APPENDIX: RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVES ON EDUCATION COMMITTEES
(AS OF SEPTEMBER 2015)
To Petition PE01623
We give here the names, Church affiliations, and appointments procedure, of the Religious representatives on all of Scotland’s Council Education Committees, as determined by Freedom of Information requests during Summer 2015.
Notes on appointment procedures:
(a) Sole applicant (8 Councils)
(b) Position vacant, pending reply from nominating Church (2 Councils)
(c) No replies to advertisement. Sitting member agreed to continue in place (1 Council)
(d) Church invited to nominate after initially selected Church (Episcopalian) failed to do so (1 Council)
(e) No third religious representative (in case of Orkney, no religious representative at all); no reason given. (2 Councils)
(f) Two Church of Scotland representatives, in violation of the law (2 Councils)
(g) Self-nominated; Church not stated (1 Council)
(h) Appointed in 2003; religious representatives remain in place until they resign (1 Council)
(i) Representative, asked to nominate an individual from among several Churches of his denomination, nominated himself (1 Council)
(j) Representative, having lost his position as councillor in election, nominated himself as representative of religion (1 Council)
(k) Only religious body considered eligible by Council (1 Council)
(l) Applications invited by newspaper advertisement or similar (15 Councils)
(m) Applications invited by direct contact between Council and Churches; as far as we know, no other advertising (1 Council)
(n) Church chosen by Council to nominate on the e basis of demographics (4 Councils)
(o) Church Chosen by Council on the basis of rotation among local Churches (1 Council)
(p) Representative (or nominating Church) chosen from among applicants by a panel or group representing local religious organisations (6 Councils)
(q) Chosen by lot from among applicants (1 Council)
(r) Chosen directly by Council members or officials from among more than one applicant (4 Councils)
(s) 3rd representative says he can understand criticisms of system; http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/calls-for-religious-reps-to-leave-education-panels-1-3006092 (1 Council)
Local Authority | Church of Scotland | Roman Catholic Church | Other | Notes (see above) |
Aberdeen | Reverend Edward McKenna November 2012 – |
Mrs Irene Wischik November 2011 – |
Ms Anne Tree Episcopal Church August 2012 – |
l, p |
Aberdeenshire | Dr Eleanor Anderson May 2012 – May 2017 |
Mrs Mary Nelson April 2015 – May 2017 |
Dr Ian Findlay Aberdeenshire Interfaith Group May 2012 – May 2017 |
p |
Angus | David Adams | Bill Simpson | Georgina Maille Episcopal Church June 2013 – |
l |
Argyll and Bute | Mr William Crossan | Father David Connor | b, n | |
Clackmannanshire | Reverend Sang Y Cha The Manse 37A Claremont Alloa FK10 2DG |
Father Michael Freyne St Bernadette’s RC Church Baingle Brae Tullibody FK10 2SG |
Pastor David Fraser Alva Baptist Church The Green (off Brook Street) Alva FK12 5JQ |
n, I |
Dumfries and Galloway | Mr Robert McQuistan June 2012 – |
Reverend William McFadden June 2012 – |
Canon Robin Paisley Episcopal Church June 2012 – |
p |
Dundee | Miss Kathleen Mands May 2012 – 2017 |
Monsignor Kenneth McCaffrey May 2012 – 2017 |
Mr Bashir Chohan Dundee Central Mosque May 2012 – 2017 |
c, l |
East Ayrshire | Ian Rennie May 2012 – May 2017 |
Maria Dorrian May 2012 – May 2017 |
Andrew Keachie Salvation Army May 2012 – May 2017 |
a, l |
East Dunbartonshire | Reverend Barbara Jarvie May 2012 – May 2017 |
Reverend Paul Milarvie May 2012 – May 2017 |
Mr John Jackson Baptist Church September 2012 – May 2017 |
a, l |
East Lothian | Mrs Marjorie Goldsmith January 2006 – |
Mr Michael McHugh February 2011 – |
Mr Stephen Bunyan Episcopal Church May 2003 – |
h |
East Renfrewshire | Ms Mary McIntyre 2012 – May 2017 |
Father Thomas Boyle 2012 – May 2017 |
Dr Frank Angell Jewish Community 2012 – May 2017 |
k |
Edinburgh | A. Craig Duncan | Ted Brack | The Robin Chapel Episcopalian; Rev Thos Coupar | l, p, s |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Reverend Hugh Stewart October 2014 – May 2017 |
Father Michael Macdonald October 2014 – May 2017 |
Mr Murdo Macleod Free Church of Scotland May 2012 – May 2017Reverend Allan MacCroll Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland June 2013 – May 2017 |
n |
Falkirk | Margaret Coutts September 2003 – |
Hector Cairns August 2012 – |
Reverend Michael Rollo Evangelical / Pentecostal Alliance February 2004 – |
d |
Fife | Reverend Hugh D. Steele April 2015 – May 2017 |
Mr George Haggarty May 2012 – May 2017 |
Mr Alistair Crockett Cupar Baptist Church May 2012 – May 2017 |
l, r |
Glasgow | Reverend Graham Cartlidge May 2012 – May 2017 |
Right Reverend Canon Robert Hill January 2013 – May 2017 |
e | |
Highland | Mr Gordon Smith May 2012 – May 2017 |
Mrs Margaret McCulloch May 2012 – May 2017 |
Dr Alan Fraser Free Church of Scotland June 2014 – May 2016 |
o |
Inverclyde | Mr Tom Macdougall September 2014 – |
Father Michael McMahon March 2006 – |
Reverend Fraser Donaldson Greenock Elim Church September 2012 – |
a, l |
Midlothian | Mr Victor H. Bourne 55 Newbattle Abbey Crescent Dalkeith |
Vacant | Mrs Margaret Harkness Church of Scotland 2 Fowler Crescent Loanhead EH20 9RX |
f |
Moray | Reverend Shuna Dicks May 2012 – May 2017 |
Elizabeth Hewitt May 2012 – May 2017 |
Reverend Christopher Ketley Episcopalian May 2012 – May 2017 |
q |
North Ayrshire | Elizabeth Higton September 2012 – April 2017 |
Very Reverend Matthew Canon McManus June 2012 – April 2017 |
Mark Fraser Bridge Church September 2012 – April 2017 |
a, l |
North Lanarkshire | Mr John Maddock | Mr James Duffin | Mr John Love | g, j, l |
Orkney | e | |||
Perth and Kinross | Mr Pat Giles August 2011 – May 2017 |
Mrs Margaret McFarlane January 2013 – May 2017 |
Mrs Hilary Bridge Scottish Episcopal Church August 2011 – May 2017 |
m, r |
Renfrewshire | Iain Keith May 2012 – May 2017 |
Reverend Father Thomas H. Boyle May 2012 – May 2017 |
Reverend Graeme Clark Paisley Action of Churches Together May 2012 – May 2017 |
l, r |
Scottish Borders | Mr Graeme Donald May 2012 – May 2017 |
Mr Joe Walsh May 2012 – May 2017 |
a, b, l | |
Shetland | Reverend Tom McIntyre September 2011 – May 2017 |
Mr Martin Tregonning Shetland Churches Council Trust Ms Radina Mckay Shetland Inter Faith Group July 2012 – May 2017 |
p | |
South Ayrshire | Reverend David Gemmell April 2009 – |
Phil Davey May 2007 – |
Pastor Ian Gall Evangelical February 2014 – |
a, l |
South Lanarkshire | Reverend Sarah Ross June 2012 – |
John Mulligan June 2015 – |
Dr Nagy Iskander Westwoodhill Evangelical Church September 2012 – |
a, l |
Stirling | Reverend Jennifer Millar 2013 – |
Mrs Rose Hart 2012 – |
Mrs Jane Morris Episcopal Church 2012 – |
n |
West Dunbartonshire | Miss Sheila Rennie February 1998 – |
Miss Ellen McBride November 2000 – |
Mrs Barbara Barnes St Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Dumbarton December 2004 – |
a, l |
West Lothian | Myra MacPherson June 2007 – |
TBA | Lynne McEwen Church of Scotland May 2012 – |
f, p |