Gillian Mackay

Gillian Mackay
Affirming in 2021
Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens
Assumed office
29 August 2025
Serving with Ross Greer
Preceded byLorna Slater
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Central Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
BornGillian Audrey Mackay
(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991
PartyScottish Greens
Spouse
Alex
(m. 2023)
Children1
Alma materHeriot-Watt University
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Gillian Audrey Mackay (born 11 August 1991) is a Scottish politician who has served as co-leader of the Scottish Greens since August 2025. She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. She is the first Green MSP ever to be elected in Central Scotland.

Raised in Grangemouth, Scotland, she is a graduate in marine biodiversity and biotechnology from Heriot-Watt University. She has the sensory disorder Ménière's disease.