Willie Coffey
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Willie Coffey is a Scottish
politician. He is a Scottish National Party
Member
of the Scottish Parliament
for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
since 2007
.
Coffey 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 is also a councillor on East Ayrshire Council.
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
.
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. 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.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
politician. He is a Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
Member
Member of the Scottish Parliament
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of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election....
since 2007
Scottish Parliament election, 2007
The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...
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Coffey worked as Software Development Manager and latterly as a Quality and Risk Manager with Learning and Teaching Scotland
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Learning and Teaching Scotland is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, formed by the merger of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum and the Scottish Council for Educational Technology...
before his election to the Scottish Parliament. He is also a councillor on East Ayrshire Council.
Politics
He was first elected to Kilmarnock & Loudoun District Council in 1992 and subsequently to East Ayrshire Council in 1999, 2003 and 2007.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 Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
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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. 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.
External links
- Scottish Parliament website profile
- East Ayrshire Council profile
- SNP website profile
- TheyWorkForYou profile