Ruth Maguire

Ruth Maguire
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Cunninghame South
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded by Margaret Burgess
Majority 5,693
Personal details
Political party Scottish National Party
Father John Finnie
Website www.ruthmaguire.net

Ruth Bernadette Maguire is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame South since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.[1]

Maguire was elected as a councillor for North Ayrshire Council in 2012, in the Irvine West ward.[2] She resigned as a councillor following her election to parliament.[3]

Her father is John Finnie, who is the Scottish Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands region.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2016: Cunninghame South". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "2012 Scottish Local Elections Results". North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Shanks, Ciaran (26 May 2016). "Ruth Maguire resigns as North Ayrshire councillor to focus on MSP role - triggering by-election for Irvine West seat". Irvine Times. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Tom (8 May 2016). "Father and daughter to be MSPs across the aisle". The Herald. Herald and Times Group. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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