Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
Email: [email protected]
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6465
Text relay calls welcome.
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
Member
04 October 2018 - 01 March 2021
Scottish Labour
02 September 2019 - 01 March 2021
Scottish Labour
18 November 2017 - 14 January 2021
Scottish Labour
28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 23 November 2017
Member
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 Richard Leonard. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
On Sunday 1 May 2022 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFA. The value of the hospitality was £50. [Registered 16 July 2022]
On Saturday 26 November 2022 I attended and spoke at a conference on Community Wealth Building in Preston. This event was sponsored by the Communication Workers Union (a trade union) which provided bed and breakfast accommodation in the Holiday Inn Preston on Friday 25 November 2022. The value of the hospitality was £120. [Registered 16 January 2023, Amended interest 20 January 2023]
Expenses incurred in the constituency campaign for the Scottish Parliament Election of 6 May 2021 were met by Airdrie and Shotts Constituency Labour Party (A&S CLP). To assist in this campaign A&S CLP received, from permissible sources, the following donations: £2,000 from Unite the Union, a trade union (of John Smith House, 145/165 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RZ). £1,000 from CWU, a trade union (of 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RX). £250 from ASLEF, a trade union (of 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4NN). £450 from UNISON Scotland a trade union (of 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6RX). £100 from TSSA, a trade union (of 2nd floor, 17 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4SQ). £500 from the RMT, a trade union (of Unity House. 39 Chalton Street. London NW1 1JD).
I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
I am a member of the GMB Union.
I am Convenor of the PFA Scotland Parliamentary Interest Group. [Registered 11 November 2021]
I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
On Sunday 5 May 2024 I attended the Professional Footballers Association Scotland (PFAS) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFAS. The value of the hospitality was £60. [Registered 10 May 2024]
I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
I am a member of the William Morris Society.
I am a member of the Scottish Labour History Society.
On 14th of May 2023 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Scotland Annual Dinner as a guest of the PFA. The value of the dinner was £50. [Registered 27 July 2023]
I am a friend of the Grassic Gibbon Centre. [Registered 4 October 2024]
I am a member of the Keir Hardie Society.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I am the Convener of the RMT Scottish Parliamentary Group. [Registered 22 June 2021]
On 15 February 2024 I accepted two tickets by invitation from Scottish Opera for a performance of Marx In London! at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. The value of the tickets and associated hospitality was £203. [Registered 23 February 2024]
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: 31 October 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Hear, hear."
Public Audit Committee meeting date: 31 October 2024
The Convener: "Our main item is a further consideration of the joint report by the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission “Tackling digital exclusion”…
Public Audit Committee meeting date: 31 October 2024
The Convener (Richard Leonard): "Good morning and welcome to the 26th meeting in 2024 of the Public Audit Committee. Our first agenda item is to consider whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. Is that agreed? Members indicated agreement."
Chamber meeting date: 30 October 2024
6. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the potential closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery and any economic impact that this may have…
Chamber meeting date: 9 October 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I begin with the words of the great poet Tom Leonard, who wrote: “I am a human being and I exist a human being and a citizen of the world responsible to that world —and responsible for that world”…
Find out how Richard Leonard has voted recently.
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 84 for, 25 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 24 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kenneth Gibson, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Ross Greer, Michael Marra, Michelle Thomson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 92 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 87 for, 26 against, 4 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Alexander Burnett, Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Result 62 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Richard Leonard has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of any potential implications for accessibility, equality and safety for passengers and the public, whether it will permit the reduction in opening hours of ticket offices by ScotRail."
Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what translation and interpretation support is provided to agricultural wages inspectors when they make visits to workplaces."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many agricultural wages inspectors are (a) directly employed by it and (b) independent contractors."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many enforcement notices have been issued by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) employers and (b) workplaces are monitored by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many employers make deductions at (a) the maximum and (b) less than the maximum permitted level for accommodation other than a house from workers on the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what housing standards (a) caravans and (b) static homes that are provided by employers to workers employed on the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme are subject to."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staffed posts there have been in the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the potential closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery and any economic impact that this may have."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of section 315(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, which local authorities have (a) applied to the Scottish Ministers for the dispensation of the making of byelaws with respect to accommodation for seasonal workers and (b) been (i) granted and (ii) denied such a dispensation, in each year since 1999;…
Answered by Paul McLennan on 23 October 2024
See all of Richard Leonard's questions submitted in Parliament