Tricia Marwick

The Right Honourable Tricia Marwick
Official portrait, 2011
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office 11 May 2011 – 12 May 2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Deputy	John Scott Elaine Smith
Preceded by	Alex Fergusson
Succeeded by	Ken Macintosh
Parliamentary offices Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Fife and Glenrothes Central Fife (2007–2011) In office 3 May 2007 – 24 March 2016 Preceded by Christine May Succeeded by Jenny Gilruth Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 6 May 1999 – March 2007
Personal details
Born	Patricia Lee (1953-11-05) 5 November 1953 (age 70) Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland
Political party	Independent (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	Scottish National Party (1986–2011)
Spouse	Frank Marwick ​ (m. 1975)​ [1]
Relations	Natalie McGarry (niece)
Children	2
Occupation	Charity Public Affairs Officer

Patricia Marwick (née Lee; born 5 November 1953) is a Scottish politician who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2011 to 2016. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2016. Elected as a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she suspended her membership in 2011 upon her election as presiding officer, following the tradition of the presiding officer being nonpartisan.^[2]

Born in Cowdenbeath and raised in Fife, she worked for Shelter Scotland before becoming a politician. In the first ever Scottish Parliament election, Marwick ran as an SNP candidate for the Central Fife constituency, but came second to Henry McLeish. Although she failed to win the seat in two elections, she was elected as an additional member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region. In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, she defeated Scottish Labour's Christine May, and was elected to serve as the MSP for Central Fife.

Following the 2011 election to the 4th Scottish Parliament, Marwick was elected to the newly drawn Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency. With the SNP's outright majority, she was elected as the fourth Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Marwick is the first woman to hold the position of office. As the Presiding Officer is a non-partisan role, she was forced to relinquish her party affiliation. She stood down from the Scottish Parliament in the 2016 election and the from 2016 to 2020, she served as chair of the NHS Fife board.