Bill Wilson MSP

In May 2007 Bill was elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament to represent the West of Scotland.  While he has long been involved in politics, it was only with this recent election that he became a full-time politician.

He was born in Paisley and educated at the universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Queen's (Belfast).  He spent the first ten years of his career as a researcher in ecology, studying topics as diverse as arable land biodiversity, insect forest pests and small mammal ecology.  He completed his research career by spending a year writing training manuals for university researchers.  After a gap year, travelling in South America, he moved into information technology.   In the years immediately preceding his election Bill was a statistician working for a public agency.  He investigated aspects of education provision in Scotland.

Bill is currently a member of several cross-party groups and two parliamentary committees:  the Equal Opportunities Committee and the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee.

Outwith politics his interests include the Scots language, hill-walking, travel, and reading.

For more information have a look at Bill's page on the Scottish Parliament website.