James Neale Hanvey (born 28 December 1964)[1][2][3] is a Scottish nationalist politician who served as the Leader of the Alba Party in the House of Commons from 2021 to 2024, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2019 to 2024.

[13] In November 2019, Hanvey was suspended from the party following allegations that he made antisemitic social media posts in 2016, in which he compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the treatment of Jews during the Second World War and shared an article from Sputnik that included an image of George Soros as a puppet master controlling US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

[14][15][16] As a result, the SNP withdrew support for his campaign, but he remained as the party candidate on the ballot paper because the 14 November 2019 deadline for nominations had already passed.

[30] In March 2021, Hanvey left the SNP to join the newly formed Alba Party and then stood as a candidate in the Mid Scotland and Fife region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

[32] Later that month, he faced criticism for using the situation in Afghanistan to attack Ian Blackford, talking of trans rights in a tweet saying "Not to diminish the extant horrors in Afghanistan for women, girls and LGBT people in any way, but Ian Blackford opining on protecting women and girls is a tough listen given the deaf ears to such concerns at home", which Hanvey promptly deleted.

[33] On 13 July 2022, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ejected Hanvey and his Alba colleague Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) from the House of Commons for disrupting the start of Prime Minister's Questions.

[45] In April 2021, Hanvey shared an article falsely claiming the SNP were channelling public funding to organisations campaigning to lower the age of consent to 10.

He was criticised for sharing a platform, in June 2024, with a convicted domestic abuser and alleged covid conspiracy theorists accused of spreading misinformation and false claims about the vaccine.

Hope not Hate said "Neale Hanvey's attendance at the Bring the Noise podcast is a huge red flag but this isn't the first time he's been caught flirting with the conspiracy scene.