Paul McLennan | |
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![]() McLennan in 2023 | |
Minister for Housing | |
Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |
First Minister | Humza Yousaf John Swinney |
Preceded by | Margaret Burgess |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Lothian | |
Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Iain Gray |
Majority | 1,179 (2.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Dunbar, Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | Sharron McLennan |
Children | 2 |
Paul Stewart McLennan is a Scottish politician serving as Minister for Housing since 2023.[1] A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Lothian since 2021.[2]
He has served as a local councillor for the Dunbar and East Linton multi-member ward of East Lothian Council since 2007[3] having previously been an unsuccessful candidate in earlier elections to single-member wards,[4] and was both the SNP group leader and the council leader from 2007 to 2012. He has been a board member of NHS Lothian, the regional offices of Scottish Enterprise and the Commission on School Reform.[3]
McLennan is East Lothian's first SNP MSP, with the constituency having been previously held exclusively by Scottish Labour for 22 years.[5]
McLennan is married to his wife Sharron, with whom he has two children, Scott and Kirsty. He is a lifelong resident of Dunbar.[6]