Craig William Hoy is a

Scottish Conservative Party The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

politician. He is Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Hoy also serves as the Scottish Conservatives' Shadow Minister for social care and is a member of the shadow health team and a member of the shadow cabinet. He has been a

Member of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The add ...

(MSP) for the South Scotland region since the 2021 election. He also stood in

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the hi ...

. He was a member of

East Lothian Council East Lothian Council is one of the 32 local government councils in Scotland covering the East Lothian area. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 22 councillors have been elected from 6 wards. History East Lothian District Council had been ...

, representing the Haddington and Lammermuir ward, having been elected in a by-election in 2019. He is a member of the Scottish Parliament's Public Audit Committee. He is also a member of the UK Board of the Conservative Party. Hoy contested the

seat in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, where he finished third. He is a former journalist, having worked for the

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, Parliamentary Communications and was a cofounder of ''Holyrood'' magazine. He served as a UK Managing Director of Dods, the political intelligence, media, events and training company. In 2008 he co-founded PublicAffairsAsia, a publishing and events company in Hong Kong, and worked in the capacity of Executive Director for nearly a decade. Since his election to Holyrood, he has taken an active interest in health and social care policy and has promoted the next generation of nuclear energy in Scotland. Hoy is the Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Beer and Pubs, Vice Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on St Andrew’s Day and a Member of the Cross-Party Group on Mental Health. He appears regularly on broadcast media and writes a fortnightly column for The East Lothian Courier. Hoy lives with his partner, with whom he is in a civil partnership, in East Lothian.

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