Stewart Maxwell MSP

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Stewart Maxwell MSP

MSP West of scotland region

Parliament Office

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone : 0131 348 5669

Fax : 0131 348 6479

Email : Stewart.Maxwell.msp@scottish.parliament.uk

Biography

Stewart is the Minister for Communities and Sport.

He was elected as an SNP MSP for the West of Scotland in 2003 and re-elected in 2007.

Between 2003 and 2007 he was a member of the Justice 1 (2003-2004), Justice 2 (2004-2006), Enterprise & Culture (2006-2007) and the Subordinate Legislation (2003-2007) Committees.

Between 2003 and 2007 Stewart was the Group Secretary for the SNP Parliamentary Group. In 2004 Stewart was appointed to the post of Shadow Deputy Minister for Health and in 2006 he was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Sport, Culture and Media. S

Stewart attended King's Park Secondary School before graduating from Glasgow College of Technology with a BA Honours Social Sciences.

Prior to becoming an MSP, he worked for Strathclyde Fire Brigade as Project Manager on the Brigade's Management Information System. He joined the SNP in 1992.

Stewart was born in Glasgow in 1963 and is married with one daughter.