Ash Regan

person

Scottish politician

Ashten Regan is a Scottish politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Eastern from 2016 until 2026. Initially elected to parliament for the Scottish National Party (SNP), she defected to the Alba Party in 2023, before becoming an independent MSP in 2025. Regan served under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as the Minister for Community Safety from 2018 until she resigned in 2022 in protest against her government's Gender Recognition Reform Bill.