Political career
In the 2017 Scottish local elections,Tweed was elected to the Stirling council,representing the Trossachs and Teith ward. [2] She became the council's public safety commission convener following the resignation of Maureen Bennison. [3]
In June 2022 she apologised after being photographed holding the flag of the ultra-nationalist group Siol nan Gaidheal. [4]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Tweed was selected as the SNP's candidate for the Stirling constituency in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. After a successful campaign,she succeeded retiring MSP Bruce Crawford,as the MSP for Stirling. [5] She is the Deputy Convener of the Education,Children and Young People Committee. [6]
In February 2025,Tweed was reported to be on an all-female "hit list" of SNP MSPs that were to be asked to stand down from the Scottish Parliament to make room for ex-MPs who had lost their seats in the 2024 general election. The alleged list was reported to have been drawn up at Stephen Flynn's direction by Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP Seamus Logan. [7] On 13 February,Tweed announced that she would not stand again for re-election. [8]
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