Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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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
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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 Richard Leonard. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
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I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
I am a friend of the Grassic Gibbon Centre. [Registered 4 October 2024]
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]
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]
I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
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 member of the Scottish Labour History Society.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I am Convenor of the PFA Scotland Parliamentary Interest Group. [Registered 11 November 2021]
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]
I am the Convener of the RMT Scottish Parliamentary Group. [Registered 22 June 2021]
I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
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 the William Morris Society.
I am a member of the GMB Union.
I am a member of the Keir Hardie Society.
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: 20 November 2024
5. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will receive a fair budget settlement. (S6O-03985)"
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Much of this debate continues to be dominated by the tax treatment of inherited wealth. Farmers are taking to the streets of London today in protest at paying any tax at all on inherited wealth…
Chamber meeting date: 14 November 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I thank Ruth Maguire for lodging this important motion and Jackie Dunbar for leading off today’s debate…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In this afternoon’s debate on inheritance tax, Jim Fairlie accused me of misleading Parliament…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Much of the language in this debate has been intemperate, inaccurate and deliberately inflammatory. The new Tory rural affairs spokesperson stood up in Parliament last week and accused the UK Labour Government of “taking our land”…
Find out how Richard Leonard has voted recently.
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Result 92 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 18, 2024
Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Result 69 for, 49 against, 3 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 92 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 29 for, 90 against, 3 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 18, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 73 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
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: 21 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide an update on the training of MSPs and staff on duties under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998."
Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many control test inspection visits by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team involved the use of interpreters (a) on-site and (b) subsequent to the visit, in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 4 December 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses received correspondence requesting corrections to underpayments identified as part of (a) control test inspections and (b) inspections as a result of a complaint from employees, in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 4 December 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been investigated by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team following a complaint from employees in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 4 December 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many visits by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team arising as a result of complaints involved the use of interpreters (a) on-site and (b) subsequent to the visit, in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 4 December 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 22 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26654 by Jenny Gilruth on 10 May 2024, whether it has any plans to seek to amend section 42(4) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to alter the statutory walking distances of (a) two miles for children aged under eight and (b) three miles for children aged eight or over."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 22 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider seeking to amend section 51 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to ensure that the assessment of the safety of safe walking routes to school is undertaken by an independent body."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 November 2024
Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will receive a fair budget settlement."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 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."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 13 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."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 13 November 2024
See all of Richard Leonard's questions submitted in Parliament