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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 23 September 2022]
[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: 12 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "The Greens say that the SNP’s latest currency policy would be catastrophic. At the previous SNP conference, the policy was described as a “dangerous experiment”. Even the highly respected Robin McAlpine said: “for god sake get off this mad, mad bus…
Chamber meeting date: 12 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes."
Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "This moment must never be routine. As the years pass, it is natural that the sense of sheer enormity of the horror of the first and second world wars diminishes…
Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "Christine Grahame is right—there is something about rivers that gets into one’s soul. They are really important for the lifeblood of the nation…
Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2025
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD): "I agree with Annabelle Ewing about the adaptations process. It takes a very long time for some people to get the adaptations that they need…
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Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 81 for, 35 against, 2 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 35 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Supported by: Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 62 for, 36 against, 19 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 80 for, 36 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Jim Fairlie, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Supported by: Fiona Hyslop
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result 65 for, 34 against, 19 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
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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:10 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected 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: Answer expected 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: Answer expected 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: Answer expected on 20 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: Answer expected on 20 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:6 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 20 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:31 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the costs of illicit drug use since the publication in 2009 of its report, Assessing the scale and impact of illicit drug markets in Scotland, and what comparable research it has produced or commissioned since the publication."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged:31 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30681 by Paul McLennan on 8 November 2024, how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in 2024, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to."
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established remediation pathways for all buildings over 18m that were included in the High Rise Inventory and highlighted through other data sources, as set out in the Cladding Remediation Programme: Next Phase Plan of Action, and how many such buildings required direct intervention by the Scottish…
Asked by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged:17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 30 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what further evaluation it is carrying out of the 1,140 hours early learning childcare expansion, and by what date any reports regarding this work will be published."
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