Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Rural Affairs and on the 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

MSP launches poll on election posters

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has written to Shetland Islands Council after concerns were raised with him on the volume of

Jamie praises Moray charity

Friendly Access, a Lossiemouth-based surf and swim charity for disabled young people, has been congratulated on its success in gaining a £10

Dr Gray’s staffing crisis due to SNP failures on workforce planning

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has condemned the SNP Government for its “utter failure” to properly plan staffing for the N

Jamie welcomes Shetland’s new MSP to Holyrood

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed Beatrice Wishart to the Scottish Parliament as the new Shetland MSP was sworn i

SNP's “huge blunder” over fishing as Shetland prepares to vote

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said the SNP’s Derek Mackay has made a “huge blunder” after the Finance Secretary admitt

Jamie welcomes PM's comments on fishing

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s statement and responses in the House of Commons today, Highlands and Islands Conservative MSP Jamie Halcr

Reviving High Streets is crucial for Moray economy

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that reviving Moray’s High Streets is crucial for growing the county’s economy. Mr

Jamie meets transport officials over Moray bus routes

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has met with senior transport managers at Moray Council about problems with local

Moray cuts risk “holding back” county’s huge tourism potential

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has highlighted Moray’s huge untapped potential for tourism. The Conservative MSP praised t

“Pride of Moray” recognised at Holyrood

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has marked the Royal Air Force’s decision to name the first of its P-8 Poseidon aircraft “Pr

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www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk

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