Liberal Democratic Party Spokespersons

'In this clearance, the Liberal Democrats didnÕt so much crash and burn as wither away. They just werenÕt there any more.' For Argyll, 6 th May 2011.

Liberal Democrat Spokespersons

22 nd May 2011 -

The Liberal Democrats lost all but five of their seats on 5th May 2011, leaving them with no constituency seats on mainland Scotland. Leader, Tavish Scott resigned with immediate effect and new MSP, Willie Rennie was the only candidate for the leadership. On 22 nd May 2011, he announced his new team

	Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party
	Willie Rennie, MSP
	Spokesperson on Education & Energy
	Liam McArthur, MSP
	Spokesperson on Health & Justice
	Alison McInnes, MSP
	>Spokesperson on Rural, Environment, Housing & Transport
	Jim Hume, MSP
	Spokesperson on Business & the Economy
	Tavish Scott, MSP

Parliamentary Postions

	Member of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
	, MSP
	Member of the Parliamentary Bureau
	, MSP

Party Postions

	Convener of the Parliamentary Party
	, MSP
	Secretary of the Parliamentary Party
	Alison McInnes MSP

Committee Convenors

	Convenor of the Subordinate Legislation Committee
	, MSP
	Convenor of the Economy, Energy & Tourism Committee
	, MSP

Previous Liberal Democrat Spokespersons

• 2 nd July 2008 - 26 th August 2008 Lead by Tavish Scott MSP
  
  
• 2 nd July 2008 - 26 th August 2008 Lead by Scottish Lib Dem deputy leader, Michael Moore MP
  
  
• 25 th May 2007 - 2 nd July 2008 Lead by Nicol Stephen MSP
  
  
• May 1999 - May 2007 The Liberal Democrats were led by the Rt Hon Jim Wallace MP MSP and later Nicol Stephen MSP. They were the junior coalition partners of Labour in the Scottish Executive.