Introduction
Alison Ada Harris (born 23 July 1965) 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 United Kingdom general election, 2015 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.