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Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/220px-Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/330px-Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2016</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats">Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 May 2011 – 20 July 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Nick_Clegg" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Nick Clegg">Sir Nick Clegg</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Tim Farron</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Vince_Cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Vince Cable">Sir Vince Cable</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Ed_Davey" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ed Davey">Sir Ed Davey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Scotland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 August 2019 – 6 January 2020<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Stone_(politician)" title="Jamie Stone (politician)">Jamie Stone</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ed_Davey" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ed Davey">Sir Ed Davey</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Brinton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Pack">Pack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Jardine" title="Christine Jardine">Christine Jardine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />5 May 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Campbell" title="Roderick Campbell">Roderick Campbell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">7,448 (18.5%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2011 – 24 March 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Brocklebank" title="Ted Brocklebank">Ted Brocklebank</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stewart_(MSP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stewart (MSP)">Alexander Stewart</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_West_Fife" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunfermline and West Fife">Dunfermline and West Fife</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 February 2006 – 12 April 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Squire" title="Rachel Squire">Rachel Squire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Docherty_(politician)" title="Thomas Docherty (politician)">Thomas Docherty</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Cowan Rennie</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-09-27</span>) </span>27 September 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Janet Rennie <span style="font-size:85%;">(1992–present)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2 sons</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paisley_College_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley College of Technology">Paisley College of Technology</a><br /><a href="/wiki/City_of_Glasgow_College" title="City of Glasgow College">City of Glasgow College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Cowan Rennie</b> (born 27 September 1967) is a Scottish politician who served as the Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> from <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2011</a> to <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2021</a>. He has served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> since <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a>, and previously as a list MSP for <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> (from 2011 to 2016) and as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_West_Fife" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunfermline and West Fife">Dunfermline and West Fife</a> (from <a href="/wiki/2006_Dunfermline_and_West_Fife_by-election" title="2006 Dunfermline and West Fife by-election">2006</a> to <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>). </p><p>After college, Rennie was a Liberal Democrat election campaigner and official before working as a <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a> consultant in the private sector. He became the MP for Dunfermline and West Fife following a by-election win in February 2006. He later lost this seat to the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>. He briefly served as a <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">Special Government Adviser</a> for the Liberal Democrat <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland">Scottish Secretaries of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was then elected to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in the May 2011 election. He was elected as an <a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">additional member</a> for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was soon after elected unopposed as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, replacing <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, Rennie was elected MSP for the constituency seat of <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a>. Rennie was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>, but resigned as Lib Dem leader two months later and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rennie was born on 27 September 1967, in <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>, to Peta and Alexander Rennie.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Strathmiglo" title="Strathmiglo">Strathmiglo</a> where his family ran the village shop. Rennie went to <a href="/wiki/Bell_Baxter_High_School" title="Bell Baxter High School">Bell Baxter High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cupar,_Fife" class="mw-redirect" title="Cupar, Fife">Cupar, Fife</a>, before going to <a href="/wiki/Paisley_College_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley College of Technology">Paisley College of Technology</a>, where he graduated with a BSc in biology. After that, he received a Diploma in Industrial Administration at <a href="/wiki/City_of_Glasgow_College" title="City of Glasgow College">City of Glasgow College</a>. </p><p>Rennie lives in <a href="/wiki/Kelty" title="Kelty">Kelty</a> with his wife Janet.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rennie was one of the 50 MPs who ran a mile to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Sport_Relief" title="Sport Relief">Sport Relief</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finishing close behind the winner, <a href="/wiki/David_TC_Davies" class="mw-redirect" title="David TC Davies">David Davies</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_political_career:_1990–2001"><span id="Early_political_career:_1990.E2.80.932001"></span>Early political career: 1990–2001</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early political career: 1990–2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While a student at Paisley College of Technology he was deputy president of the <a href="/wiki/Students%27_union" title="Students' union">student union</a>. Rennie ran the Scottish Young Liberal Democrats (later reformed as <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Youth_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Youth Scotland">Liberal Youth Scotland</a>) and after graduation went on to work for the <a href="/wiki/English_Liberal_Democrats" title="English Liberal Democrats">English Liberal Democrats</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. He then went on to work for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>' <a href="/wiki/Political_campaign" title="Political campaign">campaigns department</a>, and was the successful <a href="/wiki/Election_agent" title="Election agent">agent</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1993_Christchurch_by-election" title="1993 Christchurch by-election">1993 Christchurch by-election</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>. </p><p>After managing the party's campaigns in the <a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West England</a> region in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 General Election</a>, he moved back to Scotland where he was Chief Executive of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> from 1997 to 1999, and then the party's <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a> in the new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> from 1999–2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McEwan_Purvis:_2001–2006"><span id="McEwan_Purvis:_2001.E2.80.932006"></span>McEwan Purvis: 2001–2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: McEwan Purvis: 2001–2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2001 to 2006 he worked for the small Scottish communications firm <a href="/w/index.php?title=McEwan_Purvis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McEwan Purvis (page does not exist)">McEwan Purvis</a> as an account director helping advise businesses and charities such as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry" title="Royal Society of Chemistry">Royal Society of Chemistry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asthma_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Asthma UK">Asthma UK</a>. During his time at McEwan Purvis, Rennie was a press adviser to <a href="/wiki/Fife_Council" title="Fife Council">Fife Council</a>'s Liberal Democrat Opposition Group and a member of the Dunfermline Focus editorial team, working with Dunfermline's Lib Dem councillors on local issues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament:_2006–2010"><span id="Member_of_Parliament:_2006.E2.80.932010"></span>Member of Parliament: 2006–2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament: 2006–2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Squire" title="Rachel Squire">Rachel Squire</a> died, Rennie stood in the <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_West_Fife_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunfermline and West Fife by-election">Dunfermline and West Fife by-election</a> on 9 February 2006 and overturned a Labour majority of 11,800 to win the seat with a swing to his party of 16.24%.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the House of Commons, he was a member of the Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson team, chair of their parliamentary campaigns unit, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Commons_Defence_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Commons Defence Select Committee">Commons Defence Select Committee</a>. </p><p>During his time as an MP, he campaigned on local constituency issues such as abolishing the bridge tolls, banning sex offenders from being driving instructors in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> improvements to cancer services at <a href="/wiki/Queen_Margaret_Hospital" title="Queen Margaret Hospital">Queen Margaret Hospital</a>, and local jobs (including at <a href="/wiki/Longannet_Power_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Longannet Power Station">Longannet Power Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard" title="Rosyth Dockyard">Rosyth Dockyard</a>). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General Election of 6 May 2010</a>, Rennie lost his seat to the Labour candidate <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Docherty_(politician)" title="Thomas Docherty (politician)">Thomas Docherty</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Adviser_and_consultant:_2010–2011"><span id="Special_Adviser_and_consultant:_2010.E2.80.932011"></span>Special Adviser and consultant: 2010–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Special Adviser and consultant: 2010–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was then for a time <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">Special Adviser</a> to the new Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretary <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_MSP_and_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats:_since_2011">Elected MSP and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats: since 2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elected MSP and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats: since 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/220px-Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/330px-Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/440px-Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Rennie speaking in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Rennie returned to front-line politics as an <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a> when he won a regional list seat for the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish Parliament's <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife region</a> at the Holyrood elections on 5 May 2011. He was the only new Liberal Democrat MSP to win a seat in this election. </p><p>Following the resignation of leader <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a>, Rennie stood in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">resulting leadership election</a>. He was the only candidate to be nominated, and was declared elected when the nominations closed on 17 May. He vowed to stand up to the "<a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> bulldozer" majority, and refused to distance his party from the UK <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>, Rennie campaigned alongside <a href="/wiki/Better_Together_(campaign)" title="Better Together (campaign)">Better Together</a> to remain in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He opposes a second independence referendum, favouring a more federal UK.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the Liberal Democrats again elected five MSPs, while gaining two constituency seats and holding their existing two with increased majorities. Rennie was elected in <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a>, gaining it from the SNP with a 9.5% swing. </p><p>Rennie was re-elected in North East Fife for the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with doubled majority.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 July 2021, Rennie announced his resignation as leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a>, effective from September.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a>, the MSP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Western">Edinburgh Western</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Home_Rule_commission_plan">Home Rule commission plan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Home Rule commission plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland_and_Wales" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales">Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales</a></div> <p>In September 2011, Rennie announced plans for a commission building on the work of the blueprint <a href="/wiki/Lord_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Steel">Lord Steel</a> Commission to develop a blueprint for <a href="/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">Home rule</a> and <a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland_and_Wales" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales">full fiscal federalism</a> that would map out further devolution of powers after the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Bill_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland Bill 2011">Scotland Bill 2011</a> was passed into statute.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Armed_Forces_Legal_Action">Armed Forces Legal Action</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Armed Forces Legal Action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willie Rennie was appointed as an honorary patron of Armed Forces Legal Action (AFLA) in April 2014. AFLA is a network of British law firms offering discounted legal services to members of the British military community, founded by Scottish solicitor and former Scottish Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Allan Steele, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Writers_to_His_Majesty%27s_Signet" title="Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet">WS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10285825.stm">"David Cameron's PR director Andy Coulson paid £140,000"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 10 June 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191211201524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10285825.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 11 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Rennie&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/willie-rennie">Willie Rennie</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northeastfifelibdems.org.uk/">Willie Rennie MSP</a> 's official website</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081009221219/http://www.libdems.org.uk/people/willie-rennie">Willie Rennie MSP</a> official Liberal Democrats profile</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090627004630/http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/people/mps/rennie">Willie Rennie MSP</a> official Scottish Liberal Democrats profile</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/">Dunfermline and West Fife Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-willie-rennie">Contributions in Parliament</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard 1803–2005</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Willie_Rennie">Voting record</a> at <a href="/wiki/Public_Whip" title="Public Whip">Public Whip</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/willie_rennie">Record in Parliament</a> at <a href="/wiki/TheyWorkForYou" title="TheyWorkForYou">TheyWorkForYou</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/48204.stm">BBC Profile</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; 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constituency)">Dunfermline</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Gilruth" title="Jenny Gilruth">Jenny Gilruth</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Fife Mid and Glenrothes</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Willie Rennie</a> (Lib Dem, <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Torrance_(politician)" title="David Torrance (politician)">David Torrance</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kirkcaldy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Perthshire_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire North</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Fairlie_(MSP)" title="Jim Fairlie (MSP)">Jim Fairlie</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Perthshire_South_and_Kinross-shire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire South and Kinross-shire</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Tweed" title="Evelyn Tweed">Evelyn Tweed</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Stirling_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Stirling</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">Additional members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Baker" title="Claire Baker">Claire Baker</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murdo_Fraser" title="Murdo Fraser">Murdo Fraser</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roz_McCall" title="Roz McCall">Roz McCall</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ruskell" title="Mark Ruskell">Mark Ruskell</a> (Greens)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Smith_(politician)" title="Liz Smith (politician)">Liz Smith</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stewart_(MSP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stewart (MSP)">Alexander Stewart</a> (Con)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (8 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> (4 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> (2 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> (1 seat); <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Greens</a> (1 seat)</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Scottish_Liberal_Democrats473" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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Bruce">Malcolm Bruce</a> <small>(1988–1992)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> <small>(1992–2005)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> <small>(2005–2008)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2008–2011</a>)</small></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Willie Rennie</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2011–2021</a>)</small></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a></b> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2021–</a>)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats#Deputy_Leaders" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats"><span style="color:black;">Deputy Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> <small>(2002–2010)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> <small>(2010–2012)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> <small>(2012–2021)</small></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a></b> <small>(2021–)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%">Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston" title="Russell Johnston">Russell Johnston</a> <small>(1988–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Malcolm Bruce</a> <small>(2000–2015)</small></li> <li>Eileen McCartin <small>(2016–2018)</small></li> <li>Willie Wilson <small>(2018–)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%">MSPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_McArthur" title="Liam McArthur">Liam McArthur</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Willie Rennie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Wishart" title="Beatrice Wishart">Beatrice Wishart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%">MPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Jardine" title="Christine Jardine">Christine Jardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_MacDonald_(Liberal_Democrat_politician)" title="Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat politician)">Angus MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Murray" title="Susan Murray">Susan Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Stone_(politician)" title="Jamie Stone (politician)">Jamie Stone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats#Organisation" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats"><span style="color:black;">Organisation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Scottish_Liberal_Democrat_Councillors_and_Campaigners" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners">Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Young_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Young Liberals">Scottish Young Liberals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Governments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Scottish Governments"><span style="color:black;">In Government</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_1st_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the 1st Scottish Parliament">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_2nd_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the 2nd Scottish Parliament">Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2005 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Special_advisers_to_the_British_government752" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:British_special_advisers" title="Template:British special advisers"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:British_special_advisers" title="Template talk:British special advisers"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:British_special_advisers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:British special advisers"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Special_advisers_to_the_British_government752" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(United_Kingdom)" title="Special adviser (United Kingdom)">Special advisers to the British government</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_premiership_of_Harold_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="First premiership of Harold Wilson">First Wilson Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Abel-Smith" title="Brian Abel-Smith">Brian Abel-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Haines_(journalist)" title="Joe Haines (journalist)">Joe Haines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Harris,_Baron_Harris_of_Greenwich" title="John Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich">John Harris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Edward_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiership of Edward Heath">Heath Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kerpel" title="Tony Kerpel">Tony Kerpel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Second_premiership_of_Harold_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Second premiership of Harold Wilson">Second Wilson Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Abel-Smith" title="Brian Abel-Smith">Brian Abel-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Haines_(journalist)" title="Joe Haines (journalist)">Joe Haines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_James_Callaghan" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiership of James Callaghan">Callaghan Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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href="/wiki/Andrew_Dunlop" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Dunlop">Andrew Dunlop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Griffiths,_Baron_Griffiths_of_Fforestfach" title="Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach">Brian Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Jonathan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hoskyns_(policy_advisor)" title="John Hoskyns (policy advisor)">John Hoskyns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Ingham" title="Bernard Ingham">Bernard Ingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_James_(civil_servant)" title="Henry James (civil servant)">Henry James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kerpel" title="Tony Kerpel">Tony Kerpel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Levene" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Levene">Peter Levene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Lightfoot" title="Warwick Lightfoot">Warwick Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Mount" title="Ferdinand Mount">Ferdinand Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Norton,_8th_Baron_Grantley" title="Richard Norton, 8th Baron Grantley">The Lord Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Palliser" title="Michael Palliser">Michael Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Peel" title="Jack Peel">Jack Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Redwood" title="John Redwood">John Redwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Stone" title="Norman Stone">Norman Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Walters" title="Alan Walters">Alan Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wolfson,_Baron_Wolfson_of_Sunningdale" title="David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale">David Wolfson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Major#Prime_Minister" title="John Major">Major Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Bercow" title="John Bercow">John Bercow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Blackwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Blackwell">Norman Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Caine">Jonathan Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Chaplin" title="Judith Chaplin">Judith Chaplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Peter_de_la_Billi%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Peter de la Billière">Sir Peter de la Billière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finkelstein" title="Daniel Finkelstein">Daniel Finkelstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Jonathan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hogg,_Viscountess_Hailsham" title="Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham">Sarah Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kerpel" title="Tony Kerpel">Tony Kerpel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Lightfoot" title="Warwick Lightfoot">Warwick Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Meyer" title="Christopher Meyer">Christopher Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell" title="Gus O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rock" title="Patrick Rock">Patrick Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ruffley" title="David Ruffley">David Ruffley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Warner" title="Gerald Warner">Gerald Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wyman" title="Peter Wyman">Peter Wyman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Tony_Blair" title="Premiership of Tony Blair">Blair Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Adonis" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Adonis">Andrew Adonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Allan" title="Tim Allan">Tim Allan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ashworth" title="Jonathan Ashworth">Jonathan Ashworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bennett_(consultant)" title="David Bennett (consultant)">David Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bentley" title="Tom Bentley">Tom Bentley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Campbell" title="Alastair Campbell">Alastair Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cavanagh" title="Matt Cavanagh">Matt Cavanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Corrigan_(political_adviser)" title="Paul Corrigan (political adviser)">Paul Corrigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Diamond" title="Patrick Diamond">Patrick Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Dipple" title="Jo Dipple">Jo Dipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugher" title="Michael Dugher">Michael Dugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hale" title="Stephen Hale">Stephen Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Hart_of_Chilton" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Hart of Chilton">The Lord Hart of Chilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(Labour_adviser)" title="David Hill (Labour adviser)">David Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anji_Hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Anji Hunter">Anji Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Kelly_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Kelly (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Tom Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Kendall" title="Liz Kendall">Liz Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kyle_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kyle (politician)">Peter Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Linden" title="Sophie Linden">Sophie Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Livermore" 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