Background
Marwick was born in Cowdenbeath and brought up in Fife.
Marwick was born in Cowdenbeath and brought up in Fife.
In that capacity, she is the Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. She worked as Public Affairs Officer for Shelter Scotland, a charity for homeless people, from 1992 to 1999. In the 1999 Scottish Parliamentary election, Marwick was elected as a member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
She served on the Scottish National Party opposition frontbench team as Deputy Business Manager 1999–2000, Shadow Minister for Local Government 2004, Business Manager and Chief Whip 2004–2005 and Shadow Minister for Housing 2005–2007.
Marwick contested Central Fife again in 2007 and was elected as the constituencies Managing Successful Programmes after defeating the Labour incumbent, Christine May, with a majority of 1,166 votes. Following the 2007 election Marwick was appointed as the Scottish National Party"s representative on the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, and oversaw parliamentary access and information issues.
In the 2011 election, Marwick was elected for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, essentially a redrawing of her old Central Fife seat. She is the first woman and second Scottish National Party member to serve in the position.
In October 2012, Marwick accepted a nomination to join the Privy Council, meaning that she is titled the Rt Honorary
Tricia Marwick Managing Successful Programmes. Each of the previous Presiding Officers were also appointed to the Privy Council. On 29 May 2015, it was announced that Marwick would step down as Presiding Officer after the 2016 election.
She has been the for Mid Fife and Glenrothes since 2003 (previously known as Central Fife from 2003 to 2007). Elected as a member of the Scottish National Party, she suspended her membership upon her election as Presiding Officer, per the tradition that the Presiding Officer is nonpartisan. Marwick has also served as a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Justice and Home Affairs, Equal Opportunities, Local Government and Communities committees and as convenor of the Waverly Railway (Scotland) Bill committee from 2004–2006.