Education
University of Strathclyde.
University of Strathclyde.
He is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun since 2007. Coffey worked as Software Development Manager and latterly as a Quality and Risk Manager with Learning and Teaching Scotland before his election to the Scottish Parliament. He previously was a councillor on East Ayrshire Council.
He was first elected to Kilmarnock & Loudoun District Council in 1992 and subsequently to East Ayrshire Council in 1999, 2003 and 2007 before retiring from Local Government at the 2012 Scottish Local Elections.
He is the brother of former Provost and Councillor Danny Coffey who came within 1,210 votes of winning Kilmarnock & Loudoun in 2003 and died on 26 February 2006.
Their sister, Helen, held Danny"s ward with an increased majority and a 5.6% swing from Labour. He serves on the Scottish Parliament"s Audit Committee and has campaigned on numerous occasions to protect the Scotch whisky industry, particularly in his own area.