Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish National Party
MSP for Glasgow Southside (Constituency) 2011 - present day
Former MSP for Glasgow Govan (Constituency) 2007 - 2011
Former MSP for Glasgow (Region) 1999 - 2007
About Nicola Sturgeon
Contact details
Contact online
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
Phone: 0141 424 1174
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at their Constituency
Unit 3
Govanhill Workspace
69 Dixon Road
Glasgow
G42 8AT
Phone: 0141 424 1174
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Nicola is not a member of any committees
Cross-party groups
Nicola is not a member of any cross-party groups
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Nicola has 1 parliamentary and government role
First Minister
Scottish Government
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Party Roles
Nicola does not have any party roles
Previous roles
Nicola has had 11 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
19 November 2014 - 17 May 2016
First Minister
Scottish Government
14 November 2014 - 23 March 2016
Party Leader
Scottish National Party
17 May 2007 - 25 May 2011
Deputy First Minister
Scottish Government
17 May 2007 - 25 May 2011
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing
Scottish Government
03 May 2007 - 22 March 2011
Deputy Party Leader
Scottish National Party
03 September 2003 - 30 September 2004
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
04 June 2003 - 23 September 2004
Justice 2 Committee
Member
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Party Spokesperson on Europe and External Relations
Scottish National Party
02 November 2000 - 31 March 2003
Health and Community Care Committee
Member
16 May 1999 - 30 November 2000
Party Spokesperson on Education and Young People
Scottish National Party
17 June 1999 - 30 November 2000
Education Culture and Sport Committee
Member
Register of interests
Nicola's register of interests
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 Nicola Sturgeon. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2016.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
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 have purchased £250 of community shares as part of a scheme to raise fund for Govanhill Baths in my constituency. [Registered 14 February 2018]
On 14 March 2013 I attended a private dinner hosted by Andrew Fairlie at Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles, valued at £150.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Nicola Sturgeon 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.
Chamber meeting date: 4 March 2021
Legal Advice (Publication)
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon): "The importance for all Governments of being able to take proper legal advice should be understood by everybody across the chamber…
Chamber meeting date: 4 March 2021
First Minister’s Question Time
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon): "Thank you, Presiding Officer. I will give a very quick update on today’s statistics. Yesterday, 500 new cases were reported, which was 2.5 per cent of all the tests that were carried out. The total number of confirmed cases is now 204,055…
Chamber meeting date: 4 March 2021
Judicial Review (Legal Advice)
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon): "As anybody who paid any attention to the lengthy proceedings yesterday, which clearly does not include Ruth Davidson, will have seen, that is simply not true. On 11 December, the law officers were very clear…
Chamber meeting date: 4 March 2021
Coronavirus (New Variants)
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon): "We continue to think that international travel restrictions are essential. The travel restrictions that we have in place are more stringent than in other parts of the UK…
Chamber meeting date: 4 March 2021
Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon): "It is a really important issue and vaccine hesitancy has been in our minds since before the start of the vaccination programme. The good news is that, so far, uptake has been higher than anticipated…
Votes
How Nicola Sturgeon has voted in Parliament
Find out how Nicola Sturgeon has voted recently.
Campaign Recess
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Result 95 for, 1 against, 21 abstained, 12 no vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Scotland’s Recovery
Submitted by: Monica Lennon, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 1, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Result 84 for, 34 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Scotland’s Recovery
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Supported by: Fiona Hyslop, Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Result 84 for, 33 against, 0 abstained, 12 no vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Scotland’s Recovery
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Result 29 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Result 32 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Nicola Sturgeon in Parliament
Find out what motions Nicola Sturgeon has submitted recently.
Written questions
Written questions Nicola Sturgeon 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.
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive what the growth rate in jobs was in Glasgow in each of the last seven years."
Answered by: Nicol Stephen on 28 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were created through inward investment in (a) Scotland, and (b) Glasgow in each of the last five years."
Answered by: Nicol Stephen on 28 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for public transport in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) region and expressed also on a per capita basis."
Answered by: Tavish Scott on 28 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive how many eviction applications have been made by Glasgow Housing Association since the completion of the Glasgow housing stock transfer."
Answered by: Malcolm Chisholm on 15 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to stimulate net capital expenditure in Glasgow's manufacturing sector."
Answered by: Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive how many mothers are still breastfeeding their babies at six weeks (a) nationally and (b) in Glasgow."
Answered by: Lewis Macdonald on 13 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive how many school leavers in all Glasgow parliamentary constituency areas have left school with no (a) standard and (b) higher grade qualifications in each of the last five years and how this compares with the national average."
Answered by: Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive what it means by its plans to promote citizenship education in schools across Scotland."
Answered by: Robert Brown on 8 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was awarded to each social inclusion partnership in Glasgow in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05."
Answered by: Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005
Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 August 2005
"To ask the Scottish Executive what the administration costs have been in each social inclusion partnership in each of the last five years."
Answered by: Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005
See all of Nicola Sturgeon's written questions submitted in Parliament