Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Connectivity and Islands

Members of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands

MSPs

Scottish Conservative & Unionist MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
Follow Jamie Halcro-Johnston on Facebook at @JamieHalcroJohnstonConservative, on Twitter at @jhalcrojohnston and online at https://www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk/ where you can see what he has been doing both in Holyrood and around the Region.

Jamie is a member of the Scottish Parliament Finance and Public Administration Committee and the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

He is also involved in several Cross-Party Groups including:

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Crofting - Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India - Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy - Member

Jamie has previously been a member of many Committees in the Scottish Parliament:

https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/jamie-halcro-johnston

Halcro Johnston backs Moray delivery charges campaign

A campaign by the Moray Citizens Advice Bureau to end disproportionate surcharging and non-delivery of parcels to households in Moray has wo

Wild Camping concerns raised with Minister

The impact on local communities of irresponsible incidents of wild camping has been raised at Holyrood.

New science role for Jamie

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has been appointed the Scottish Conservatives’ new spokesman on Science following the party’

MSP backs “green” distilleries scheme

A new scheme which will help distilleries cut carbon emissions is being backed by Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston. The £10m

Covid-19 cases in Orkney

Commenting on concerns over the number of Covid-19 cases in Orkney, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “This is obviousl

Jamie welcomes tariff cuts

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed the announcement that US tariffs on Scottish shortbread are being axed. Mr Hal

Local pupils and parents “let down”, says Shadow Education Minister

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has hit out at the Scottish Government following news that over 120,000 Scottish pupils have

MSP warns over increase in cost of rural crime

A Highlands and Islands MSP has warned farmers and those living in the countryside to be vigilant after reports of a nationwide spike in the

MSP warns of delayed operations “ticking timebomb”

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called on the Scottish Government to tackle a ‘ticking timebomb’ backlog of delayed oper

Douglas Ross' election as Scottish Conservative Leader

Welcoming the election of Douglas Ross MP as new leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said:

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About Jamie

Jamie was brought up in Orkney, where his family have lived and farmed for generations.

He graduated from the University of Exeter before working for the Financial Times in London and then moving into recruitment. Before 2007, he worked as an adviser at the Scottish Parliament to various Scottish Conservative MSPs and then moved to Holyrood magazine for almost ten years before taking a seat in Parliament on the Highlands and Islands list in June 2017.

Jamie has been an active campaigner including running the A9 dualling campaign, calling for improvements to transport and broadband infrastructure in the Highlands and Islands, and being active in Better Together Orkney during the Scottish independence referendum, helping to secure the highest percentage No vote in Scotland.

Jamie previously stood for the Scottish Parliament in Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber in 2007 and then the Orkney constituency in 2011 and 2016, before competing for the Orkney and Shetland seat in the UK general election in 2017. He was successfully re-elected as an MSP on the Highlands and Islands Regional List in 2021.

Jamie's recent contributions in the Scottish Parliament

https://www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk/scottish-parliament