Julie MacDougall - MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) | Reform Watch

Julie MacDougall has been a Reform UK Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife since May 2026. She was elected as a Labour councillor for Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy on Fife Council in 2022. She left Labour in 2024, sat as an independent and joined Reform UK in August 2025. She previously stood for Labour in Dunfermline at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. In 2026 she contested Kirkcaldy for Reform UK before being elected through the regional list. She remains a Fife councillor alongside her MSP role and serves as Reform UK’s shadow minister for local government. Sources: https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/julie-macdougall; https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,exlabour-councillor-joins-reform-uk-after-selection-row; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_MacDougall