Education
Wilson was educated at Camelon High School in Falkirk, then at Coatbridge College and Glasgow University.
politician Member of the Scottish Parliament
Wilson was educated at Camelon High School in Falkirk, then at Coatbridge College and Glasgow University.
The next day he was also elected as a Councillor for the Coatbridge North and Glenboig ward of North Lanarkshire Council. He stood down from this position to focus on his work at Holyrood, and was replaced by Labour"s Peter Sullivan in a by-election on 4 June 2009. He became an independent Managing Successful Programmes after the Scottish independence referendum, 2014.
In December 2014, Wilson announced he had joined the Scottish Green Party, but would remain in Parliament sitting as an Independent member.
He was one of the MSPs who challenged the use of external consultants by both the Climategate review and latterly the Skills Development Scotland (Study Direct Stream) quango.
He is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (Managing Successful Programmes), since 2007. As a member of the Scottish National Party (Scottish National Party), he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Central Scotland at the 2007 election. Wilson is a member of the Scottish Parliament"s Local Government and Communities Committee and of the Public Petitions Committee.
Wilson opposed the change in Scottish National Party policy to support an independent Scotland becoming a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.