Thomas Kerr - Councillor for Shettleston | Reform Watch
Profile and accountability tracker for Thomas Kerr, Councillor for Shettleston. Reform UK.
Role: Councillor for Shettleston
Party: Reform UK
Recorded incidents (showing 1-2 of 2)
Thomas Kerr described Govanhill as a ghetto
Category: racism
Thomas Jordan Kerr (MSP) described the Govanhill area as a ghetto during a speech at Holyrood and criticised multiculturalism and integration, saying the neighbourhood had become associated with daytime drug dealing, child exploitation, illegal migration and street gangs. He shared a video of the speech on X and Reform's social channels circulated the clip. Glasgow East MP John Grady condemned Kerr's remarks and defended Govanhill's diversity, saying such comments risk sowing division; Grady also addressed what he described as an implied reference to Glasgow MSP Holly Bruce. Kerr's post remained on social media and no party disciplinary action or formal sanction was reported in the sources consulted, though the comments drew criticism from local figures.
Thomas Kerr laughed during a Holyrood speech about the Edinburgh anti-Muslim attacks
Category: inflammatory language
During the first Reform-led debate of the new Scottish Parliament, Labour MSP Daniel Johnson accused Thomas Kerr of laughing while he spoke about the attacks in Edinburgh on 19 June 2026, which wounded five people and were allegedly motivated by Islamophobia. Kerr admitted laughing but said it was at Johnson's "pathetic fake outrage". At First Minister's Questions the next day, John Swinney called him an "absolute disgrace" and accused him of trivialising the attacks.
Sources: https://www.thenational.scot/news/26228543.john-swinney-says-reform-msp-trivialised-edinburgh-terror-attacks/ https://www.thenational.scot/news/26227061.reform-msp-thomas-kerr-responds-laughing-terror-attacks-claim/