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Mark Christopher Ruskell (born 14 May 1972) is a Scottish Greens Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). He was elected to represent Mid Scotland and Fife from 2003−2007, then elected again in 2016 and re-elected in 2021. In the Scottish Parliament, Ruskell is the Greens' spokesperson on Transport and Environment
In May 2012 he was elected to represent the Dunblane and Bridge of Allan ward of Stirling Council in the Scottish local elections, the first time the Scottish Green Party has had a representative on the council. He stepped down at the 2017 elections to concentrate on his role as a MSP. His party colleague Alasdair Tollemache replaced him as Councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan at the 2017 poll.
His political career has involved fighting numerous campaigns for the Greens including standing in the 2001, 2010 and 2015 UK Westminster General Elections for Stirling and in every Scottish Parliament election since 1999. He was re-elected back to Holyrood in 2016 for the Mid-Scotland and Fife region and was appointed as spokesperson for Climate, Energy, and Environment. He sat as a Member of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee during Session 5. He was re-elected to Holyrood in 2021 and during Session 6 has been a member of the Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee and the Constitution Europe and External Affairs Committee. He held responsibility as spokesperson for Climate, Energy, Transport, Environment and Culture during the Bute House Agreement period when the Scottish Greens were in a power sharing agreement with the Scottish Government. Since June 2024 he has been spokesperson for Transport and the Environment.
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