MP puts the foot down over learners’ plight’ Monday, 8 December, 2025 John Cooper MP has expressed concern at the length of time learner drivers are having to wait to book a driving test. In response to a series of parliamentary questions lodged by the local MP, it has been revealed that the average waiting time for a practical driving test at the Dumfries Driving Test Centre is currently 15.5 weeks. The answer also confirmed that the Dumfries centre is operating at... Local News
John Cooper MP marks one year as Dumfries and Galloway's Member of Parliament 4th July 2025 Although I was about the last MP in the country to know I’d been elected on Friday 5th July 2024 – no recount; just that the count itself was exceptionally... Local News
John Cooper MP urges Scottish Government to back floating solar 1st July 2025 Floating solar could deliver the advantages of renewable energy with less of the visual impact of wind farms. And now MP John Cooper has written to the Scottish... Local News
Debate: Male Incontinence. Local MP's Remarks 19th June 2025 Incontinence is no respecter of person, and no respecter of sex, and it is male incontinence that I rise to speak about. The wry old joke is that men do not... Speeches in Parliament
People should be able to bank on face-to-face service, insists John Cooper MP 10th June 2025 Banking apps are great - but what if you don’t have a decent phone signal or broadband? In a speech to Parliament, John Cooper, MP for Dumfries and Galloway... Local News
John Cooper MP welcomes decision to follow local opinion and scrap plans for Galloway National Park 29th May 2025 Lack of support has finished the plan to locate Scotland’s third National Park in Galloway, and MP John Cooper says he is pleased local opinion has been heeded... Local News
MP writes to First Minister and reiterates call for Army to install temporary bridge in Kirkcudbright 18th April 2025 MP John Cooper has again raised the use of the Army to put up a temporary bridge in Kirkcudbright as the town is cut in half after the Scotland Office claimed... Local News
First Minister refuses to apologise for wildfire comments 17th April 2025 Failing to apologise to emergency service staff and volunteers who risked life and limb during the Glen Trool wildfire is ‘a missed opportunity” from the First... Local News
MP calls for UK Army to build temporary bridge in Kirkcudbright 9th April 2025 Army engineers could throw a temporary bridge over the Dee while repairs are carried out on Kirkcudbright Bridge. MP John Cooper has suggested military help... Local News
John Cooper MP urges both the UK and Scottish Government ministers engage with him on the A75 and A77 3rd April 2025 Dumfries and Galloway MP, John Cooper, called on ministers in Westminster and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport in Holyrood, Fiona Hyslop MSP, to meet with... Speeches in Parliament
