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Hoy, Craig

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Hoy, Craig
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Hoy, Craig

Sitting Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Dumfriesshire

Politically, you're most like Dowey, Sharon Con — similarity 84.4/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,128
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.6%
0.4% rebellion
Attendance
93.9%
73 "Not Voted" of 1,201 divisions present
Motions lodged
164
1,264 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
2,158
1,025 chamber · 1,133 committee
Allowances claimed
£131,493
847 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·143 stage ·134 budget ·111 2026-27 ·87 scrutiny ·65 building ·55 safety ·55 levy ·55 public ·42 time ·40 question ·39 spending ·36
Recent motions & questions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
164
Carried
8
Defeated
7
Not divided
149

Of the 15 motions that went to a vote, 53.3% were carried.

Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

covid edington national care morning boyle haddington care service fmel east lothian cmal end decade pubs misplaced priorities
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ⌂
    Started representing Dumfriesshire
    07 May 2026
  2. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    07 May 2026
  3. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  5. ⌂
    Stood down from South Scotland (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  6. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    08 Apr 2026
  7. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Member
    10 Oct 2024
  8. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    10 Oct 2024
  9. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2023
  10. ☷
    Left Public Audit Committee
    29 Jun 2023
  11. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    25 May 2022
  12. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    25 May 2022
  13. ☷
    Joined Public Audit Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  14. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  15. ⌂
    Started representing South Scotland
    06 May 2021
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    06 May 2021
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Chamber
    17 Mar 2026
    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app is frozen. I would have voted yes.
  • McCloud Remedy Committee
    17 Mar 2026
    Because you raised the point, I note that there has been, in the past, quite significant churn in the audit and risk committee. It is never particularly good t…
  • McCloud Remedy Committee
    17 Mar 2026
    I recognise that you welcome the section 22 report, but Stephen Boyle said:“The SPPA needs to provide greater transparency”on its progress and“take action to a…
  • McCloud Remedy Committee
    17 Mar 2026
    On the overambition, in the press release accompanying his report, the Auditor General said:“I’m concerned about the SPPA’s capacity to deliver outstanding rem…
  • McCloud Remedy Committee
    17 Mar 2026
    There was a period when you had to throw the kitchen sink at it and you were bringing lots of people in. Is that an admission that, perhaps, in the past, not e…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Engagement costs £16,288 £9,857 +£6,431
Office costs £8,003 £4,419 +£3,584
MSP & staff travel £1,725 £1,949 −£224
Registered interests

177 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    I am Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 2 December 2022]
  • Voluntary · 09 Jun 2021
    From May 2022 until 16 November 2024 I was Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and a Board Member of the Conservative Party for which I received no remuneration. [Registered 2 De…
  • Gifts · 09 Jun 2021
    On 7 December 2023 I received a payment of £500 from GoFibre Broadband Limited (broadband provider; of Floor 8, Exchange Tower, 19 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG) to cover the costs of the winnin…
Career timeline

Party

Seats