Kirsten Oswald

Kirsten Oswald MP
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities in the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2021
Leader	Ian Blackford Stephen Flynn
Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons
In office 7 July 2020 – 6 December 2022
Leader	Ian Blackford
Preceded by	Kirsty Blackman
Succeeded by	Mhairi Black
Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2019
Preceded by	Paul Masterton
Majority	5,426 (9.8%)
In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by	Jim Murphy
Succeeded by	Paul Masterton
Chairman & Business Convener of the Scottish National Party
In office 3 November 2018 – 18 November 2023
Leader	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Derek Mackay
Succeeded by	Angela Constance
Personal details
Born	Kirsten Frances Oswald (1972-12-21) 21 December 1972 (age 51) Dundee, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse	Davinder Bedi
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Kirsten Frances Oswald (born 21 December 1972)^[1] 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, as well as Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party from 2018 to 2023.

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.^[2]