Kirsten Oswald

Kirsten Frances Oswald (born 21 December 1972) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in 2015; she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022.

Kirsten Oswald
MP
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities in the House of Commons
Assumed office
1 February 2021
LeaderIan Blackford
Stephen Flynn
Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons
In office
7 July 2020  6 December 2022
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byKirsty Blackman
Succeeded byMhairi Black
Member of Parliament
for East Renfrewshire
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byPaul Masterton
Majority5,426 (9.8%)
In office
7 May 2015  3 May 2017
Preceded byJim Murphy
Succeeded byPaul Masterton
Chairman & Business Convener
of the Scottish National Party
Assumed office
3 November 2018
LeaderNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byDerek Mackay
Personal details
Born
Kirsten Frances Oswald

(1972-12-21) 21 December 1972
Dundee, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
SpouseDavinder Bedi
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

In July 2020, Oswald became the SNP's deputy leader at Westminster, before announcing in December 2022 that she would be standing down from the position. She has been SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities since February 2021.

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