Patricia Ferguson

Councillor Patricia Ferguson MP
Official portrait, 2024
Chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2024
Preceded by	Pete Wishart
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007
First Minister	Jack McConnell
Preceded by	Frank McAveety
Succeeded by	Linda Fabiani
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office 27 November 2001 – 4 October 2004
First Minister	Jack McConnell
Preceded by	Tom McCabe
Succeeded by	Margaret Curran
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office 12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001
Presiding Officer	David Steel
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Murray Tosh
Member of Parliament for Glasgow West
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	6,446 (16.2%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011)
In office 6 May 1999 – 23 May 2016
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Bob Doris
Member of Glasgow City Council for Drumchapel/Anniesland
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2022
Personal details
Born	Patricia Josephine Ferguson (1958-09-24) 24 September 1958 (age 66) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Labour
Spouse	Bill Butler
Alma mater	Glasgow College of Technology (HNC)

Patricia Josephine Ferguson (born 24 September 1958) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow West since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Ferguson was also a Glasgow City Council Councillor, until her resignation on September 2nd 2024.^[1]

Ferguson has previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, previously Glasgow Maryhill, from 1999 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she served in the Scottish Cabinet of First Minister Jack McConnell from 2001 to 2007.