The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7389 p225
25 February 2006

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Society adviser becomes MP

Willie Rennie, who has been public affairs adviser to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland, has been elected to Parliament.

Mr Rennie won the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election for the Liberal Democrats earlier this month. He achieved a 16 per cent swing to overturn a Labour majority of 11,562.

Lyndon Braddick, director of the Society’s Scottish Department, said: “We congratulate Willie on his election success. He has been our public affairs adviser in Scotland for a number of years and has a very good understanding of the work of the Society.”

Maurice Hickey, a former member of the Society’s Scottish Executive, added: “I am certain that he will be an extremely able and successful MP, and I am sure that he will continue to be a friend of our profession.”