Annabelle Ewing

Annabelle Ewing
Colour photograph of Annabelle Ewing
Official portrait, 2016
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Assumed office
14 May 2021
Serving with Liam McArthur
Presiding OfficerAlison Johnstone
Preceded byLinda Fabiani
Christine Grahame
Lewis Macdonald
Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs
In office
18 May 2016 – 26 June 2018
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byPaul Wheelhouse
Succeeded byAsh Regan
Minister for Youth and Women's Employment
In office
21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byAngela Constance (as Minister for Youth Employment until 22 April 2014)
Succeeded byJamie 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 byJohn Scott (as Deputy Convener of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Cowdenbeath
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byAlex Rowley
Majority6,013 (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 byRoseanna Cunningham
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1960-08-20) 20 August 1960 (age 64)
NationalityScottish
Political partyScottish National Party
Parent(s)Winnie Ewing
Stewart Ewing
RelativesFergus Ewing (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ProfessionSolicitor
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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]

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "Ewing elected deputy PO despite potential conflict over brother". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 June 2021.