Ronnie Cowan (politician)
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Ronnie Cowan
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 Official portrait, 2017
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Member of Parliament for Inverclyde | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Iain McKenzie |
| Majority | 7,512 (18.8%) |
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Ronald Jack Cowan
6 September 1959 Inverclyde, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
Ronald Jack Cowan (born 6 September 1959) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde since the 2015 general election, having been re-elected in 2017 and 2019.
Early and personal life
Cowan was born in Greenock to former Greenock Morton and Scotland footballer Jimmy Cowan and his wife, May. He was educated at Greenock Academy and, despite growing up in a Labour Party-supporting household, joined the Scottish National Party at the age of 16.
Before standing for parliament, Cowan was the owner of an IT service company. During the campaign for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, he ran the official "Yes" campaign in Inverclyde.
Career
At the 2015 election, Cowan overturned the 5,838-vote majority of incumbent Labour MP Iain McKenzie and turned it into a 11,063 majority for the SNP.
He was re-elected in the snap election of 2017, but saw his majority significantly reduced to just 384 votes. At the 2019 election, Cowan increased his majority to 7,512.
In 2019 Cowan voted in favor of equal gay rights.