Alison Emily Thewliss (born 13 September 1982)[1] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.

On 3 December 2022, Thewliss announced her decision to stand as leader of the SNP's 44 sitting MPs at Westminster following the resignation of Ian Blackford.

[7] Thewliss attended Carluke High School and studied Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen.

Thewliss agreed to stand for the Calton ward at the 2007 Glasgow City Council election which used a new multi-member ward system, and was one of 19 SNP candidates who gained seats previously held by Scottish Labour councillors under the previous single-member system.

[11] Thewliss, who had intervened nine times in the Commons on the issue by January 2016, was among those who launched a poster campaign in Glasgow that month for the government to abandon the proposal.

[13] As the policy came into force, she wrote of the women affected and government officials: "Will they accept her word, or will only a criminal conviction do?

On 25 August 2023, Patrick Grady, then SNP MP for Glasgow North was not approved to stand in the 2024 general election.