# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gil-paterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:00:46.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gil-paterson"
name: "Gil Paterson"
slug: "gil-paterson"
description: "Gilbert Martin Paterson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie, from 2011 to 2021. Previously he had been an MSP for the West of Scotland region, having been elected on 3 May 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was an MSP for Central Scotland."
tagline: "Scottish politician (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GilPatersonMSP20110510.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.271922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/GilMPaterson"
    handle:    "GilMPaterson"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Paterson"
    title: "Gil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيل باترسون (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جيل باترسون (سياسى من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Paterson"
    title: "Gil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Paterson"
    title: "Gil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Paterson"
    title: "Gil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump