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Patricia Gibson
Patricia Gibson
	Official portrait, 2020
SNP Attorney General Spokesperson in the House of Commons
	In office; 4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Stephen Flynn
Preceded by	Angela Crawley (2022)
SNP Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the House of Commons
	In office; 10 December 2022 – 4 September 2023
Leader	Stephen Flynn
Preceded by	Deidre Brock
Succeeded by	Steven Bonnar
SNP Spokesperson for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the House of Commons
	In office; 1 February 2021 – 10 December 2022
Leader	Ian Blackford
Preceded by	David Linden
Succeeded by	Chris Stephens
SNP Spokesperson for Consumer Affairs in the House of Commons
	In office; 20 June 2017 – 10 December 2022
Leader	Ian Blackford
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of Parliament; for North Ayrshire and Arran
	In office; 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Katy Clark
Succeeded by	Irene Campbell
Personal details
Born	12 May 1968 (age 56); Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse	Kenneth Gibson
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Patricia Gibson (born 12 May 1968) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as SNP Attorney General Spokesperson since September 2023.^[1]^[2] She served as the SNP Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from 2021 to 2022. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran 2015–2024.^[3]

Early life and career

Patricia Gibson was born and educated in Glasgow. She received a BA (Hons) and MA (Hons) in English and Politics from the University of Glasgow. After graduation, she taught English for over twenty years.^[4]^[5]

Political career

In 2007, Gibson was elected to the Glasgow City Council as a councillor for the Greater Pollok ward,^[6] on which she served until 2012. While on the council, she was the SNP's spokesperson for education on the Glasgow city council.^[4]

At the 2010 general election, Gibson stood as the SNP candidate in North Ayrshire and Arran, coming second with 25.9% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Katy Clark.^[7]

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 election, Gibson was elected to Parliament as MP for North Ayrshire and Arran with 53.2% of the vote and a majority of 13,573.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Between July 2015 and May 2017 Gibson was a member of the Procedure Committee.^[3]

Gibson was re-elected as MP for North Ayrshire & Arran at the snap 2017 general election with a decreased vote share of 38.9% and a decreased majority of 3,633.^[12]^[13]

In June 2017 she was appointed the SNP spokesperson for Consumer Affairs. Between September 2017 and 6 November 2019, Gibson was a member of the Backbench Business Committee.^[3]

At the 2019 general election, Gibson was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 48.5% and an increased majority of 8,521.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Since March 2020, she has been a member of the Backbench Business Committee.^[3]

During her time as an MP, Gibson was an active campaigner on behalf of Women Against State Pension Inequality. She was later presented with a WASPI Hero Award by the Ayrshire WASPI group. ^[17]

In June 2022, Gibson was cleared, on appeal, of sexual misconduct against a parliamentary staff member which had initially been upheld by the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).^[18]^[19]^[20] The appeal report concluded that the original investigation "was materially flawed in a way that affected the decision of the Commissioner."

At the 2024 general election, Gibson lost her North Ayrshire and Arran seat to Irene Campbell of the Labour Party.^[21]^[22]