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Ronnie Cowan is a former MP for Inverclyde.

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Profile

Former Scottish National Party MP for Inverclyde

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @ronniecowan
• https://facebook.com/RonnieCowanSNP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ronnie Cowan campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Cannabis: Medical Treatments
• Gambling
• Gambling: Advertising
• Cash Dispensing
• Drugs: Misuse

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Infrastructure) ( 1 Jul 2018 to 12 Dec 2022)
• Member, Procedure Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 20 Nov 2017)
• Member, Transport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Iain McKenzie
• David Cairns

Recent appearances

• Constitutional Law 21 May 2024

  As we look towards a general election and the almost certain prospect of a Labour Government, with Labour Members switching places with those now on the Government Benches, would the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) be prepared to commit a Labour Government to restoring the Scottish block grant?

• Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: South East Cornwall 13 May 2024

  On specific days, jobcentres have been closed due to ongoing industrial action. Can the Minister assure me that anybody who misses an appointment due to that action will not be sanctioned?

• Written Answers — Treasury: Gambling: Taxation 8 May 2024

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the consultation on proposals to bring remote gambling into a single tax announced in the Autumn Budget 2023.

More of Ronnie Cowan’s recent appearances