Roderick William "Roddy" McCuish is a Scottish former politician who was an Argyll and Bute Councillor for the Oban South and the Isles ward from 2007 to 2022, having formerly been the leader twice, both with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and later as an independent.
On 8 January 2021, it was announced that he had joined the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP), becoming their first representative holding political office [1] until the 2022 Council election, when he did not seek re-election.
[6] In June 2012 McCuish intervened after the council had attempted to ban nine year old Martha Payne from blogging about her school dinners.
[8] McCuish considered that this episode had been a political disaster for Argyll and Bute Council, especially because it occurred so soon after the formation of the new administration.
[10] McCuish resigned as council leader in February 2013[11] and, along with another councillor, he left the SNP party to sit as an independent.