Hugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South: Johnstone is sparkling

1 Dec 2015

Johnstone is sparkling

Provost Anne Hall told me that she really enjoyed herself at the Christmas Lights Switch On in Johnstone. The Paisley Daily Express featured an array of photographs showing the crowds enjoying the festive atmosphere and live entertainment laid on once again by Renfrewshire Council. The Provost was helped by Wallace Primary pupil Elsie Balfour and she said that the 11-year-old schoolgirl’s smile could have lit up the town all on its own.

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.