Congress Delegate Numbers

Congress Delegate Numbers – 8 May 2026

Office Bearers

1PresidentMonique Dreon-Goold
2Vice-PresidentPaul Cochrane
3General SecretarySeamus Searson
4General TreasurerJohn Guidi
5Minutes SecretaryKevin Campbell
6Immediate Past President (acting)Catherine Nicol

Council 2025-2027

Districts

ABArgyll & Bute
7Donald Holmes
ACAberdeen City
8Jason Currie
9Tracy Rennie
ANAngus
10Vacant
ASAberdeenshire
11Casey Enkel
12Gordon West
13Luke Wright
DCDundee City
14Gemma Milne
DGDumfries & Galloway
15Jay Young
EDEast Dunbartonshire
16Jacqueline O’Kane
17Sam Cahill
ESEilean Siar
18Amanda Macdonald
FIFife
19Mark Devlin
20Richard Graham
21Grant McAllister
22Vacant
GCGlasgow City
23Matthew Cavanagh
24Paul Coull
25Lucy Davidson
26James How
HIHighland
27Ruairidh Nicolson
28Sinclair Mackenzie
29Marjory Campbell
MOMoray
30Pete Kelly
NLNorth Lanarkshire
31Colette Agnew
32Peter Brandon
OROrkney
33Raksha Woods
PKPerth & Kinross
34Matthew Mackie
35Sinead Ni Riain
SBScottish Borders
36Vacant
SBScottish Borders
36Vacant
SLSouth Lanarkshire
38Lee Charnley
39Karen Dickson
40Vacant
WDWest Dunbartonshire
41Jo Keegan

Area Representative

Ayrshire:EA (East Ayrshire); NA (North Ayrshire); SA (South Ayrshire)
42Ainsley Stewart
43Paula McClelland
44Ward McCormick
45Paula Brennan
Central:CL (Clackmannanshire); FA (Falkirk); ST (Stirling)
46Gavin Black
47Christopher McDonald
48Maggie Nesbitt
Lothian:EC (Edinburgh City); EL (East Lothian); ML (Mid Lothian); WL (West Lothian)
49Paul McKeown
50Laura Lindsay
51Christopher Stewart
52Ella Phillips
53Elizabeth Vanson
54Stuart Macdonald
55Isabelle Dupraz
Renfrew:ER (East Renfrewshire); IN (Inverclyde); RE (Renfrewshire)
56Raymond Kane
57Vacant
58Vacant

District/Area Delegates

ABArgyll & Bute
59Stephen McLaughlin
ACAberdeen City
60
61
ANAngus
62
ASAberdeenshire
63Carl Boyd
64Kelly Morrison
65
DCDundee City
66Kelly-Ann Marr
DGDumfries & Galloway
67Mike Lane
EDEast Dunbartonshire
68Trevor Joice
69
ESEilean Siar
70
FIFife
71David Oatman
72
73
74
GCGlasgow City
75
76
77
78
HIHighland
79
80
81
MOMoray
82
NLNorth Lanarkshire
83Elaine Haldane
84Kirsty Logan
OROrkney
85
PKPerth & Kinross
86Jennifer Kettle
87
SBScottish Borders
88
SHShetland
89
SLSouth Lanarkshire
90John Ferguson
91Alan Barr
92Chris Healy
WDWest Dunbartonshire
93Claire Mackenzie

Area Representative

Ayrshire:EA (East Ayrshire); NA (North Ayrshire); SA (South Ayrshire)
94Douglas Inness
95Louisa Maestranzi
96Ruth Nicoll
97
Central:CL (Clackmannanshire); FA (Falkirk); ST (Stirling)
98
99
100
Lothian:EC (Edinburgh City); EL (East Lothian); ML (Mid Lothian); WL (West Lothian)
101Ann Stewart-Kmicha
102Stewart Gray
103Elaine Cowan
104Lorna Webster
105
106
107
Renfrew:ER (East Renfrewshire); IN (Inverclyde); RE (Renfrewshire)
108Nick Blair
109Vince Avarl
110Tommy Boag
Observers
111Amanda Morrison ( RE )
112Suzi Bateman ( McKellar ) ( NL )

Committee Members

113KirstenHerbst-Taylor

Past Presidents

114TomWallace
115StuartHunter

Life Members

116DouglasAmos
117  

Staff

118EuanDuncanAssistant General Secretary
119IainGlennieAssistant General Secretary
120CatherineRossProfessional Officer
121CatronaMcNamaraNational Casework Officer
122AndrewBrownOffice Manager
123LauraYoungSnr. Administrative Assistant
124ClaireMiddlemassAdministrative Assistant

Guests

Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)

  • Sheena Devlin. General Secretary

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)

  • Kieran Christie, General Secretary

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)

  • Adam Sutcliffe, President
  • Andy Harvey, National Officer

The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)

  • Jennifer Macdonald, Strategic Director

The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT)

  • Frank Jones, General Secretary

Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)

  • Gerry Murphy, Assistant General Secretary

Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) NI

  • Mark McTaggart, Northern Secretary

National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)

  • David Anderson, President (Scotland)

National Education Union (NEU)

  • Debra Beale, Vice President

School Leaders Scotland (SLS)

  • David Barnett, General Secretary
  • Kirsty Ayed, President

Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)

  • Roz Foyer, General Secretary

Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI)

  • Michael Gillespie, General Secretary

Thompsons Solicitors

  • Rebecca Tait, Solicitor

Qualifications Scotland

  • Alastair McKenzie, Liaison Manager, School Partnership
  • Sarah Brown, Senior Advisor, School Partnership
  • Jillian Kirker, Engagement Practitioner, School Partnership
  • Victoria McIntosh, Qualifications Engagement Practitioner, School Partnership

Ulster Teachers’ Union (UTU)

  • Jacquie White, General Secretary
  • Stephen McCord, Depute General Secretary