Willie Coffey

William Lynch Coffey (born 24 May 1958) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.

[1] He was first elected to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council in 1992 and subsequently to East Ayrshire Council (covering the Onthank ward in northern Kilmarnock) in 1999, 2003 and 2007 before retiring from local government at the 2012 Local Elections.

Danny Coffey who came within 1,210 votes of winning the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Holyrood constituency in 2003 and died on 26 February 2006.

[2] He serves on the Scottish Parliament's Audit Committee and has campaigned on numerous occasions to protect the Scotch whisky industry, particularly in his own area.

[3][4] In 2017 Coffey was reported to Holyrood authorities for "inappropriate language" and "unsolicited attention" by a female civil servant.