Willie Coffey

William Lynch Coffey (born 24 May 1958) is a Scottish politician. He has been a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun since 2007.

Willie Coffey

MSP
MSP portrait, 2012
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Kilmarnock and Loudoun (2007–11)
Assumed office
3 May 2007
Preceded byMargaret Jamieson
Majority5,993 (18.81%)
Personal details
Born (1958-05-24) 24 May 1958
Ayrshire, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party

Coffey studied at the University of Strathclyde where he obtained a degree in Computer Science. He subsequently worked as Software Development Manager and latterly as a Quality and Risk Manager with Learning and Teaching Scotland before his election to the Scottish Parliament. He has been a councillor on East Ayrshire Council.[1]

Politics

He was first elected to Kilmarnock & Loudoun District Council in 1992 and subsequently to East Ayrshire Council in 1999, 2003 and 2007 before retiring from Local Government at the 2012 Local Elections.

He is the brother of former Provost and Cllr. Danny Coffey who came within 1,210 votes of winning Kilmarnock & Loudoun in 2003 and died on 26 February 2006. Their sister, Helen, held Danny's ward with an increased majority and a 5.6% swing from Labour.

Scottish Parliament

Willie Coffey won the Kilmarnock & Loudoun seat for the SNP in May 2007 with a vote of 14,297 and a majority of 1,342.[2] He serves on the Scottish Parliament's Audit Committee and has campaigned on numerous occasions to protect the Scotch whisky industry, particularly in his own area.[3][4]

Committees

During his tenure as an MSP, Coffey has been a member of the following committees:[5]

  • Public Audit and Postlegislative Scrutiny Committee (30 March 2017 - 03 December 2020)
  • Economy Energy and Fair Work Committee (03 September 2019 - 10 September 2019)
  • Economy Energy and Fair Work Committee (06 September 2018 - 03 September 2019)
  • Finance and Constitution Committee (29 September 2016 - 03 September 2019)
  • Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee (24 May 2018 - 06 September 2018)
  • Equalities and Human Rights Committee (29 September 2016 - 30 March 2017)
  • Equal Opportunities Committee (08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016)
  • Finance Committee (08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016)
  • European and External Relations Committee (18 September 2012 - 23 March 2016)
  • Local Government and Regeneration Committee (27 November 2014 - 23 March 2016)
  • Public Audit Committee (01 June 2011 - 27 November 2014)
  • Public Audit Committee (11 December 2008 - 22 March 2011)
  • Equal Opportunities Committee (26 February 2009 - 20 May 2010)
  • Equal Opportunities Committee (26 June 2008 - 26 February 2009)
  • Audit Committee (13 June 2007 - 10 December 2008)

See also

References
  1. It’s Willie two jobs!, Kilmarnock Standard, 9 May 2007
  2. "Scottish Parliamentary Eelection: 3 May 2007 Return of Constituency Members: Kilmarnock and Loudoun Constituency" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. 700 jobs go as Johnnie Walker's Kilmarnock plant is to shut, Kilmarnock Standard, 3 July 2009
  4. Willie Coffey, MSP: Diageo mustn't turn its back on 200-year history and tradition, Scotsman Whisky blog, 9 July 2009
  5. https://beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/willie-coffey
Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
Margaret Jamieson		 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
2007–present		 Incumbent


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