Evelyn Tweed | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling | |
Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Crawford |
Personal details | |
Born | Evelyn Maureen Tweed 1967 (age 56–57) Ayr,Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | Ahsan Khan |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Stirling,Scotland |
Alma mater | Paisley College of Technology Heriot-Watt University |
Evelyn Tweed is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Stirling since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was a councillor in Stirling for Trossachs and Teith ward from 2017 to 2022. [1]
Tweed was born in Ayr,in the west of Scotland. She obtained her first degree at the Paisley College of Technology (now the University of the West of Scotland) and then gained a post graduate housing qualification from Heriot-Watt University. She worked as a housing professional with Cube Housing Association. Tweed was a member of the Board of the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland from 2007 to 2009. She was the Director of Investment at Loreburn Housing Association,where she met her husband. [2]
In the 2017 Scottish local elections,Tweed was elected to the Stirling council,representing the Trossachs and Teith ward. [3] She became the council's public safety commission convener following the resignation of Maureen Bennison. [4]
In June 2022 she apologised after being photographed holding the flag of the ultra-nationalist group Siol nan Gaidheal. [5]
Tweed was selected as the SNP's candidate for the Stirling constituency in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. [2] After a successful campaign,she succeeded retiring MSP Bruce Crawford,as the MSP for Stirling. [6]
Tweed lives in Stirling with her husband,Ahsan Khan,and their two children. In September 2023 it was reported that Khan was seeking the SNP nomination in Stirling at the 2024 general election challenging incumbent MP Alyn Smith. [7] In October it was revealed that he had been unsuccessful in this challenge.
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