Meghan Gallacher

(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)

1. Office vacant between 12 August 2020 and 9 May 2022.

References

1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
2. Meghan Gallacher MSP [@mgallachermsp] (17 January 2022). "Well that's me officially 30! I have been spoiled all day and can't thank my Mum, Dad and @Graeme__mcg enough for making it so special" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 May 2022– via Twitter.
3. "Gallacher quits as deputy Scottish Conservative leader after Ross 'plot'". 16 August 2024.
4. Farquharson, Gregor (9 December 2021). "Lanarkshire MSP and former student praise university's new developments". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
5. Hyland, Jennifer (21 July 2014). "Politics graduate Meghan Gallacher on voting Conservative and why she has set her sights on becoming next female prime minister". Daily Record.
6. "Meghan Gallacher". LinkedIn.
7. Taylor, Margaret (17 February 2022). "Granny knows best: An interview with Meghan Gallacher". Holyrood Website. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
8. "Results" (PDF). mars.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "Motherwell and Wishaw - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
10. "Central Scotland Regional List Candidates". South Lanarkshire. 27 February 2016.
11. North Lanarkshire Council – Councillor Meghan Gallacher, Scottish Conservative Councillors Association
12. "Motherwell & Wishaw parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
13. "Election history for Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency) - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk.
14. "Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News.
15. "Scottish Parliament Scotland Central". Sky News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
16. Green, Chris [@ChrisGreenNews] (12 January 2022). "Majority of Scottish Tories' 31 MSPs at Holyrood now openly calling for the Prime Minister to resign" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 January 2022– via Twitter.
17. MacKenzie, Lewis (9 May 2022). "Scottish Conservatives appoint new chairman and deputy leader". STV News. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
18. Nutt, Kathleen (16 August 2024). "Gallacher quits as deputy Scottish Conservative leader after Ross 'plot'". The Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
19. Percival, Richard (21 February 2022). "Tory MSP wants new parent leave for politicians to be 'seen as the norm'". Scottish Daily Express. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
20. Percival, Richard (12 July 2022). "Scottish Tory deputy leader Meghan Gallacher gives birth to daughter". Scottish Daily Express. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links

• Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Meghan Gallacher

Meghan Gallacher MSP
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
In office 9 May 2022 –16 August 2024
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2021

v t e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland region
Elected in the 2021 election
Constituency MSPs	Neil Gray (SNP, Airdrie and Shotts) Fulton MacGregor (SNP, Coatbridge and Chryston) Jamie Hepburn (SNP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) Collette Stevenson (SNP, East Kilbride) Michelle Thomson (SNP, Falkirk East) Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) Davy Russell (Lab, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) Clare Adamson (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Stephanie Callaghan (SNP, Uddingston and Bellshill)
Additional members	Meghan Gallacher (Con) Mark Griffin (Lab) Stephen Kerr (Con) Monica Lennon (Lab) Richard Leonard (Lab) Gillian Mackay (Green) Graham Simpson (Con)
SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Green (1 seat)