Willie Rennie
Former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
William Cowan "Willie" Rennie (born 27 September 1967) is a Scottish politician. He is the current Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife in February 2006. Rennie lost this seat to Labour in the May 2010 UK general election.[1] He was then appointed as a Special Government Adviser. He worked for the Scottish Secretaries of State Danny Alexander MP and then Michael Moore MP. He stood for the Scottish Parliament in the 2011 Scottish Parliament general election. He was elected as a member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.[2] Soon afterwards he was elected as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat party.[3] He replaced Tavish Scott.
References
change- ↑ "David Cameron's PR director Andy Coulson paid £140,000". BBC News. 10 June 2010.
- ↑ "Willie Rennie MSP". The Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "Scottish Liberal Democrats". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Other websites
change- Willie Rennie's page at the Scottish Parliament website
- Biography on Scottish Liberal Democrats website
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