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Retirement Of Presiding Officer Of The Scottish Parliament

EDM number 1302 in 2015-16, proposed by Stephen Gethins on 23/03/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Scottish Parliament.

That this House notes that the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Tricia Marwick MSP, will be standing down from her role at the forthcoming Holyrood elections, the first woman to hold that post; congratulates the Rt hon. Member for Fife on her successful tenure over the last five years, and in particular, for her work during Scotland's independence referendum; expresses gratitude to her on her service to the people of her constituency since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened in 1999; wishes her well in her well-deserved retirement; and hopes that she will continue to put her knowledge and expertise to good use in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Gethins23/03/2016North East FifeScottish National PartyProposed
Peter Grant23/03/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySeconded
Roger Mullin23/03/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySeconded
Douglas Chapman23/03/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySeconded
Natalie McGarry23/03/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Ian Blackford23/03/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Patricia Gibson24/03/2016North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Stephens24/03/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil11/04/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day11/04/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Jonathan Edwards11/04/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Tasmina Sheikh11/04/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law11/04/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson11/04/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/04/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson12/04/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry12/04/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan12/04/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson25/04/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Williams25/04/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Anne McLaughlin11/05/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown11/05/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned

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