Hepburn also served as the convener of the Cross Party Group on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the Scottish Parliament's third session.

He was placed third on the SNP list for Central Scotland for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election[1] but was returned for the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency.

It was Hepburn's written question which revealed that projects in Scotland funded by the Private Finance Initiative will cost the taxpayer some £22.3 billion over a 40-year period.

[6] Hepburn has signed up to the People's Charter, a campaigning document prepared by trade unionists as an alternative to neoliberalism[7] and has drawn criticism from some elements of the Scottish media for having tabled a motion on Venezuela.

[8] Hepburn's wife Julie was the SNP candidate for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East at the 2010 UK general election, she finished in second place to Labour with 9,794 votes.