Richard Leonard
Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
About Richard Leonard
Contact details
Contact online
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6465
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at their Constituency
Coatbridge Business Centre
204 Main Street
Coatbridge
ML5 3RB
Phone: 01236 423555
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Richard is not a member of any committees
Cross-party groups
Richard is a member of 6 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Industrial Communities
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Older People, Age and Ageing
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Science
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Richard does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Richard has 3 party roles
Party Leader
Scottish Labour
Party Spokesperson on Economy
Scottish Labour
Party Spokesperson on Jobs and Fair Work
Scottish Labour
Previous roles
Richard has had 3 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Social Security Committee
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Deputy Party Spokesperson on the Economy
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 23 November 2017
Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee
Member
Register of interests
Richard'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 Richard Leonard. The date of their initial statement was 07 June 2016.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests.
Gifts
On 18 October 2017 I received a donation of £1,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from ASLEF, a trade union (of 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4NN). [Registered 15 November 2017]
On 7 November 2017 I received a donation of £30,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Unite the Union, a trade union (of John Smith House, 145/165 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RZ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 7 November 2017. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On 11 November 2017 I received a donation of £350 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Maria Fyfe [Registered 29 November 2017]
On 14 November 2017 I received a donation of £5,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from USDAW a trade union (of 188 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 6LJ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 14 November 2017. I amended this entry on 15 January 2018 to update the value of the donation, after it had come to my attention that the original value recorded (£2,000) was not correct. [Registered 4 December 2017, Amended 15 January 2018]
On 14 November 2017 I received a donation of £5,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from CWU, a trade union (of 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RX). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 14 November 2017. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On 11 October 2017 I received a donation of £5,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from UNISON Scotland, a trade union (of 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6RX). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 11 October 2017. [Registered 15 November 2017]
On 12 November 2017 I received a donation of £450 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Karl Morton [Registered 24 November 2017]
On 23 November 2017 I received a donation of £4,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from UNISON Scotland a trade union (of 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6RX). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 23 November 2017. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On 12 November 2017 I received a donation of £650 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Mike Martin [Registered 24 November 2017]
On 13 October 2017 I received a donation of £12,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from GMB Scotland, a trade union (of Fountain House, 1/3 Woodside Crescent, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3 7UJ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 13 October 2017. [Registered 15 November 2017]
On 12 November 2017 I received a donation of £200 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Karl Morton. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On 17 November 2017 I received a non-cash donation of the use of phone bank facilities with a monetary value of £417 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Unite Scotland, a trade union (of John Smith House, 145 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RZ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 17 November 2017. [Registered 17 December 2017]
On 17 November 2017 I received a non-cash donation of the use of phone bank facilities with a monetary value of £833 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from GMB Scotland, a trade union (of Fountain House, 1/3 Woodside Crescent, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3 7UJ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 17 November 2017. [Registered 17 December 2017]
On 12 October 2017 I received a donation of £500 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Willie Paton. [Registered 15 November 2017]
On 17 November 2017 I received a non-cash donation of office space and facilities in Edinburgh with a monetary value of £2,130 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from Thompsons Solicitors, a solicitors firm (of 285 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HQ). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 17 November 2017. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On 23 November 2017 I received a donation of £1,000 to my campaign for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party from ASLEF a trade union (of 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4NN). After I established that the donation was from a permissible donor, I accepted the donation on 23 November 2017. [Registered 4 December 2017]
On Sunday 24 September 2017 and Monday 25 September 2017, I attended the Labour Party conference in Brighton. The costs of two nights hotel accommodation, including breakfast, was a total of £324 and was met by the GMB trade union (of 22 Stephenson Way, Euston, London NW1 2HD). In addition, the GMB trade union met the hotel accommodation costs of my assistant, which also came to a total of £324. [Registered 13 October 2017]
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 Co-operative Party.
I am a member of the William Morris Society.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I am a vice chairperson of the Scottish Labour History Society.
I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
I am a member of the GMB Union.
I am a member of the Keir Hardie Society. [Amended interest 18 August 2018]
On 5 June 2018 I received a framed picture of the Kelpies as a gift from the Scottish Pensioners Forum, valued at £40. [Registered 20 July 2018]
I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
On 7 November 2018 I attended a lunch hosted by Lockton Companies LLP and was gifted a bottle of Bollinger Champagne 2007. The value of this champagne is estimated at £80. I will be donating it to a good cause. [Registered 4 December 2018]
Recent Activity
What was said
What Richard Leonard 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.
Covid-19 (Next Steps)
Richard Leonard made 3 Contributions to this discussion
Chamber - 30 July 2020
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the First Minister for advance sight of her statement. I agree with her that, going forward, we need to take a cautious approach…
Labour Market Trends
Richard Leonard made 1 Contribution to this discussion
Chamber - 16 July 2020
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "We know that 30 per cent of all workers in Scotland are on the coronavirus job retention scheme life support and that young workers are twice as likely as older workers to be on that life support…
Covid-19 (Next Steps)
Richard Leonard made 3 Contributions to this discussion
Chamber - 09 July 2020
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the First Minister for advance sight of her statement, and I remind members of my entry in the register of members’ interests…
Care Homes (Covid-19)
Richard Leonard made 3 Contributions to this discussion
Chamber - 24 June 2020
2. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the First Minister for advance sight of her statement. We all welcome the news that the number of Covid-19 deaths continues to fall and that we can look forward today to an easing of the lockdown…
Economic Recovery
Richard Leonard made 2 Contributions to this discussion
Chamber - 23 June 2020
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I welcome many of the recommendations in the advisory group’s report…
Written questions
Written questions Richard Leonard 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-30346 - Answered
30 June 2020
Leonard, Richard: "To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with specialists who provide medical care for older people to help inform its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, broken down by date."
S5W-30908 - Unanswered
24 July 2020
Leonard, Richard: "To ask the Scottish Government which steps it has taken to ensure that the NHS is prepared for a possible second wave of the COVID-19 virus, and what is being done to reduce the impact of this on other services."
S5W-30915 - Unanswered
24 July 2020
Leonard, Richard: "To ask the Scottish Government what timescale it has set for launching an inquiry into its response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
S5W-30905 - Unanswered
24 July 2020
Leonard, Richard: "To ask the Scottish Government what consideration is has given to widening the field of people who are eligible for the flu vaccination in 2020, and, if it proposes to do so, what the criteria will be."
S5W-30916 - Unanswered
24 July 2020
Leonard, Richard: "To ask the Scottish Government how many death in service payments have been made to the families of frontline (a) NHS and (b) social care workers who died as a result of COVID-19."
See all of Richard Leonard's written questions submitted in Parliament