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The office of presiding officer was established by the Scotland Act 1998, and the elected presiding officer is a member of the Scottish Parliament who is elected by the Scottish Parliament by means of an exhaustive ballot, and is ex officio the head of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Annabelle Janet Ewing [1] (born 20 August 1960) is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, alongside Liam McArthur, since May 2021.
Scotland: Meeting place: Scottish Parliament Building: Term: 11 May 2011 – 24 March 2016: Election: 2011: Government: Second Salmond government First Sturgeon government: Members: 129: Presiding Officer: Rt Hon Tricia Marwick: First Minister of Scotland: Alex Salmond (2011–14) Nicola Sturgeon (2014–16) Deputy First Minister: Nicola ...
Jul. 19—LAURINBURG — A large crowd gathered Tuesday at the A.B. Gibson Center to witness the swearing-in of Scotland County Schools' newest district superintendent, Adell Baldwin. During the ...
From 1 April 2024, the salary of a Member of the Scottish Parliament is £72,196. Additional amounts are paid to ministers and officers of the Parliament. Both the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland receive the equivalent of an MSP salary included with their Law Officer salaries. [3]
Alison Johnstone (born 11 October 1965) is a Scottish politician who has served as the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament since 2021. Elected as a member of the Scottish Greens, she relinquished her party affiliation on becoming Presiding Officer. [2]
Presiding Officer: Scottish Green: Alison Johnstone was elected Presiding Officer and consequently had to renounce her party affiliation. [7] 5 September 2022 Mid Scotland and Fife: Conservative: Conservative: Dean Lockhart resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament. [5] He was succeeded by Roz McCall, who was sworn in on 20 September. [8] 28 ...
The Presiding Officer also represents the Scottish Parliament at home and abroad in an official capacity. [38] The Presiding Officer controls debates by calling on members to speak. The Presiding Officer rules on points of order raised by members, which are not subject to debate or appeal. The Presiding Officer may also discipline members who ...