Paul McLennan | |
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_(cropped).jpg) McLennan in 2023 | |
| Minister for Housing | |
| In office 29 March 2023 – 11 June 2025 | |
| First Minister | Humza Yousaf John Swinney |
| Preceded by | Margaret Burgess |
| Succeeded by | Màiri McAllan (as Cabinet Secretary) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament forEast Lothian | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Iain Gray |
| Majority | 1,179 (2.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Dunbar, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse | Sharron McLennan |
| Children | 2 |
Paul Stewart McLennan is aScottish politician who served asMinister for Housing between 2023 and 2025.[1][2] A member of theScottish National Party (SNP), he has been theMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) forEast Lothian since2021.[3]
He has served as a local councillor for theDunbar and East Linton multi-member ward ofEast Lothian Council since2007[4] having previously been an unsuccessful candidate in earlier elections to single-member wards,[5] and was both the SNP group leader and the council leader from 2007 to 2012. He has been a board member ofNHS Lothian, the regional offices ofScottish Enterprise and the Commission on School Reform.[4]
McLennan is East Lothian's first SNP MSP, with the constituency having been previously held exclusively byScottish Labour for 22 years.[6]
McLennan is married to his wife Sharron, with whom he has two children, Scott and Kirsty. He is a lifelong resident ofDunbar.[7]
In June 2025, McLennan resigned as Housing Minister. In his resignation letter he said that following a "a recent, though thankfully short, period of ill health" he believed that he should stand down.[8] He had been appointed to the position by Humza Yousaf in 2023.[9]
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| Preceded by | MSP forEast Lothian 2021 –present | Incumbent |
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