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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Carol Mochan

Scottish Labour

MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Carol Mochan

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @CMochan

Facebook: Carol's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6993
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

Currently working from home, use:
PO Box 8526
Prestwick
KA9 9BA

Phone: 07554 546 938
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Carol is a member of 12 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Autism

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness

Vice-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Diabetes

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Epilepsy

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Health Inequalities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart and Circulatory Diseases

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Poverty

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Space

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sport

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women's Health

Deputy Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Carol does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Carol has 2 party roles

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Public Health

Scottish Labour

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Women’s Health

Scottish Labour

Previous roles

Carol has had 7 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

15 January 2025 - 02 September 2025

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Substitute Member

19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Member

19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Member

31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Sport

Scottish Labour

31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Mental Wellbeing

Scottish Labour

17 June 2021 - 19 January 2023

Health Social Care and Sport Committee

Member

22 September 2021 - 19 January 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Carol'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 Carol Mochan. The date of their initial statement was 30 May 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

No registrable interests

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

No registrable interests

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

[Ceased interest removed from entry: 14 May 2024]

[Ceased interest removed from entry: 6 February 2025]

[Ceased interest removed from entry: 7 February 2024]

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

I chair the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group. [Registered 15 December 2023]

I am on a community enterprise group, Burnsland Enterprise Group CIC, which aims to support a community post office. My involvement is voluntary and I receive no payment.

I am a member of Unite the Union.

I am a member of the Co-operative Party.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Carol Mochan 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: 26 June 2025

Amey (Redundancies)

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "The First Minister might be aware that Amey plans to make up to 100 road maintenance workers in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway redundant. Those workers are funded by a Scottish Government contract…

Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025

Apprenticeships (Availability)

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Construction apprenticeships are essential and there is demand for them. However, in my South Scotland region there are two areas that we must work on…

Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025

Rural Museums

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the cabinet secretary for his letter in response to my concerns about rural museums and the cost of displaying delicate articles that need environmental protection, such as the tapestries at Dean castle in my South Scotland region…

Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025

Decision Time

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I do not think that my app connected. I would have voted no."

Chamber meeting date: 24 June 2025

Infrastructure Use (United States Military)

1. Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding the use of Scottish Government-owned infrastructure by the United States military, in light of US air strikes on Iran. (S6T-02608)"

Votes

How Carol Mochan has voted in Parliament

Find out how Carol Mochan has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16789

Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Result 64 for, 1 against, 53 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-16892

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Result 91 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-16960

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution

Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-16942

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Result 70 for, 0 against, 50 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP abstained

Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-16923

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation

Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Carol Mochan has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S6W-37559

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local community groups to tackle loneliness and isolation in rural areas."

Question reference: S6W-37560

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage older people and people who experience loneliness to join and participate in local social groups."

Question reference: S6W-37555

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support and improve the experiences of any women of Wigtownshire who have reportedly had to travel 80 miles to give birth without access to pain relief, in light of the increased risk of giving birth at the roadside."

Question reference: S6W-37562

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to instigate a (a) review and (b) risk assessment on the outcomes for maternity care, in light of its reported withdrawal of maternity services from Wigtownshire, and, if so, when."

Question reference: S6W-37561

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve the reported lack of maternity care provision in Wigtownshire."

Question reference: S6W-37557

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:13 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging people to participate in groups such as walking football for both the physical and social benefits."

Question reference: S6W-37765

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:22 May 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 5 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to increase the role of registered (a)(i) district, (ii) school and (iii) general practice nurses and (b) health visitors to help reduce health inequalities."

Question reference: S6W-37763

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:22 May 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 5 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what recent action it has taken to improve recruitment and retention within the nursing workforce, in light of the Royal College of Nursing’s report, The Nursing Workforce in Scotland 2025."

Question reference: S6W-37762

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:22 May 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 5 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its Programme for Government 2025-26, what action it is taking to ensure that alcohol harm prevention is integrated into its health agenda."

Question reference: S6W-37764

Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged:20 May 2025

Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when its review into nursing student finance will conclude, and when it will publish the findings."

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