Alex Rowley
Scottish Labour
MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2017 - present day
Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2016 - 2017
Former MSP for Cowdenbeath (Constituency) 2014 - 2016
Independent
Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2017 - 2017
About Alex Rowley
Contact details
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6827
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at their Constituency
Ore Valley Business Centre
93 Main Street
Lochgelly
KY5 9AF
Phone: 01592 786725
Text relay calls welcome.
Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.
Committees
Alex is a member of 3 committees
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
Substitute Member
Public Petitions Committee
Substitute Member
Cross-party groups
Alex is a member of 4 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Basic Income
Co-Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Funerals and Bereavement
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Housing
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Industrial Communities
Deputy Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Alex does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Alex has 2 party roles
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs
Scottish Labour
Party Spokesperson on Brexit
Scottish Labour
Previous roles
Alex has had 15 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
21 November 2018 - 04 September 2019
Local Government and Communities Committee
Deputy Convener
04 October 2018 - 02 September 2019
Party Spokesperson on Local Government
Scottish Labour
04 October 2018 - 02 September 2019
Party Spokesperson on Communities
Scottish Labour
15 November 2018 - 21 November 2018
Local Government and Communities Committee
Member
11 January 2018 - 30 October 2018
Environment Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
Member
09 January 2018 - 29 March 2018
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 15 November 2017
Party Spokesperson on Social Security
Scottish Labour
25 May 2016 - 15 November 2017
Party Spokesperson on Equalities
Scottish Labour
25 May 2016 - 15 November 2017
Deputy Party Leader
Scottish Labour
25 May 2016 - 15 November 2017
Party Spokesperson on Communities
Scottish Labour
14 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
Deputy Party Leader
Scottish Labour
25 February 2014 - 02 September 2015
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
Member
06 January 2015 - 12 May 2015
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Local Government
Scottish Labour
06 January 2015 - 12 May 2015
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Communities
Scottish Labour
25 February 2014 - 08 January 2015
European and External Relations Committee
Member
Register of interests
Alex's register of interests
MSP's 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 Alex Rowley. The date of their initial statement was 09 June 2016.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
No registrable interests
Overseas visits
No registrable interests
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
I am a member of the Fife Council pension scheme.
I am a member of the trade union Unison.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Alex Rowley has said in Parliament
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.
Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill
Alex Rowley made 8 Contributions to this discussion
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee - 23 June 2020
Alex Rowley: "I go back to the role of local authorities. Part 5 places a duty on public sector building owners to assess the viability of connecting the building to a network zone and reporting to the local authority…
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Alex Rowley made 1 Contribution to this discussion
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee - 23 June 2020
Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I refer members to my entry in the members’ register of interests."
Brexit
Alex Rowley made 4 Contributions to this discussion
Finance and Constitution Committee - 19 June 2020
Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I intended to ask the cabinet secretary about the current relationships and the negotiation and discussion between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations, but he touched on that in his introduction. I will put my question in another way…
New Trade Agreements
Alex Rowley made 2 Contributions to this discussion
Chamber - 18 June 2020
6. Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what engagement and discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government in relation to the forming of new trade agreements. (S5O-04417)"
Brexit (Economic Impact)
Alex Rowley made 1 Contribution to this discussion
Chamber - 17 June 2020
Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "Professor Jim Gallagher recently told the Finance and Constitution Committee that “adding further economic disruption on top of the economic disruption caused by the Covid crisis by driving towards a hard Brexit in the hope that it will somehow be disguised by the Covid crisis would be not just unwise but wicked.”—Official Report, Finance and…
Written questions
Written questions Alex Rowley has submitted in Parliament
These are the questions that this MSP has asked the Scottish Government about its work. It also includes any answer to these questions.
S5W-29666 - Answered
05 June 2020
Rowley, Alex: "To ask the Scottish Government how regularly healthcare workers in COVID-19-free sites are being tested for the virus."
S5O-04417 - Unanswered
10 June 2020
Rowley, Alex: "To ask the Scottish Government what engagement and discussions it has had with the UK Government in relation to the forming of new trade agreements."
S5W-28407 - Answered
15 April 2020
Rowley, Alex: "To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Scotland's established life sciences sector, for what reason it is not making greater use of the expertise in university and research institute labs throughout the country to increase the testing capacity for COVID-19."
S5O-04344 - Unanswered
20 May 2020
Rowley, Alex: "To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to the further education sector to help develop the skills of people whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak."
S5W-28388 - Answered
14 April 2020
Rowley, Alex: "To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement by the UK Government of a £750 million fund for frontline charities across the UK, whether Barnett consequentials of £60 million will be directed towards hospices in Scotland, and, if so, how much will be allocated directly to them."
See all of Alex Rowley's written questions submitted in Parliament