Willie Rennie
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Willie Rennie MSP |
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| Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
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Assumed office 17 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | Alistair Carmichael |
| Preceded by | Tavish Scott |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Roderick Campbell |
| Majority | 3,465 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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In office 5 May 2011 – 24 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Brocklebank |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Stewart |
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Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife |
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In office 9 February 2006 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Rachel Squire |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Docherty |
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William Cowan Rennie 27 September 1967 Fife, Scotland, UK |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Rennie (m. 1992-) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | Paisley College of Technology |
| Occupation | Self-employed consultant |
William Cowan "Willie" Rennie (born 27 September 1967) is a Scottish politician and current Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats after he succeeded the post in May 2011.
After college, Rennie spent most of his early career as a Liberal Democrat election campaigner and official before working as a public relations consultant in the private sector. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife after a by-election win in February 2006. He later lost this seat to Labour in the May 2010 UK general election. He briefly served as a Special Government Adviser for the Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretaries of State Danny Alexander MP and Michael Moore MP at the Scotland Office.
He was then elected to the Scottish Parliament in the May 2011 election. Despite the overall collapse of the party in the election, he was elected as an additional member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region. He was soon after elected unopposed as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, replacing Tavish Scott. Since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Rennie has held the constituency seat of North East Fife.
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