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 at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5804
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at local office
Unit G3
Granary Business Centre
Coal Road
Cupar
KY15 5YQ
Phone: 01334 656361
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Willie is a member of 1 committee
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
Member
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 11 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
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 - 27 August 2021
Party Spokesperson on Finance
Scottish Liberal Democrats
06 May 2021 - 19 July 2021
Party Leader
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
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.
Here is the register for Willie Rennie. The date of their initial statement was 14 May 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
From 16 September 2013 to July 2015 I was in receipt of a donation of £18,000 per annum from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd (an organisation which funds political campaigns in the United Kingdom to promote democratic reform, civil liberties and social justice, of The Garden House, Water End, York, YO30 6WQ) for the services of a part-time researcher who worked in my office.
Overseas visits
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Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
From September 2011 to July 2012 I received research and administrative support from a Christian Action Research and Education (CARE) intern. The nominal cost to CARE of providing this intern fell below the threshold for registration.
I am a Patron of the International Fire and Rescue Association.
I am Director of the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (MOJO).
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
I am a Patron of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline.
I am a Trustee of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther. I receive no remuneration for this role.
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: 31 January 2023
National Care Service (Co-design Process)
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "I am not sure that undermining trade unionism is the best way to go about trying to listen to the trade unions. The minister said that he is listening, but the Unite trade union has stopped listening to him. The bill has few friends…
Chamber meeting date: 31 January 2023
Brexit and Workers’ Rights
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "I agree with much of what the minister says about the disaster of Brexit. We supported the Government’s efforts on the keeping pace powers…
Chamber meeting date: 31 January 2023
Business Motions
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "Will the member give way?"
Chamber meeting date: 26 January 2023
Rail Patronage (Mid Scotland and Fife)
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "Last June, in relation to the Scottish transport appraisal guidance, I asked the minister when we would get a decision on the proposal for a Newburgh railway station. She promised to share the timescales with me…
Chamber meeting date: 25 January 2023
Blue Economy
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The paper “Delivering Scotland’s Blue Economy Approach” states that we will “consult on applying a cap to fishing activity in inshore waters ..…
Votes
How Willie Rennie has voted in Parliament
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Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 30, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 24 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 30, 2023
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Ivan McKee, John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Revision to Business Programme
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Supported by: Alexander Burnett, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Pam Gosal, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Ross, Sue Webber, Tess White
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 51 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Business Programme
Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Supported by: Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Murdo Fraser, Jamie Greene, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Roz McCall, Liz Smith, Sue Webber
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 54 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights
Submitted by: Alexander Stewart, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 30, 2023
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 30 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Willie Rennie in Parliament
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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.
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 25 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many potholes there are on the road network."
Answer expected on 8 February 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 25 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) estimated cost of repairing a pothole and (b) current total estimated pothole repair bill is."
Answer expected on 8 February 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 25 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many potholes have been repaired in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 8 February 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 10 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of apprenticeships it has funded via Skills Development Scotland in the current academic year meets the level of demand, and, if that is not the case, how it plans to resource any shortfalls."
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 10 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how many apprentices have been recruited in the construction industry onto schemes funded by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in the current academic year; whether this number exceeds the number of places funded by the Scottish Government, and, if so, by how many places, and what additional support it plans to…
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 21 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent changes to the Welsh Government's Reducing Restrictive Practices Framework, what plans it has to include (a) regulations and (b) mandatory data-gathering on the restraint of children during secure transportation within the forthcoming Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill."
Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 January 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 10 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how many apprenticeships it has funded via Skills Development Scotland in the current academic year."
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 21 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support young people’s mental health services, including in colleges and universities."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 9 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement on 6 December 2022 that organisations applying for public sector grants will need to pay at least the real Living Wage and provide channels for staff to have a say in the workplace from July 2023, whether this applies to grants awarded by local authorities, and what discussions ministers…
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2022
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 19 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported comments by the General Secretary of School Leaders Scotland, that a reduction in budget will lead to class sizes increasing, subjects being removed from the curriculum and a reduction in the number of teachers."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2022
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