Evelyn Tweed | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament forStirling | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Crawford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evelyn Maureen Tweed 1967 (age 57–58) Ayr, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse | Ahsan Khan |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Stirling, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Paisley College of Technology Heriot-Watt University |
Evelyn Tweed is a Scottish politician who has been theMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) forStirling since 2021. A member of theScottish National Party (SNP), she was a councillor inStirling forTrossachs and Teith ward from 2017 to 2022.[1]
Tweed was born inAyr, in the west of Scotland. She obtained her first degree at the Paisley College of Technology (now the University of the West of Scotland) and then gained a post graduate housing qualification fromHeriot-Watt University. She then worked for various housing associations, gaining senior roles mainly involving building social housing. Tweed was a member of the Board of the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland from 2007 to 2009.
In the2017 Scottish local elections, Tweed was elected to theStirling council, representing theTrossachs and Teith ward.[2] She became the council's public safety commission convener following the resignation of Maureen Bennison.[3]
In June 2022 she apologised after being photographed holding the flag of the ultra-nationalist groupSiol nan Gaidheal.[4]
Tweed was selected as the SNP's candidate for theStirling constituency in the2021 Scottish Parliament election. After a successful campaign, she succeeded retiring MSPBruce Crawford, as the MSP for Stirling.[5] She is the Deputy Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee.[6]
In February 2025, Tweed was reported to be on an all-female "hit list" of SNP MSPs that were to be asked to stand down from the Scottish Parliament to make room for ex-MPs who had lost their seats in the 2024 general election. The alleged list was reported to have been drawn up atStephen Flynn's direction byAberdeenshire North and Moray East MPSeamus Logan.[7] On 13 February, Tweed announced that she would not stand again for re-election.[8]
Tweed lives inStirling with her husband, and their children.
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| Preceded by | Member of the Scottish Parliament forStirling 2021–present | Incumbent |
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