Patricia Ferguson | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport | |
In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007 | |
First Minister | Jack McConnell |
Preceded by | Frank McAveety |
Succeeded by | Linda Fabiani |
Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
In office 27 November 2001 – 4 October 2004 | |
First Minister | Jack McConnell |
Preceded by | Tom McCabe |
Succeeded by | Margaret Curran |
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
In office 12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001 | |
Presiding Officer | David Steel |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Murray Tosh |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow West | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Majority | 6,446 (16.2%) |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011) | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 23 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Bob Doris |
Member of Glasgow City Council for Drumchapel/Anniesland | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Patricia Josephine Ferguson 24 September 1958 Glasgow, Scotland |
Political party | Scottish Labour |
Spouse | Bill Butler |
Alma mater | Glasgow College of Technology (HNC) |
Patricia Josephine Ferguson (born 24 September 1958) is a Scottish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow West since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Ferguson is also a Glasgow City Council Councillor.[1]
Ferguson has previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, previously Glasgow Maryhill, from 1999 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she served in the Scottish Cabinet of First Minister Jack McConnell from 2001 to 2007.