Iris Duane
Scottish politician
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Iris Duane (born 2002/2003)[1] is a Scottish politician who was elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. A member of the Scottish Green Party, Duane, along with fellow Green MSP Q Manivannan, are the first openly transgender people elected to the Scottish Parliament.[2][3]
Iris Duane | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2002/2003 (age 22–23) Bradford, England |
| Party | Scottish Greens |
| University of Glasgow | |
Life
Duane grew up in Bradford, England, the child of a single Black mother.[4][1] Duane's working class background, with her mother working multiple jobs and attending sixth form college, shaped her politics.[5]
Duane joined the Scottish Green Party shortly after moving to Glasgow North to read politics and social policy at the University of Glasgow. She became the university's first openly transgender sabbatical officer after pledging to lobby for drug testing kits for students and obstruct investments in the arms trade,[1] and also served as Vice-President of the Queen Margaret Union during the 2023–24 academic year[6] and as Vice-President of Student Support for the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council in 2024.[7] In 2023, Duane was included in Young Women Scotland's "30 Under 30" list.[8][9]
Duane stood for the Green Party in the Glasgow North constituency in the 2024 general election, placing third.[8] In the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, Duane stood in the Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill seat, finishing second behind Bob Doris. She was elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region.[2][3] As of 2026[update], she remains a final year student at the University of Glasgow.[5]