45,001 and £50,000 a year. I handed in my notice on my election and am no longer employed by the company.
No registrable interests
From 7 October to 13 October 2023 I visited Delhi, India, as part of a delegation of the Cross Party Group on India. The purpose of the visit was to engage with FinTech and Culture organisations and senior politicians within the Indian government. The total costs of the visit, including flights, hotel accommodation, food and transport, amounted to £2,402.16 and were paid by Amit Shah, Director of Flight Path Travel (a tour and travel agency which sells, flights, hotels and tour packages; Office No. 1, Jubilee Business Centre, 211 Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury, London, NW9 8AQ). [Registered 3 November 2023]
No registrable interests
I own a house in South Ayrshire with a market value of between £250,001 and £300,000. [Amended interest 5 April 2023]
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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: 1 May 2025
2. Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve public transport connectivity in south-west Scotland. (S6O-04601)"
Chamber meeting date: 29 April 2025
Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con): "The Scottish Prison Service has confirmed that it will not immediately change its policy on housing trans women in the female estate and that, instead, it is still “considering any potential impact” of the Supreme Court’s decision on existing policies. However, the judgment made the law very clear by saying that statutory references to sex mean…
Chamber meeting date: 23 April 2025
Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con): "The Scottish Government treats criminals under the age of 25 with kid gloves however serious their crimes are, but senior police officers have said that criminal gangs are exploiting that…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 23 April 2025
Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con): "The Scottish Government’s response to the report said: “the majority of the recommendations are already being undertaken within our ... National Mission and cross-government programmes of work…
Chamber meeting date: 1 April 2025
Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con): "I, too, thank the clerks for the work that they put into producing the committee’s report, and I thank everyone who gave evidence. The importance of the measures that are set out in the bill cannot be ignored…
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Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 30 for, 84 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, May 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 59 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 48 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Sharon Dowey has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any assessment of the impact of the potential closure of the Notre Dame Centre in Glasgow."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to those impacted by the potential closure of the Notre Dame Centre in Glasgow."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle any violence against teachers and school staff in South Ayrshire."
Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency beds were used within secure care accommodation for young people in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and 2025 to date."
Answer expected on 20 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it recommends be taken if there are no open beds available for those under 18 years of age who have been referred to secure care accommodation."
Answer expected on 20 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any instances of people under 18 being diverted from secure care accommodation due to a lack of open beds in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date."
Answer expected on 20 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the findings in the HM Inspectorate of Prisons Scotland paper, Report on HMP Barlinnie Full Inspection 18-22 November 2024, which indicate that 65% of prisoners were in shared cells that did not meet the standard cell space of four metres square per prisoner, largely due to the overcrowding of…
Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the overcrowding situation in HMP Barlinnie and any impact this is having on prison standards, before the opening of HMP Glasgow scheduled for 2028, in light of the HM Inspectorate of Prisons Scotland paper, Report on HMP Barlinnie Full Inspection 18-22 November 2024."
Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it plans with the Scottish Prison Service regarding the recommendations made in the HM Inspectorate of Prisons Scotland paper, Report on HMP Barlinnie Full Inspection 18-22 November 2024."
Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the findings in the HM Inspectorate of Prisons Scotland paper, Report on HMP Barlinnie Full Inspection 18-22 November 2024, which recorded that there were “significant challenges to supporting the timeous engagement of prisoners in development or treatment programmes in Barlinnie”…
Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025