Member of the Scottish Parliament
Bibby was elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 2011 election to represent the West Scotland region,as the Labour Party returned three members from its regional list. [2] [3] He did not contest the 2012 Renfrewshire Council election,with one of the seats in the ward won for Labour by his father Derek. [4]
Bibby was previously the Scottish Labour Chief Whip and also served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Education and Young People,Deputy Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Transport and Town Centres. [5] [6] [7]
Bibby has been a member of the Finance and Constitution Committee as well as a substitute member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. Bibby is a member of a number of Cross-Party Groups and is the Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Visual Impairment,the Cross-Party Group on Towns and Town Centres and the Cross-Party Group on Scottish Horseracing and Bloodstock Industries. [8]
Bibby stood for the Paisley seat in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He was defeated by the incumbent SNP MSP George Adam,but was re-elected on the West Scotland regional list. [9] [10]
Bibby nominated Anas Sarwar in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election. [11] He is currently Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitution,External Affairs and Culture in the Scottish Parliament. [12]
In February 2018 Bibby received 150 bottles of beer worth approximately £450 from Tennent Caledonian Breweries to promote his proposed Tied Pubs (Code and Adjudicator) (Scotland) Bill. [13]
Bibby backed the UK Government’s decision to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment,voting in the Scottish Parliament against calls to reverse the decision. [14]
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