Craig Hoy

Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
Member of the Scottish Parliament for South Scotland Region

Craig Hoy is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for the South Scotland region.

He is currently the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government.

Over a 25-year career in media and business, Craig has worked for organisations including Dods, the BBC and Holyrood Magazine, which he co-founded in 2000.

He was educated at Lasswade High School and grew up in Midlothian. After going to university in Edinburgh and graduating from City University in London, he started his career as a journalist, going on to work as a Downing Street Lobby Correspondent.

After a decade as a journalist and political editor, he went on to run businesses in the UK and overseas, including the launch of his own events and intelligence company in 2008.

Craig is not a career politician and represents something new and refreshing in our local politics.

He entered the Scottish Parliament as a Regional List MSP for South Scotland in May 2021.

Craig chairs the cross-party group on beer and pubs and attends many meetings and events to try and secure the best outcome for Scottish brewers and hospitality venues.

News

Local MSP warns cancer wait times risk lives

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Craig Hoy MSP has warned of a “ticking timebomb” of cancer cases in NHS Lothian.Craig’s call comes after new statistics revealed over a quarter of cancer patients across Scotland are not being seen within the SNP’s 62-day target time to begin treatment following re

Hoy secures pause to damaging GP charges

Craig Hoy MSP has helped secure a six-month pause on controversial service charges which threatened GP surgeries across NHS Lothian. The pause follows several meetings with GPs in East Lothian and Midlothian and an urgent intervention by Mr Hoy at Holyrood following engagement with NHS Lothian

Local MSP launches Penicuik healthcare survey

Craig Hoy MSP has launched a survey for residents in Penicuik that explores the future of healthcare in the town. The survey comes after local GPs and members of the public raised concerns about access to healthcare and the impact to services as a result of a change to the facilities management

South Scotland MSPs campaign to improve Scottish cancer survival

CRAIG Hoy and Sharon Dowey, Conservative MSPs for South Scotland, are supporting the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce’s (LSCT) Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day 2024 to improve the poor survival chances of people diagnosed with cancers of the lung, liver, brain, oesophagus, pancreas o

MSP visits SELECT Headquarters in Penicuik

CRAIG Hoy, a Conservative MSP for South Scotland, has visited SELECT’s Headquarters in Penicuik to find out more about the work of the trade organisation in supporting electricians across Scotland.     As Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT is calling for regul

MSP welcomes progress towards reopening of Vogrie Hall

CRAIG Hoy, a Conservative MSP for South Scotland, has met with representatives from St David’s Brass Band at Vogrie Hall in Gorebridge to discuss ongoing work by the band to renovate the hall. In January last year, the UK Government awarded the band £127,251 as part of its Levelling Up programme.

MSP calls for action on shortfall of teachers in Midlothian

CRAIG Hoy, a Conservative MSP for South Scotland, has criticised the SNP-Green government for “short-changing” local authorities in relation to requests for probationary teachers.   A response by SNP education secretary Jenny Gilruth to Scottish Conservative shadow education secretary Liam Ke

Local MSP calls for support for Midlothian High Streets

CRAG Hoy, a Conservative MSP for South Scotland, has recently called on the Scottish Government to pass on the 75% business rates relief to hospitality and retail businesses in Midlothian as an incentive for them to grow and invest, using Penicuik as an example of a town that would benefit from rate