Patricia Ferguson

Councillor Patricia Ferguson MP
Official portrait, 2011
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007
First Minister	Jack McConnell
Preceded by	Frank McAveety
Succeeded by	Linda Fabiani
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office 27 November 2001 – 4 October 2004
First Minister	Jack McConnell
Preceded by	Tom McCabe
Succeeded by	Margaret Curran
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office 12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001
Presiding Officer	David Steel
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Murray Tosh
Member of Parliament for Glasgow West
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	6,446 (16.2%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011)
In office 6 May 1999 – 23 May 2016
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Bob Doris
Member of Glasgow City Council for Drumchapel/Anniesland
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2022
Personal details
Born	Patricia Josephine Ferguson (1958-09-24) 24 September 1958 (age 65) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Labour
Spouse	Bill Butler
Alma mater	Glasgow College of Technology (HNC)

Patricia Josephine Ferguson (born 24 September 1958) is a Scottish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow West since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Ferguson is also a Glasgow City Council Councillor.^[1]

Ferguson has previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, previously Glasgow Maryhill, from 1999 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she served in the Scottish Cabinet of First Minister Jack McConnell from 2001 to 2007.