Paul McLennan | |
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![]() McLennan in 2023 | |
Minister for Housing | |
In office 29 March 2023 –11 June 2025 | |
First Minister | Humza Yousaf John Swinney |
Preceded by | Margaret Burgess |
Succeeded by | Màiri McAllan (as Cabinet Secretary) |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Lothian | |
Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Iain Gray |
Majority | 1,179 (2.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Dunbar,Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | Sharron McLennan |
Children | 2 |
Paul Stewart McLennan is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Housing between 2023 and 2025. [1] [2] A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Lothian since 2021. [3]
He has served as a local councillor for the Dunbar and East Linton multi-member ward of East Lothian Council since 2007 [4] having previously been an unsuccessful candidate in earlier elections to single-member wards, [5] and was both the SNP group leader and the council leader from 2007 to 2012. He has been a board member of NHS Lothian,the regional offices of Scottish Enterprise and the Commission on School Reform. [4]
McLennan is East Lothian's first SNP MSP,with the constituency having been previously held exclusively by Scottish Labour for 22 years. [6]
McLennan is married to his wife Sharron,with whom he has two children,Scott and Kirsty. He is a lifelong resident of Dunbar. [7]
In June 2025,McLennan resigned as Housing Minister. In his resignation letter he said that following a "a recent,though thankfully short,period of ill health" he believed that he should stand down. [8] He had been appointed to the position by Humza Yousaf in 2023. [9]