John Swinney

First Minister, Scottish Government · Scottish National Party

Source: commons.wikimedia.org, checked Oct 12, 2026 (+2 more)

Current roles

First Minister SNP Report
Scottish Government · since May 20, 2026 Source: data.parliament.scot, checked Oct 12, 2026 (+2 more)
MSP for Perthshire North SNP Report
Scottish Parliament · since May 7, 2026 Source: data.parliament.scot, checked Oct 12, 2026

commons.wikimedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 photo: [world:gb-regions] Wikidata P18 to Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, author Scottish Government, read 2026-10-12. For: John Swinney
wikidata.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikidata item id, searched 2026-10-12 (wbsearchentities); cross-checked by description against the official member list. For: John Swinney
data.parliament.scot · checked Oct 12, 2026 Scottish Parliament open data API (members, MemberElectionConstituencyStatuses, MemberElectionRegionStatuses, MemberParties, Constituencies, Regions), read 2026-10-12: current 129 MSPs, constituency or region, party, start date. For: John Swinney, First Minister, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Perthshire North
data.parliament.scot · checked Oct 12, 2026 Scottish Parliament open data, MemberGovernmentRoles, read 2026-10-12: John Swinney, First Minister, current role valid from 2026-05-19 (the Parliament's nomination vote); term start_date 2026-05-20 (swearing-in) kept; gov.scot lists him as First Minister. For: First Minister
gov.scot · checked Oct 12, 2026 Scottish Government, First Minister; parliament vote 19 May 2026 and swearing-in 20 May 2026 as reported by national media and the Second Swinney government record, read 2026-10-12. For: First Minister