Campbell Martin is a Scottish journalist and former politician.
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.
William Stewart Maxwell is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was the Minister for Communities and Sport from 2007 to 2009 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region from 2003 to 2016.
North Ayrshire and Arran is a constituency of the British House of Commons,located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post voting system of voting.
Kathryn Sloan Clark,Baroness Clark of Kilwinning,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
Eastwood is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Renfrewshire. 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 the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Murdo MacKenzie Fraser is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001. As of 2024,he serves as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Business,Economic Growth and Tourism,shadowing Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.
Alexander Johnstone was a Scottish Conservative politician. He served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2016.
Elaine Kildare Murray is a retired Scottish Labour politician. She was leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council for the 2017–2022 term. She was also the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dumfries from 1999 to 2011,and then for Dumfriesshire from 2011 to 2016. At the 1999,2003 and 2007 elections,Murray increased her percentage share of the vote. She was Shadow Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Parliament. She lost her seat in 2016.
Cunninghame North 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. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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.
Unlike in the Parliament at Westminster where there is an Official Opposition to the government of the day,all parties in the Scottish Parliament that are not in government are all technically on the same footing as 'opposition parties'. With the Scottish National Party (SNP) currently in government,the Scottish Conservatives and Scottish Labour each have a shadow cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and prospective parliamentary candidates.
Renfrewshire North and West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is 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.
George James Adam is a Scottish politician who served as the Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2021 to 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley since 2011.
Ruth Bernadette Maguire is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame South since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Oliver Gordon Watson Mundell is a Scottish politician of the Scottish Conservative Party. He has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dumfriesshire constituency since 2016. He served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills from 2021 to September 2022.
Donald Andrew John Cameron of Lochiel,Baron Cameron of Lochiel is a Scottish Conservative politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from February to July 2024. He was elected a member of the Scottish Parliament for the electoral region of the Highlands and Islands in 2016,serving in various roles in the Conservative shadow cabinet before his appointment to the House of Lords in 2024. Cameron succeeded his father as the 28th Lochiel,the hereditary chief of Clan Cameron,in 2023.
Dean Lockhart is a Scottish former politician who was the convener of the net zero,energy and transport committee in the Scottish Parliament from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party,he was a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2016 to 2022.
Jamie Halcro Johnston is a British politician who is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since 2017. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party,he also serves as their Shadow Minister for Business,Trade,Tourism and Enterprise.
Sharon Dowey is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since May 2021.
