Airdrie
Constituency
Graham Simpson
Reform UK candidate for Airdrie
“Airdrie deserves better after 19 years of SNP misrule. Reform can be part of the recovery government that Scotland so desperately needs and i want to play my part in delivering that.”
About Graham
Graham Simpson was born in Aberdeen and has lived in East Kilbride for over 30 years. He is married with two daughters.
Before entering politics, he spent more than three decades as a journalist, working in senior editorial roles at national newspapers including The Scottish Sun and the Daily Record.
He served as Councillor for East Kilbride West from 2007 to 2017.
Graham stood as the Conservative candidate for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow at the 2010 and 2015 general elections and in 2016 was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a regional MSP for Central Scotland.
At Holyrood, he held senior frontbench roles covering housing, communities, transport and infrastructure, and has been active across several parliamentary committees and cross party groups.
In August 2025, he left the Scottish Conservatives to join Reform UK, becoming the party’s sole MSP in the Scottish Parliament and leading its policy development in Scotland.
He introduced legislation aimed at strengthening accountability in the Scottish Parliament, including a bill to enable the recall of MSPs in defined circumstances, which the parliament rejected.
He is standing in the Airdrie constituency and tops the Reform UK list for the new Central Scotland and Lothians West region.
Outside politics, Graham enjoys cycling, hillwalking, jazz music and following football.
- Lower taxes to help working people keep more of what they earn
- End costly Net Zero measures that push up bills
- Stand up for free speech and common-sense policies
- Back local businesses and create real economic growth
Airdrie
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Constituency Information
Electorate: 54,205
Council Area: North Lanarkshire
Additional Members Region: Central Scotland and Lothians West
