Kirsten Oswald

Kirsten Oswald
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities in the House of Commons
In office
1 February 2021 – 30 May 2024
LeaderIan Blackford
Stephen Flynn
Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons
In office
7 July 2020 – 6 December 2022
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byKirsty Blackman
Succeeded byMhairi Black
Member of Parliament
for East Renfrewshire
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byPaul Masterton
Succeeded byBlair McDougall
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byJim Murphy
Succeeded byPaul Masterton
Chairman & Business Convener
of the Scottish National Party
In office
3 November 2018 – 18 November 2023
LeaderNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byDerek Mackay
Succeeded byAngela Constance
Personal details
Born
Kirsten Frances Oswald

(1972-12-21) 21 December 1972 (age 51)
Dundee, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
SpouseDavinder Bedi
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Kirsten Frances Oswald (born 21 December 1972)[1] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in 2015; she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022, as well as Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party from 2018 to 2023.

In July 2020, Oswald became the SNP's deputy leader at Westminster, before announcing in December 2022 that she would be standing down from the position. She has been SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities since February 2021.[2]

  1. ^ Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (14 November 2019). The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781785904479. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ SNP, the (10 December 2022). "The real opposition: meet your new SNP Westminster Frontbench". Scottish National Party. Retrieved 11 December 2022.