Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Dr William Laurence Wilson is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was a regional list Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region from 2007 to 2011. He left the SNP in 2017 and now serves as co-convener of the Edinburgh Branch of the Scottish Green Party.
Richard Neilson Lochhead is a Scottish politician serving as the Minister for Business since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs,Food and Environment from 2007 to 2016. Lochhead has been a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999,first representing North East Scotland electoral region from 1999 to 2006,before representing the Moray constituency since 2006.
Michael William Russell is a Scottish politician serving as Chairman of the Scottish Land Commission since 2024,having previously served in the Scottish Cabinet under Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Argyll and Bute from 2011 to 2021,and a list MSP for South of Scotland from 1999 to 2003 and 2007 to 2011.
Michael Stephen Matheson is a Scottish politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999,first representing the Central Scotland region and,since 2007,the Falkirk West constituency. Matheson previously served in the Scottish government as Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery,Health and Social Care from 2023 to 2024,Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero,Energy and Transport from 2018 to 2023,and Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2014 to 2018.
Gilbert Martin Paterson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie,from 2011 to 2021. Previously he had been an MSP for the West of Scotland region,having been elected on 3 May 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was an MSP for Central Scotland.
Maureen Elizabeth Watt is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and former Minister for Mental Health in the Scottish Government. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) representing the constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine from 2011 to 2021 when she retired,having previously served as a regional member for North East Scotland from 2006 until 2011.
Cunninghame South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of North Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election,and is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region. The regions elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Keith James Brown is a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007,first representing the Ochil constituency from 2007 to 2011,then the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency since 2011. Brown previously served in the Scottish Cabinet,most recently as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans from 2021 to 2023.
Paisley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Graeme James Dey is a Scottish politician currently serving as the Minister for Veterans and the Minister for Higher and Further Education since 2023. He served as Minister for Transport from 2021 to 2022,having previously served as Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Angus South since 2011.
The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday,5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were eligible to vote,under the provisions of the Scottish Elections Act. It was also the first time the three largest parties were led by women.
Neil James Bibby is a Scottish Labour co-operative politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2011.
Derek Mackay is a former Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance,Economy and Fair Work from 2016 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West from 2011 to 2021. Mackay served as a government minister from 2011 to 2020 under the administrations of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.
Mhairi Black is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2022 to 2024,and as a Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South from 2015 to 2024.
Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands is a Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North between 2015 and 2024. He served as the SNP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2020 to 2024.
Thomas Compton Arthur MSP is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Renfrewshire South,having been first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2021. He has served as Minister for Employment and Investment since 2024.
There was a Scottish National Party leadership election to choose the new Depute leader of the Scottish National Party at the SNP's conference on 14–15 October 2016. The SNP's Westminster Group Leader Angus Robertson MP won the election.
The 6th Scottish Parliament was elected at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. It was opened with the Escort to the Crown of Scotland Parade and Speech from the Throne on 2 October 2021.
Natalie Don-Innes is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West since 2021.
