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Willie Rennie

Politician

Willie Rennie is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Willie Rennie · Γουίλι Ρένι · فيلى رينى · فيلي ريني · 威利·雷尼				[sources]
Other name	William Cowan Rennie · William Rennie · فيلي ريني · 威利·雷尼				[sources]
Weak alias	威利·伦尼				[sources]
Birth date	1967-09-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Fife				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Willie.Rennie.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Willie				[sources]
Last name	Rennie				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2581473				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2011-) · Member of the 4th Scottish Parliament (2011-2016) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Bell Baxter High School · University of the West of Scotland				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-20

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2006-02-10	2010-04-12
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,417

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,059

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,162

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,094

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-33fe8df1-164f-459e-8706-aa33fe06da74 · evpo-20b9280d-3de5-4fbd-af3c-a715632ae202

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