Angus Struan Carolus Robertson is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution,External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Former Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2016 to 2018,he has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2021. Robertson previously served as a Westminster MP for Moray from 2001 to 2017,where he served from 2007 to 2017 as the Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons.
Glasgow North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Peter William Bone is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough from 2005 until 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he had sat as an independent in the House of Commons after the Conservative whip was withdrawn from him in 2023,until he was removed by a recall petition in December of that year. He campaigned for Brexit in the EU referendum and was part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave. From July to September 2022,he served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.
Christopher John Pincher is a British former politician and member of the Conservative Party who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth from 2010 until his resignation in 2023. Pincher served as Government Deputy Chief Whip,and Treasurer of the Household from 2018 to 2019 and from February to June 2022.
Ian Blackford is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross,Skye and Lochaber since 2015.
Alison Emily Thewliss is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central since the May 2015 general election.
Kirsten Frances Oswald is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in 2015;she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022.
Joanna Catherine Cherry is a Scottish politician and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South West since 2015. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was the party's Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2021.
Patricia Gibson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as SNP Attorney General Spokesperson since September 2023. She served as the SNP Shadow Secretary of State for Housing,Communities and Local Government since 2021 to 2022. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran since winning the seat at the 2015 general election.
A series of allegations concerning the involvement of British politicians in cases of sexual harassment and assault arose in October and November 2017. Allegations were prompted by discussions among junior staff employed in the UK Parliament at Westminster following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood earlier in October,and the subsequent rise of the #MeToo movement,but spread further to cover all the major political parties,including political figures beyond Westminster.
Amy Callaghan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire since the 2019 general election. She unseated the then Liberal Democrat leader,Jo Swinson,with a narrow majority of 149 votes or 0.3%,overturning her majority of 5,339 votes two years earlier. She has been SNP Health spokesperson since 2023 and sits on the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
James Neale Hanvey is a Scottish politician serving as the Leader of the Alba Party in the House of Commons since 2021,and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 2019.
Robert Joseph Roberts is a British Independent politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn in North Wales since the 2019 general election. He was elected as a member of the Conservative Party.
The Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints was a Committee of the Scottish Parliament which was set up to investigate the Alex Salmond scandal,in which the Scottish Government breached its own guidelines in its original investigation into claims of sexual harassment claims by former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond,leading to the loss of a judicial review into their actions. The Committee met from 2020 to 2021 and published its final report on 23 March 2021. Prior to publication,it leaked that the Committee concluded that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled them in her evidence.
The Alex Salmond scandal refers to the political scandal in Scotland concerning the behaviour of former First Minister of Scotland,Alex Salmond,and his successor,former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The scandal created a feud within the Scottish National Party and a ministerial code investigation into Sturgeon conducted by James Hamilton concluded that she did not break the ministerial code over her conduct with Salmond.
The Chris Pincher scandal was a political controversy in the United Kingdom related to allegations of sexual misconduct by the former Conservative Party Deputy Chief Whip,Chris Pincher. In early July 2022,allegations of Pincher's misconduct emerged,including allegations that pre-dated his appointment as Deputy Chief Whip.
The 2022 Scottish National Party (SNP) Westminster leadership election was held to choose the leader of the SNP in the House of Commons,following the resignation of Ian Blackford on 1 December 2022. Stephen Flynn and Alison Thewliss were the two MPs who ran in the election. Flynn was elected by 26 votes to 17.
