Tributes paid following the death of ex-Stirling politician and Holyrood Presiding Officer

Tributes are being paid to the Rt Hon Sir George Reid following his death in the early hours of Tuesday morning. ‌

The 86-year-old, who lived in Bridge of Allan, was SNP MP for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire from 1974 to 1979 and MSP for Ochil from 2003 to 2007. ‌

He was also a former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, an Electoral Commissioner and Trustee of the Edinburgh Tattoo and Glasgow Life, and chaired strategic reviews of public bodies in the UK and Europe. ‌

Throughout his life he received many high honours – Lord High Commissioner, Lord-Lieutenant, Knight bachelor - and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Holyrood in 2018, decided on unanimously by senior officials from the Scottish Government, Scotland Office, Scottish Parliament, office of the Au