Annabelle Ewing | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2021 Serving with Liam McArthur | |
| Presiding Officer | Alison Johnstone |
| Preceded by | Linda Fabiani Christine Grahame Lewis Macdonald |
| Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 26 June 2018 | |
| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Paul Wheelhouse |
| Succeeded by | Ash Regan |
| Minister for Youth and Women's Employment | |
| In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 | |
| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Angela Constance (as Minister for Youth Employment until 22 April 2014) |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Hepburn (as Minister for Employability and Training) |
| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee | |
| In office 15 June 2011 – 21 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | John Scott (as Deputy Convener of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cowdenbeath | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Rowley |
| Majority | 6,013 (17.6%) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 23 March 2016 | |
| Member of Parliament for Perth | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Roseanna Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1960 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Parent(s) | Winnie Ewing Stewart Ewing |
| Relatives | Fergus Ewing (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Solicitor |
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. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath constituency since 2016, having previously been an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2011 to 2016.
Ewing previously served in the British House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for Perth, from 2001 to 2005. She was Scotland's Minister for Youth and Women's Employment from 2014 to 2016, and Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs from 2016 to 2018. Her brother, Fergus Ewing, is also an MSP in the Scottish Parliament, and their mother, Winnie Ewing, previously served as an MSP, MP and MEP.[2]
- ^ "Ewing, Annabelle Janet, (born 20 Aug. 1960), solicitor; Member (SNP) Cowdenbeath, Scottish Parliament, since 2016 (Scotland Mid and Fife, 2011–16); Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, since 2016", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42274, retrieved 12 July 2018
- ^ "Ewing elected deputy PO despite potential conflict over brother". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 June 2021.