Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for North East Fife (Constituency) 2016 - present day
Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2011 - 2016
Email: [email protected]
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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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
I am a Patron of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline.
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).
I am a Trustee of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther. I receive no remuneration for this role.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
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: 26 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The progress that was being made through Childsmile has stalled, and the poverty gap is still pretty stubborn…
Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "In what was quite a unique collaboration, Offshore Energies UK and Scottish Renewables joined forces recently and called for the energy profits levy to be scrapped and replaced…
Chamber meeting date: 25 November 2025
3. Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns and frustration of the Educational Institute of Scotland about its four-day working week proposal for teachers. (S6T-02771)"
Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills has announced a brand-new plan to deliver the Scottish National Party’s promise on reducing teacher contact time. Can the First Minister tell us what is new about that plan…
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "In that answer, there was not one word of apology for the hundreds of millions of pounds that have been spent on the two ferries, which are late in being delivered for the islanders and which have embarrassed the workers as a result of the leadership of the Scottish Government. Can the Deputy First Minister tell us whether any further consideration…
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Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 26 against, 1 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 89 for, 26 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, November 21, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 66 for, 29 against, 21 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 24, 2025
Supported by: Ivan McKee, Shona Robison, John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 22 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 64 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
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: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many units of affordable housing have been constructed in the (a) Stirling, (b) Fife, (c) Perth and Kinross and (d) Clackmannanshire local authority areas in each year since 2015, and how many were delivered compared with local delivery plans."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 24 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns and frustration of the Educational Institute of Scotland about its four-day working week proposal for teachers."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 10 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Teachers’ Side of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers has reportedly not received a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to its proposal regarding teacher class contact time, which was tabled at the committee on 18 September 2025."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 10 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to any potential risk of industrial action by teachers over the issue of the reduction of teacher class contact time, in light of reported statutory ballots being undertaken by the EIS and another teaching union."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 10 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2021 manifesto commitment to reduce teacher class contact time to a maximum of 21 hours per week, whether it will provide an update on the work of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers Reduced Time Contact Time working group to implement this reduction."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 6 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many developers signed (a) its previous "in principle" agreement regarding the removal of unsafe cladding and (b) the Developer Remediation Contract by the deadline of 31 October 2025, as set out in the Cladding Remediation Programme: Next Phase Plan of Action."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 6 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Developer Remediation Contract."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 6 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 19 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether an updated status was confirmed for all 512 high-rise buildings with known cladding by the end of October 2025, as set out in the Cladding Remediation Programme: Next Phase Plan of Action."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many school buildings in the Argyll and Bute Council area are currently assessed as not fit for purpose, and what the estimated cost of repair or replacement is associated with each such building."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much money was budgeted for agricultural support payments in each of the last five years, and how much of this budget remained unspent at the end of each of those last five years."
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