Scottish Police Federation
Formation1919
Legal statusPolice Act 1996
PurposeWelfare and efficiency of policing in Scotland
Headquarters5 Woodside Place, Glasgow, G3 7QF
Location
Membership
18,000 (constables, sergeants, inspectors, chief inspectors, cadets and special constables)
Chair
David Threadgold
Vice Chair
Brian Jones
General Secretary
David Kennedy
Deputy General Secretary
Lorna Hogarth
Websitewww.spf.org.uk

The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) is an organisation representing Scottish police officers. It has approximately 18,500 members across the Police Service of Scotland.[1] It campaigns on issues that affect pay and conditions though police officers are not allowed to strike and reports to authorities on matters which affect their welfare and efficiency.

The Scottish Police Federation is led by General Secretary Calum Steele who has been in post since October 2008.[2]

Chairperson

1919–20 Peter McAusland, Edinburgh
1920Edward Malcolm, Aberdeenshire
1920–21Neil Macleod, Glasgow
1921–22John J Ryan, Glasgow (1st term of office)
1922–23George Kay, Ayrshire
1923–24John J Ryan, Glasgow (2nd term of office)
1924–25William Webster, OBE, Edinburgh
1925–27John J Ryan, Glasgow (3rd term of office)
1927–30Arthur McIntosh, Glasgow
1930–32John J Ryan, Glasgow (4th term of office)
1932–33William Cowie, BL, Glasgow (1st term of office)
1933Alexander Alexander, Glasgow
1933–34John B Rothney, Aberdeenshire
1934–39William Cowie, BL, Glasgow (2nd term of office)
1939–42Thomas O Porter, Wigtownshire
1942–44Andrew K Robertson, Glasgow
1944–46Robert Allan, BEM, Ayrshire
1946–47Archibald Carswell, Argyll
1947–49William Mortimer, Aberdeen City
1949–50George Watson, Ayr Burgh
1950–54James Spowart, BEM, Perthshire & Kinross-shire
1954–56James L Murchie, Glasgow
1956–57John D Stephen, Edinburgh
1957–58Thomas McCallum, Berwick, Roxburgh & Selkirk
1958–61Charles L Jack, BEM, Glasgow
1961–63Norman Clark, Edinburgh
1963–66Donald McCulloch, BEM, Glasgow
1966–68John Black, BEM, Glasgow
1968–70Stuart Waldman, Glasgow
1970–73Ronald Munro, Fife
1973–76Donald McLean, Glasgow/Strathclyde
1976–78Frederick Conner, BEM, Lothian & Borders
1978–81Hamish Forrest, MBE, Strathclyde
1981–82John Hamilton, Strathclyde
1982–84Patrick Kennedy, Strathclyde
1984–87Alistair W A Wallace, MBE, Strathclyde
1988–89Kenneth MacDonald, Lothian & Borders
1989–91Elizabeth Stewart, Strathclyde
1991–00James Fraser, QPM, Strathclyde
2000–09Norrie Flowers, Strathclyde
2010–12Leslie Gray, Strathclyde
2012–16Brian Docherty, Strathclyde
2017–20Andrea MacDonald, West Area
2020–23David Hamilton, North Area (Tayside)
2023-David Threadgold, North Area

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Footnote: John J Ryan, Glasgow, served four terms of office as chairman; William Cowie, BL, Glasgow, served two terms of office as chairman.

General Secretaries

1919–22 William Webster, OBE, Edinburgh (1st term of office)
1922–24John B Craib, MBE, Ayr Burgh
1924–26William Cowie, BL, Glasgow
1926–28Andrew Valentine, Midlothian
1928–30William Webster, OBE, Edinburgh (2nd term of office)
1930–34George Machray, Edinburgh
1934Robert Watson, Edinburgh
1934–41William Brander, Glasgow
1941–42William Forgie, MA, Glasgow
1942–51George Mitchell, BEM, Coatbridge
1951–56James Watson, Glasgow
1956–63Robert McClement, Glasgow
1963–75Daniel Wilson, MBE, Scottish North-Eastern Counties Constabulary
1975–83Joseph Black, MBE, Strathclyde
1983–87Alexander Gowl, Grampian
1988–91Alistair W A Wallace, MBE, Strathclyde
1991–05Douglas J Keil, MBE, QPM, Grampian
2005–08Joe Grant, MBE, Strathclyde
2008–Calum Steele, Northern

Footnote: William Webster, OBE, Edinburgh, served two terms of office as Secretary.

See also

References

  1. About the SPF Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine spf.org.uk, accessed 17 January 2009
  2. Officials Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine spf.org.uk, accessed 17 January 2009
  3. "Joint Central Committee".
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