Craig Hoy is the Scottish Conservative candidate for Dumfriesshire.
He is currently a South Scotland MSP and is also the shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government.
Over a 25 year career in media and business, Craig has worked for organisations including Dods, the BBC and Holyrood Magazine which he co-founded in 2000.
He was educated at Lasswade High School and grew up in Midlothian. After going to university in Edinburgh and graduating from City University in London, he started his career as a journalist, going on to work as a Downing Street Lobby Correspondent.
After a decade as a journalist and political editor, he went on to run businesses in the UK and overseas – including the launch of his own events and intelligence company in 2008.
Craig is not a career politician and represents something new and refreshing in our local politics.
He entered the Scottish Parliament as a Regional List MSP for South Scotland in May 2021, and sat on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee from 2021-2022 and on the Public Audit Committee from 2021-2023.
Craig serves as the convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Beer and Pubs.