Craig Hoy
{{Short description|Scottish Conservative politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Craig Hoy
| honorific-suffix = MSP
| image = Craig Hoy 2021.jpg
| caption = Swearing in, 2021
| office = Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party
| deputy = Pam Gosal
| leader = Douglas Ross
Russell Findlay
| term_start = 20 May 2022
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| predecessor = Rab Forman and
Rachael Hamilton
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South Scotland
{{nobold|(1 of 7 regional MSPs)}}
| term_start1 = 8 May 2021
| predecessor1 = Michelle Ballantyne
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| birth_name = Craig William Hoy
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| party = Scottish Conservatives
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Craig William Hoy{{cite news |title=General election 2019: Who is standing in Scotland? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50437627 |access-date=7 June 2021 |work=BBC News |date=2019-11-15}} (born 1975{{Cite web |title=Statutory registers - Births - Search results |url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/6901250946657227d56ecc |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=ScotlandsPeople}}) is a Scottish politician and former businessman and journalist.
He holds the post of Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and serves in the Shadow Cabinet of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party under Russell Findlay at Holyrood.
He has served as Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives and was a member of the Shadow Cabinet under Douglas Ross.{{cite news|last1=Matchett |first1=Conor |date=25 May 2021 |title='Belated transparency victory' as Scottish Government agency to publish Covid-19 deaths by hospital figures |language=en |work=www.scotsman.com |url=https://www.scotsman.com/health/coronavirus/belated-transparency-victory-as-scottish-government-agency-to-publish-covid-19-deaths-by-hospital-figures-3248660 |access-date=3 June 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Keith |first1=Jake |last2=Amery |first2=Rachel |date=2 June 2021 |title='Crisis' as record number of children waiting more than a year for mental health treatment in Fife |work=The Courier |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/2273101/crisis-as-record-number-of-children-waiting-more-than-a-year-for-mental-health-treatment-in-fife/ |access-date=3 June 2021}}
Hoy has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since 2021.
Career
Prior to becoming a politician, Hoy was a businessman in the conference and events arena in the UK, the EU and Asia Pacific. Prior to that served as a journalist,{{cite news |last1=Sharp |first1=Marie |title=UPDATED: Conservative candidate wins Haddington and Lammermuir by-election |url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/17631609.conservative-candidate-wins-haddington-lammermuir-by-election/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=10 May 2019 |language=en}} having worked for the BBC, Parliamentary Communications and was a cofounder of Holyrood magazine.{{cite web |title=Craig Hoy |url=https://www.eastlothianconservatives.com/people/craig-hoy |website=East Lothian Conservatives |access-date=6 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hoy |first1=Craig |title=The question is not whether the UK needs a new constitutional framework, but what that framework should be |url=https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,the-question-is-not-whether-the-uk-needs-a-new-constitutional-framework-but-what-that-framework-should-be_13792.htm |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=Holyrood Website |date=2019-10-04 |language=en}}
He was also a member of East Lothian Council, representing the Haddington and Lammermuir ward,{{cite news |last1=Ritchie |first1=Cameron |title=Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar makes campaign visit to East Lothian |url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/19278452.292501133/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=4 May 2021 |language=en}} having been elected in a by-election in 2019.
Hoy contested the East Lothian seat in the 2019 general election, where he finished third.{{cite news |last1=Swanson |first1=Ian |title=Election 2021: Here are the candidates and the issues for East Lothian |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/holyrood-elections-2021-here-are-the-candidates-and-the-issues-in-east-lothian-3186638 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com |date=2 April 2021 |language=en}}
Hoy stood in East Lothian at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, coming third.{{Cite web|title=Scottish Parliament Election 2021: Statement from East Lothian constituency Conservative candidate Craig Hoy|url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/election-twentyone/19275375.statement-east-lothian-constituency-conservative-candidate-craig-hoy-scottish-parliament-election-2021/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=East Lothian Courier|language=en}}
In that same election, Hoy was one of three Conservative candidates to be elected as regional members on the South Scotland list.
As an MSP, Hoy has served as the Scottish Conservatives' Shadow Minister for Social Care and was a member of the shadow health team.
Additionally, he has also served as a member of the Scottish Parliament's Public Audit Committee and now serves as a member of the Finance and Public Administration Committee.
Following the 2022 Scottish local elections, Hoy was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives and oversaw the party's General Election campaign where five of six seats were held.
Hoy is openly LGBT+ and lives with his partner Mark in the South Scotland region he represents.https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,craig-hoy-i-saw-mika-at-the-roundhouse-and-went-home-with-covid
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