Hugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South: Need money advice?

1 Sept 2015

Need money advice?

Are you struggling financially or looking for welfare advice and don’t know where to turn? If so you can get in touch with the welfare and money advice experts at East Renfrewshire Council. Free help is at hand for anyone who needs advice on welfare rights or wants to solve their money worries. Money experts provide free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. They can help people resolve their problems with any types of debt. If this free service is something that would be helpful to you or someone you know, you can give them a call for free on 0800 052 1023 and quote ‘money advice’.

About Hugh

Hugh Henry is a Scottish Labour politician first elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament in1999 when he represented Paisley South. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community in 2001and moved to Deputy Minister for Social Justice in 2002. He became Deputy Minister for Justice after the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in 2003 and Minister for Education in 2006. Hugh collected the Scottish Politician of the Year award in 2010 and won the newly created Renfrewshire South seat in 2011. He was raised in Erskine, Renfrewshire and educated at St Mirin's Academy, Paisley, at the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill College in Glasgow. He has worked as an accountant, a teacher and as a welfare rights officer. He was a local councillor from 1984 until 1999, including four years as leader of Renfrewshire Council. He is married with two daughters and a son.