Bill Kidd

Bill Kidd MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Anniesland
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Bill Butler
Majority	7 (0%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow
In office 3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-24) 24 July 1956
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Scottish National Party
Occupation	Member of the Scottish Parliament
Profession	Scottish Politician
Website	Bill Kidd MSP
Kidd stood down as a Glasgow Cllr so that he could concentrate on being an MSP

William Hill Kidd (born 24 July 1956) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Anniesland.

Political career

Kidd was the SNP candidate at the 1987 general election at Glasgow Hillhead. Shortly afterwards, he left the SNP to become a founder member of the Scottish Socialist Party (unrelated to the current party of that name). He stood for the group at the Glasgow Central by-election, 1989, but later rejoined the SNP.

He stood again for the SNP at Cunninghame South in the 2001 general election. At the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, he was the SNP candidate for Glasgow Anniesland, finishing second on both occasions. He is a past Convenor of the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association.

He was elected at the 2007 election as a list MSP for the Glasgow region. The next day he was also elected as a Councillor for the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council.^[1] In 2009 he decided to concentrate on his Holyrood role and stood down as a Glasgow City councillor.^[2]

In 2011 he was elected MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, beating the Labour candidate by 7 votes.^[3]

References

↑ Councillor William Kidd, Ward 14 Glasgow City Council Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Glasgow MSP steps down from council Evening Times, 24 April 2009
↑ Fraser, Graham (6 May 2011). "Glasgow Anniesland won by SNP in astonishing result". STV News. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

External links

Bill Kidd MSP Scottish Parliament webpage
Bill Kidd MSP Biography at SNP website

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	Bill Kidd (SNP, Glasgow Anniesland) James Dornan (SNP, Glasgow Cathcart) Sandra White (SNP, Glasgow Kelvin) Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Provan) James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen) John Mason (SNP, Glasgow Shettleston) Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Southside)

Additional members	Ruth Davidson (Con) Bob Doris (SNP) Patrick Harvie (Green) Hanzala Malik (Lab) Anne McTaggart (Lab) Drew Smith (Lab) Humza Yousaf (SNP)

Labour (7 seats), SNP (7 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Greens (1 seat)

Scottish National Party MSPs

Cabinet Secretaries	Nicola Sturgeon John Swinney Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Richard Lochhead Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Alex Neil

Ministers	Fergus Ewing Joe FitzPatrick Derek Mackay Annabelle Ewing Aileen Campbell Alasdair Allan Maureen Watt Jamie Hepburn Marco Biagi Margaret Burgess Paul Wheelhouse Humza Yousaf Aileen McLeod

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Christian Allard Colin Beattie Chic Brodie Roderick Campbell Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Graeme Dey Nigel Don Bob Doris James Dornan Jim Eadie Linda Fabiani Kenneth Gibson Rob Gibson Christine Grahame Adam Ingram Colin Keir Bill Kidd Richard Lyle Kenny MacAskill Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Mike MacKenzie John Mason Stewart Maxwell Joan McAlpine Mark McDonald Christina McKelvie Fiona McLeod Stuart McMillan Gil Paterson Dennis Robertson Michael Russell Alex Salmond Stewart Stevenson Kevin Stewart Dave Thompson David Torrance Sandra White

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