Parliament Workbench

Cross-party group · Session 6

Poverty

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Poverty

Ended 2026 23 Nov 2021 – 8 Apr 2026 9 MSPs at the end

Office bearers and members when it ended

Lab 5SNP 2LD 1Con 1

Convener 1

Deputy Convener 1

Members 7

Only MSP members are published; outside organisations and individuals who belong to the group are not in the open data.

Earlier members 7

  1. Ben Macpherson SNP
    Member
    4 Dec 2023 – 23 Sep 2025
  2. Pam Duncan-Glancy Ind
    Convener, Deputy Convener
    23 Nov 2021 – 9 Aug 2023
  3. Emma Roddick SNP
    Member
    23 Nov 2021 – 30 Mar 2023
  4. 23 Nov 2021 – 30 Mar 2023
  5. Paul McLennan SNP
    Member
    16 Dec 2022 – 30 Mar 2023
  6. Jeremy Balfour Ind
    Deputy Convener
    23 Nov 2021 – 16 Dec 2022
  7. Neil Gray SNP
    Convener
    23 Nov 2021 – 24 Jan 2022