Elena Whitham MSP
@elenawhitham.bsky.social
SNP MSP for Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley
Dual national 🏴🇨🇦 Humanist
Dual national 🏴🇨🇦 Humanist
Excited to join the @shelterscotland.bsky.social Committee & use my lived & worked experience to help take forward the message that Home is Everything...the housing emergency must be a priority that reaches right across all policy areas at local and national level.
Housing doesn't sit in a vacuum!
Housing doesn't sit in a vacuum!
📣 We're proud to welcome @elenawhitham.bsky.social to our committee.
With lived experience of homelessness and a career spent tackling it, Elena joins us at a vital time in the fight to end Scotland’s #HousingEmergency.
⬇️ Read more about the appointment here ⬇️
🔗 shelterscotland.org/ElenaCommittee
With lived experience of homelessness and a career spent tackling it, Elena joins us at a vital time in the fight to end Scotland’s #HousingEmergency.
⬇️ Read more about the appointment here ⬇️
🔗 shelterscotland.org/ElenaCommittee
Shelter Scotland welcomes new committee member - Shelter Scotland
Shelter Scotland welcomes new committee member to strengthen fight against homelessness.
shelterscotland.org
August 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Excited to join the @shelterscotland.bsky.social Committee & use my lived & worked experience to help take forward the message that Home is Everything...the housing emergency must be a priority that reaches right across all policy areas at local and national level.
Housing doesn't sit in a vacuum!
Housing doesn't sit in a vacuum!
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Scotland looks set to move closer to introducing assisted dying. Of 77 MSPs asked 50 say they will back the bill.
MSPs will vote on the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515261...
MSPs will vote on the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515261...
Assisted Dying supporters increasingly confident ahead of Holyrood vote
MSPs will vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill next week, with supporters increasingly confident they have the numbers to pass…
www.heraldscotland.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Scotland looks set to move closer to introducing assisted dying. Of 77 MSPs asked 50 say they will back the bill.
MSPs will vote on the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515261...
MSPs will vote on the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515261...
Reposted by Elena Whitham MSP
Thanks to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for raising this issue in the chamber today. With 40 families of colour being denied the temporary accommodation they are legally entitled to every week, we need action to ensure a safe, secure and affordable home is available to everyone. #HousingEmergency
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thanks to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for raising this issue in the chamber today. With 40 families of colour being denied the temporary accommodation they are legally entitled to every week, we need action to ensure a safe, secure and affordable home is available to everyone. #HousingEmergency
Great kayaking and SUP session on Loch Lomond this afternoon. Now time to relax with a cuppa under a blanket being soothed by nature ✨️ #VanLife
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Great kayaking and SUP session on Loch Lomond this afternoon. Now time to relax with a cuppa under a blanket being soothed by nature ✨️ #VanLife
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"Holyrood is becoming a hostile environment for women.”
Why are so many SNP women stepping down from the Scottish Parliament in 2026?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why are so many SNP women stepping down from the Scottish Parliament in 2026?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Almost quarter of SNP’s female MSPs to step down amid ‘hostile environment’
Women at Holyrood cite lack of support from party, abuse in chamber and online, and tolerance of bullying
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Holyrood is becoming a hostile environment for women.”
Why are so many SNP women stepping down from the Scottish Parliament in 2026?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why are so many SNP women stepping down from the Scottish Parliament in 2026?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Elena Whitham MSP
🚶♂️➡️Last night, @elenawhitham.bsky.social hosted ‘Walking, Wheeling and Cycling to an Active Nation’ in the Scottish Parliament, celebrating 10 years of Beat the Street, which aims to make active travel the norm for short journeys in Scotland. 🚴♂️
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚶♂️➡️Last night, @elenawhitham.bsky.social hosted ‘Walking, Wheeling and Cycling to an Active Nation’ in the Scottish Parliament, celebrating 10 years of Beat the Street, which aims to make active travel the norm for short journeys in Scotland. 🚴♂️
Reposted by Elena Whitham MSP
🗣️ This afternoon, @elenawhitham.bsky.social will lead a members debate on a report into alcohol use disorder in the justice system.
📺 Watch live after 12:45pm on Scottish Parliament TV: www.scottishparliament.tv
📺 Watch live after 12:45pm on Scottish Parliament TV: www.scottishparliament.tv
February 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🗣️ This afternoon, @elenawhitham.bsky.social will lead a members debate on a report into alcohol use disorder in the justice system.
📺 Watch live after 12:45pm on Scottish Parliament TV: www.scottishparliament.tv
📺 Watch live after 12:45pm on Scottish Parliament TV: www.scottishparliament.tv
Reposted by Elena Whitham MSP
Don't miss today's members' debate on how to improve the justice system for people with alcohol problems 👇 @elenawhitham.bsky.social
To learn more about the debate: shaap.org.uk/news/442-msp...
Watch live this afternoon: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
To learn more about the debate: shaap.org.uk/news/442-msp...
Watch live this afternoon: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
February 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Don't miss today's members' debate on how to improve the justice system for people with alcohol problems 👇 @elenawhitham.bsky.social
To learn more about the debate: shaap.org.uk/news/442-msp...
Watch live this afternoon: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
To learn more about the debate: shaap.org.uk/news/442-msp...
Watch live this afternoon: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
Reposted by Elena Whitham MSP
Thank you to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for highlighting our report on alcohol services in the justice journey 👏
We look forward to hearing this important matter debated in
Scottish Parliament on Thursday. ⚖️
We look forward to hearing this important matter debated in
Scottish Parliament on Thursday. ⚖️
February 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thank you to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for highlighting our report on alcohol services in the justice journey 👏
We look forward to hearing this important matter debated in
Scottish Parliament on Thursday. ⚖️
We look forward to hearing this important matter debated in
Scottish Parliament on Thursday. ⚖️
Fantastic day collaborating with Dr Ingram and her colleagues from the School of Education & Social Sciences. I heard from academics on issues such as PMDD, health inequalities faced by women experiencing homelessness, poverty related stigma & research into pupil experience of new build schools 🙌
Delighted to welcome MSP @elenawhitham.bsky.social to our Paisley campus today! Through the Young Academy Scotland
MSP pairing scheme, Elena is collaborating with Dr Joanne Ingram from our School of Education and Social Sciences to exchange knowledge and learning for evidence-based policymaking.
MSP pairing scheme, Elena is collaborating with Dr Joanne Ingram from our School of Education and Social Sciences to exchange knowledge and learning for evidence-based policymaking.
November 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Fantastic day collaborating with Dr Ingram and her colleagues from the School of Education & Social Sciences. I heard from academics on issues such as PMDD, health inequalities faced by women experiencing homelessness, poverty related stigma & research into pupil experience of new build schools 🙌
Post of me from a different era. Way back in 1989 standing in St-Laurent metro station downtown Montréal at the young age of 15. Seems like yesterday!
November 20, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Post of me from a different era. Way back in 1989 standing in St-Laurent metro station downtown Montréal at the young age of 15. Seems like yesterday!
We don't have a cat but thought you would all like to meet Mr Mojo Risin our wee jack russell. He is very demure. Very mindful 💗
November 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
We don't have a cat but thought you would all like to meet Mr Mojo Risin our wee jack russell. He is very demure. Very mindful 💗
Hoping this place will be a wee bit kinder. A wee bit more human. I am currently a politician so very ground down by our politics. Very much in need of things to make my heart sing 💜
November 14, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Hoping this place will be a wee bit kinder. A wee bit more human. I am currently a politician so very ground down by our politics. Very much in need of things to make my heart sing 💜