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Scottish Labour Co-op politician

Neil BibbyMSP
Bibby in 2021

Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Scottish Labour portfolios
2014–2016	Chief Whip of the Scottish Labour Party
2021–present	Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport

Personal details
Born	Neil James Bibby (1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41) Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Labour Co-operative
Education	Gryffe High School
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Neil James Bibby (born 6 September 1983) is a Scottish Labour co-operative politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2011.

Early life and career

Born in Paisley, Bibby grew up in Renfrewshire and went to the University of Glasgow. He had been Chair of Young Labour UK and Chair of Scottish Labour Students. In 2007 he was elected to Renfrewshire Council in the Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch ward. Before becoming elected to the Scottish Parliament he worked for Jim Murphy MP and Ken Macintosh MSP.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Bibby was elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 2011 election to represent the West Scotland region, as the Labour Party returned three members from its regional list. He did not contest the 2012 Renfrewshire Council election, with one of the seats in the ward won for Labour by his father Derek.

Bibby was previously the Scottish Labour Chief Whip and also served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Education and Young People, Deputy Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Transport and Town Centres.

Bibby has been a member of the Finance and Constitution Committee as well as a substitute member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. Bibby is a member of a number of Cross-Party Groups and is the Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Visual Impairment, the Cross-Party Group on Towns and Town Centres and the Cross-Party Group on Scottish Horseracing and Bloodstock Industries.

Bibby stood for the Paisley seat in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He was defeated by the incumbent SNP MSP George Adam, but was re-elected on the West Scotland regional list.

Bibby nominated Anas Sarwar in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election. He is currently Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture in the Scottish Parliament.

In February 2018 Bibby received 150 bottles of beer worth approximately £450 from Tennent Caledonian Breweries to promote his proposed Tied Pubs (Code and Adjudicator) (Scotland) Bill.

Bibby backed the UK Government’s decision to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment, voting in the Scottish Parliament against calls to reverse the decision.

References

"Neil Bibby | - the Scottish Labour Party". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
"Scottish election: West of Scotland list results – Goldie retains her seat". The Scotsman. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
"Regional Members". www.parliament.scot. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
Labour councillor set to quit after ten years serving Johnstone and surrounding villages, Daily Record, 15 February 2022
"Scottish Labour's new Shadow Cabinet". LabourList. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"Scottish Labour shadow cabinet: Kezia Dugdale unveils new frontbench team". Holyrood Magazine. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
Shand, Angie (22 March 2016). "Bibby, Neil". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"Neil Bibby". www.parliament.scot. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"Paisley – Scottish Parliament constituency – Election 2016". Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"West Scotland – Scottish Parliament electoral region – Election 2016". Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"Scottish Leadership Election 2021 – Nominations". Scottish Labour. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
"At Holyrood - Scottish Labour". scottishlabour.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
"REGISTER OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS" (PDF). The Scottish Parliament.
"How every MSP voted as Holyrood rejected the UK's Winter Fuel Payment cut". The National. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

External links

Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Neil Bibby

v t e Scottish Labour
Leaders	Donald Dewar (1999–2000) Henry McLeish (2000–2001) Jack McConnell (2001–2007) Wendy Alexander (2007–2008) Iain Gray (2008–2011) Johann Lamont (2011–2014) Jim Murphy (2014–2015) Kezia Dugdale (2015–2017) Richard Leonard (2017–2021) Anas Sarwar (2021–present)
Deputy leaders	Henry McLeish (1999–2000) Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008) Johann Lamont (2008–2011) Anas Sarwar (2011–2014) Kezia Dugdale (2014–2015) Alex Rowley (2015–2017) Lesley Laird (2017–2019) Jackie Baillie (2020–present)
General secretaries	Ben Shaw (1914–1931) Arthur Woodburn (1932–1939) John Taylor (1939–1951) Willie Marshall (1951–1977) Helen Liddell (1977–1988) Murray Elder (1988–1992) Jack McConnell (1992–1998) Alex Rowley (1998–1999) Lesley Quinn (1999–2008) Colin Smyth (2008–2013) Ian Price (2013–2014) Brian Roy (2014–2019) Michael Sharpe (2019–2020) Drew Smith (2020–2021) James Kelly (2021–2023) John Paul McHugh (2023–present)
Current MSPs	Jackie Baillie Claire Baker Neil Bibby Sarah Boyack Foysol Choudhury Katy Clark Pam Duncan-Glancy Rhoda Grant Mark Griffin Daniel Johnson Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Michael Marra Pauline McNeill Carol Mochan Paul O'Kane Alex Rowley Anas Sarwar Colin Smyth Paul Sweeney Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield
Current MPs	Zubir Ahmed Douglas Alexander Scott Arthur Johanna Baxter Maureen Burke Irene Campbell Torcuil Crichton Graeme Downie Patricia Ferguson Alan Gemmell Tracy Gilbert John Grady Lillian Jones Chris Kane Brian Leishman Douglas McAllister Martin McCluskey Blair McDougall Gordon McKee Frank McNally Kirsty McNeill Chris Murray Ian Murray Katrina Murray Pamela Nash Gregor Poynton Joani Reid Martin Rhodes Michael Shanks Euan Stainbank Kenneth Stevenson Elaine Stewart Kirsteen Sullivan Alison Taylor Imogen Walker Melanie Ward
Organisation	Scottish Executive Committee Scottish Labour Conference Scottish Policy Forum Scottish Labour Students Scottish Young Labour Campaign for Socialism
Scottish governments	Dewar (1999–2000) McLeish (2000–2001) 1st McConnell (2001–2003) 2nd McConnell (2003–2007)
Leadership elections	1999 Dewar 2000 McLeish 2001 McConnell 2007 Alexander 2008 Gray 2011 Lamont 2014 Murphy 2015 Dugdale 2017 Leonard 2021 Sarwar
Deputy leadership elections	2000 Jamieson 2008 Lamont 2011 Sarwar 2014 Dugdale 2015 Rowley 2018 Laird 2020 Baillie

v t e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the West Scotland region
Elected in the 2021 election
Constituency MSPs	Marie McNair (SNP, Clydebank and Milngavie) Kenneth Gibson (SNP, Cunninghame North) Ruth Maguire (SNP, Cunninghame South) Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton) Jackson Carlaw (Con, Eastwood) Stuart McMillan (SNP, Greenock and Inverclyde) George Adam (SNP, Paisley) Natalie Don (SNP, Renfrewshire North and West) Tom Arthur (SNP, Renfrewshire South) Rona Mackay (SNP, Strathkelvin and Bearsden)
Additional members	Neil Bibby (Lab) Katy Clark (Lab) Russell Findlay (Con) Pam Gosal (Con) Jamie Greene (Con) Ross Greer (Green) Paul O'Kane (Lab)
SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Green (1 seat)

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