Alison Harris


Alison Ada Harris is a Scottish Conservative politician, and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland since 2016.

Political career

Westminster elections

Harris stood unsuccessfully in the 2015 United Kingdom general election for the Westminster constituency, Falkirk. She came third out of the five candidates with 7,325 votes increasing the vote share to 12.13%

Scottish Parliament

For the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Harris was selected to contest the Falkirk West constituency and was placed third on the Conservatives' Central region list, behind Margaret Mitchell MSP and Graham Simpson MSP. Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list.
Harris is the Scottish Conservative spokesperson for taxation and financial sustainability. She is deputy convener of the Public Audit Committee.