Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for North East Fife (Constituency) 2016 - present day
Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2011 - 2016
The Scottish Parliament
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06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021
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06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
06 May 2021 - 19 July 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
05 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
29 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
08 September 2019 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
15 November 2017 - 04 May 2021
Member
08 November 2016 - 25 September 2019
Substitute Member
08 November 2016 - 18 September 2019
Substitute Member
11 May 2016 - 17 May 2016
Member
17 May 2011 - 23 March 2016
Scottish Liberal Democrats
12 November 2012 - 23 March 2016
Scottish Liberal Democrats
12 November 2012 - 23 March 2016
Scottish Liberal Democrats
29 October 2014 - 23 March 2016
Substitute Member
01 November 2012 - 29 October 2014
Substitute Member
09 June 2011 - 01 May 2012
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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
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
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
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
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
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…
Find out how Willie Rennie has voted recently.
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
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
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
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
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
Find out what motions Willie Rennie has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
See all of Willie Rennie's questions submitted in Parliament