Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for North East Fife (Constituency) 2016 - present day
Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2011 - 2016
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Deputy Convener
Member
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
06 May 2021 - 27 August 2021
Scottish Liberal Democrats
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
Member
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.
No registrable interests
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.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
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No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
I am Director of the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (MOJO).
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.
[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.
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: 4 June 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "Implicit in the Deputy First Minister’s speech was an acknowledgement—I could say an admission—that the Government went off track for a number of years, that it was seen to be anti-business, that it had policies of apparently never-ending increases in taxation and regulation and that there was a suspicion of business and entrepreneurship. The…
Chamber meeting date: 3 June 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "What is the plan for munitions in an independent Scotland? Where will we buy them from? Will we make them ourselves? If it is not the taxpayer, who will fund them? Those are serious questions that highlight the inconsistency in the SNP’s approach…
Chamber meeting date: 29 May 2025
7. Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "To ask the First Minister for what reason there has reportedly been no financial agreement between the Scottish Funding Council and the University of Dundee, in light of the alternative financial recovery plan being launched four weeks ago…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 29 May 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "Amendments 1 and 2 are designed to require the Scottish Government ministers to publish and review a private rented sector strategy. The purpose of that is to recognise that the private rented sector is part of the solution, not part of the problem…
Chamber meeting date: 28 May 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The report says: “Embedding continuity of care into everyday GP practice in Scotland has been underprioritised ..…
Find out how Willie Rennie has voted recently.
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 84 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 55 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Result 28 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 96 for, 18 against, 0 abstained, 14 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: 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for Carer Support Payment that were completed in each month since it was launched took (a) 51 to 60, (b) 61 to 70, (c) 71 to 80, (d) 81 to 90, (e) 91 to 100, (f) 101 to 110, (g) 111 to 120 and (h) 121 or more working days to process, expressed as a (i) total number and (ii) percentage."
Answer expected on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for Carer Support Payment that were completed in each month since it was launched took (a) between six and nine months and (b) nine months or more to process, expressed as a (i) total number and (ii) percentage."
Answer expected on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what performance reporting information it holds regarding the Home Energy Scotland service, specifically in relation to the transparency and accessibility of the customer journey for individual applications for grants and loans, and what opportunities are available for the public to review or track any such journeys."
Answer expected on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many staff are currently employed in local authority planning services, and how many staff were employed in 2015."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 4 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the current average time taken for a decision to be made on planning applications is."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 4 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 21 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when the Future Farming Investment Scheme will be launched."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 3 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many current vacancies there are in local authority planning services."
Answer expected on 11 June 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 27 May 2025
"To ask the First Minister for what reason there has reportedly been no financial agreement between the Scottish Funding Council and the University of Dundee, in light of the alternative financial recovery plan being launched four weeks ago."
Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 8 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards’ child and adolescent mental health services are not accepting referrals for neurodevelopmental assessments of young people without co-morbid mental health problems."
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 May 2025
Asked by: Rennie, Willie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 8 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04562 by Neil Gray on 24 April 2025, whether the progress made towards meeting the child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) waiting time standard would have been possible without changes in the approach to making neurodevelopmental assessments, such as NHS Tayside…
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 May 2025
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