Craig Hoy

Craig William Hoy (born 1975) is a Scottish Conservative politician, 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 leader Russell Findlay at Holyrood.

He has served as Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives and was a member of the Shadow Cabinet under Douglas Ross.

Hoy has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since 2021.

Hoy was educated at Lasswade High School Centre and grew up in Dalkeith, Midlothian. He went to university in Edinburgh and graduated from City, University of London. He has a brother and sister.

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 he worked as a journalist, having been employed by the BBC and Parliamentary Communications. He was a cofounder of Holyrood magazine.

Hoy was a member of East Lothian Council, representing the Haddington and Lammermuir ward, having been elected in a by-election in 2019.

Hoy contested the East Lothian seat in the 2019 general election, where he finished third.