Constituency : Dunfermline and West Fife 2006-10
Willie took Dunfermline and West Fife from Labour to give Menzies Campbell a boost to his leadership. His victory meant that the party was its high watermark since 1924 for the rest of the parliament.
Willie was born in Fife where his parents ran the village shop. He was educated at Baxter High School and Paisley Collefe of Technology. He worked for the party in Cornwall and was Diana Maddock's agent when she won Christchurch in 1993. After the 1997 election he moved back to Scotland to become Chief Executive of the Scottish party and then Chief of Staff for the Scottish Parliamentary party. In 2001 he started work as an adviser to a communications firm.
Willie became a defence spokesman.
Willie lost the seat back to Labour in 2010. He became a special adviser to Michael Moore until his election as an MSP on the regional list in 2011. He became the leader of the Scottish party unopposed. In 2016, he won the constituency seat of North East Fife.
Willie is very keen on running and has raised a lot of money for charity in that way.
He is now 51.
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