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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Willie Rennie

Scottish Liberal Democrats

MSP for North East Fife (Constituency) 2016 - present day

Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2011 - 2016

About Willie Rennie

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @willie_rennie

Facebook: Willie's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5804
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

Unit G1
Granary Business Centre
Coal Road
Cupar
KY15 5YQ

Phone: 01334 656361
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Willie is a member of 2 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Armed Forces and Veterans Community

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Pakistan

Deputy Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Willie does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Willie has 3 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Communities

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Party Spokesperson on Education

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Previous roles

Willie has had 17 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Liberal Democrats

06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021

Party Spokesperson on the Constitution

Scottish Liberal Democrats

06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021

Party Spokesperson on Europe and External Relations

Scottish Liberal Democrats

06 May 2021 - 19 July 2021

Party Leader

Scottish Liberal Democrats

05 May 2016 - 04 May 2021

Party Leader

Scottish Liberal Democrats

29 May 2016 - 04 May 2021

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Liberal Democrats

08 September 2019 - 04 May 2021

Chief Whip

Scottish Liberal Democrats

15 November 2017 - 04 May 2021

parliamentary bureau

Member

08 November 2016 - 25 September 2019

Equalities and Human Rights Committee

Substitute Member

08 November 2016 - 18 September 2019

Health and Sport Committee

Substitute Member

11 May 2016 - 17 May 2016

parliamentary bureau

Member

17 May 2011 - 23 March 2016

Party Leader

Scottish Liberal Democrats

12 November 2012 - 23 March 2016

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Liberal Democrats

12 November 2012 - 23 March 2016

Party Spokesperson on Infrastructure

Scottish Liberal Democrats

29 October 2014 - 23 March 2016

Devolution Further Powers Committee

Substitute Member

01 November 2012 - 29 October 2014

Referendum Scotland Bill Committee

Substitute Member

09 June 2011 - 01 May 2012

Scotland Bill Committee

Member

Register of interests

Willie's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Willie Rennie has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 20 February 2025

Permanent Homes (Families with Children in Temporary Accommodation)

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The minister knows that the number of children in temporary accommodation has got worse, not better, since we declared a housing emergency. His actions are clearly not having the immediate effect that we want…

Chamber meeting date: 20 February 2025

Scottish Income Tax Rate Resolution 2025-26

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "I will carry on from where Ross Greer finished. Much has been said about the progressive nature of our taxation system, which has been a feature of our budgets for some years now…

Chamber meeting date: 20 February 2025

Great British Energy Bill

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "It is very Edward Mountain to consider a legislative consent motion that is based on an amendment in the House of Lords on the Great British Energy Bill to be a “white-knuckle ride”. That is the kind of rock-and-roll life that he lives…

Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2025

The Promise (Third Oversight Board Report)

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "We have discovered that there are no secure unit beds. The minister was not going to tell us that, and we found out only because Martin Whitfield asked the question. She said that the issue was important, but she did not include it in her statement…

Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2025

Powers of the Scottish Parliament

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "I have to commend Lorna Slater for raising the deposit return scheme in the Scottish Parliament and claiming it as an asset. We are nine years on from the referendum, yet we are still debating the consequences of Brexit…

Votes

How Willie Rennie has voted in Parliament

Find out how Willie Rennie has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16526

Great British Energy Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 84 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16532.2

Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy

Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 16 for, 97 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16532

Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy

Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 70 for, 42 against, 1 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16532.1

Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy

Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 28 for, 69 against, 14 abstained, 18 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16531

Scottish Rate Resolution

Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 86 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Willie Rennie has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6W-35081

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on a musculoskeletal digital pathway for Scotland since November 2023."

Answer expected on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35084

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the clinical director of musculoskeletal services at each territorial NHS board."

Answer expected on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35085

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how many calls have been made to the now defunct musculoskeletal helpline since 2020."

Answer expected on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35083

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the clinical director of trauma and orthopaedics at each territorial NHS board."

Answer expected on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35082

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the clinical director of rheumatology in each territorial NHS board."

Answer expected on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04358

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 19 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of police officer and police staff working days lost due to mental health illness has risen in recent years."

Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

Question ref. S6W-34980

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 13 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20893 by Jenny Gilruth on 26 September 2023, on what date it will publish the equivalent data for 2024-25."

Answer expected on 13 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-33359

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 16 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any reports of underspend in Whole Family Wellbeing Fund allocations, and, if so, how much this has amounted to in each financial year that the fund has operated."

Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 28 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-33358

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 16 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any assessment of the experiences of children and families regarding whole family support during the lifetime of the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund."

Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 28 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-33235

Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reportedly overdue filing of audited accounts by Alvance and Liberty Steel, whether any conditions, as part of any legal agreements between these companies and the Scottish Government, have been broken."

Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 January 2025

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