Bruce Crawford

Crawford served as councillor for Kinross on Perth and Kinross District Council from 1988 to 1996 and on Perth and Kinross Council from 1995 to 2001.[1] Crawford was also Leader of Perth and Kinross Council from 1995 to 1999.

He was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Mid Scotland and Fife at the 1999 election.[2] He was re-elected in 2003.[3] He was appointed Chief Whip by John Swinney.[4] He ran Swinney's campaign to be re-elected as SNP National Convenor when he was challenged by Dr. Bill Wilson in late 2003. Following the adoption of a new constitution by the SNP in 2004, Crawford was appointed as the SNP's Business Convener.[5]

At the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Crawford gained the Stirling seat from the Labour Party.[6] The SNP's combined electoral success put them in minority government, and Crawford was appointed to the junior ministerial position of Minister for Parliamentary Business, a position that he held until the end of the parliamentary session.[7][8]

Crawford was returned to the Stirling constituency in the 2011 election.[9] On 19 May 2011, Crawford became the Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy,[10] departing from this role on 5 September 2012.[11]

Crawford was Convener of the Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee 25 October 2012–29 October 2014 and then Convener of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee 29 October 2014–23 March 2016.[11]

Crawford was re-elected in the 2016 election.[12] On 18 February 2020, he announced that he would stand down as an MSP at the 2021 election.[13]