Tricia Marwick

Tricia Marwick (* 5. November 1953 in Cowdenbeath as Patricia Lee ) is a Scottish politician and former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Prior to her election to the Scottish Parliament , Marwick worked in public relations for the homeless organization Shelter . In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999 , Marwick stood as a candidate for the SNP for the constituency of Central Fife and was clearly defeated by the Labor Party candidate , Henry McLeish . However , she gained a seat in the newly created Scottish Parliament via the regional electoral list of the Mid Scotland and Fife region . In the parliamentary elections in 2003 she ran again for the constituency of Central Fife, but received only the second highest number of votes after Christine May of the Labor Party. However, she defended her mandate from the regional list. Finally, Marwick managed to win the direct mandate of the constituency in the 2007 general election . In the course of the constituency reform in 2011, the constituency of Fife Central was dissolved and large parts of the newly created constituency Mid Fife and Glenrothes , for which she ran in the 2011 parliamentary elections. She won the vote by a clear margin over the Labor Party candidate.

In the shadow cabinet of the SNP, Marwick was designated Minister for Local Government between 2001 and 2005 , and from 2005 as Minister for Housing. In 2011 she was elected speaker of parliament. Since political neutrality is expected from this position, Marwick resigned from the SNP. The choice of Marwick was controversial because, contrary to the conventions, a member of the ruling party was elected.