Ruth Maguire
Ruth Bernadette Maguire is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame South since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Maguire was elected as a councillor for North Ayrshire Council in 2012, in the Irvine West ward. She resigned as a councillor following her election to parliament. She was re-elected in 2021. Shortly before the 2021 election, Maguire was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. Her father John Finnie was an MSP for the Highlands and Islands region from 2011 to 2021.