Christine Grahame is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency since 2011, having previously represented the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2011.
Official portrait, 2021
Christine Grahame's office in Galashiels
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
The presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament is the presiding officer and speaker of the Scottish Parliament. The office of presiding officer was established by the Scotland Act 1998, and the elected presiding officer is a member of the Scottish Parliament who is elected by the Scottish Parliament by means of an exhaustive ballot, and is ex officio the head of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The presiding officer is considered a figurehead of the Scottish Parliament and has an office in Queensberry House.
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
The Presiding Officer presides over the monarch's speech at the opening of each session of the Scottish Parliament
Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone presides over the first speech to the Scottish Parliament by King Charles III
Image: Sir David Steel MSP
