Alex Neil (politician)

Alex Neil
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights
In office
21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byShona Robison
Succeeded byAngela Constance
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing
In office
5 September 2012 – 21 November 2014
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Preceded byNicola Sturgeon
Succeeded byShona Robison
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Airdrie and Shotts
In office
6 May 2011 – 25 March 2021
Preceded byKaren Whitefield
Succeeded byNeil Gray
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Central Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 1999 – 6 May 2011
Personal details
Born (1951-08-22) 22 August 1951 (age 73)
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Political partyLabour (1967–76)
SLP (1976–81)
SNP (1985–present)
SpouseIsabella Kerr
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Dundee
OccupationPolitical researcher; Businessman; Economic consultant

Alexander Neil (born 22 August 1951) is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.