Shirley-Anne Somerville

Scottish National Party MSP for Dunfermline

@S_A_Somerville Scottish Parliament Profile

Profile

Scottish National Party MSP for Dunfermline

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 31 August 2007 — Appointed, regional replacement

Also represented Lothians

Social Media

Recent appearances

  • Scottish Parliament: Decision Time 17 Jun 2025

    On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I do not think that I was connected, but I want to check. I would have voted yes.
  • Scottish Parliament: Child Poverty 17 Jun 2025

    The Scottish Government has today published its annual progress report on child poverty, setting out the detail of our continued implementation of the programme that was set out in the “Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026” document and reporting against the interim child poverty targets that were agreed unanimously by this Parliament. In...
  • Scottish Parliament: Child Poverty 17 Jun 2025

    On the last point, a number of children will be brought into the two-child cap because of the way that it brings in more families as the children age. That is why there is a difference in the numbers. I take Liz Smith’s point about dealing with economic inactivity. That is why the Deputy First Minister and other ministers have been resolute in our determination to assist people...

More of Shirley-Anne Somerville’s recent appearances

Note for journalists and researchers: The data on this page may be used freely, on condition that TheyWorkForYou.com is cited as the source.

This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

For an explanation of the vote descriptions please see our page about voting information on TheyWorkForYou.