Amanda Bland

Amanda Bland
MSP
Amanda Bland MSP
	Official portrait, 2026
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Central Scotland and Lothians West; (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2026
Reform Scotland ; Shadow portfolios
2026–present	Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Personal details
Party	Reform Party Scotland

Amanda Bland is a Scottish politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland and Lothians West since May 2026. She is a member of Reform Party Scotland, and currently serves as Reform's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice.^[1]

Life and career

She is a qualified teacher.^[2] She unsuccessfully stood in the Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituency in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, achieving 7,906 votes.

Bland lives in the Falkirk area.^[2]

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland and Lothians West region
Elected in the 2026 election
Constituency MSPs	Neil Gray (SNP, Airdrie) Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley) Pauline Stafford (SNP, Bathgate) Fulton MacGregor (SNP, Coatbridge and Chryston) Jamie Hepburn (SNP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) Martyn Day (SNP, Falkirk East and Linlithgow) Gary Bouse (SNP, Falkirk West) Clare Adamson (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Steven Bonnar (SNP, Uddingston and Bellshill)
Additional members	Amanda Bland (Ref) Meghan Gallacher (Con) Mark Griffin (Lab) Mandy Lindsay (Ref) Gillian Mackay (Green) Graham Simpson (Ref) Jenny Young (Lab)
SNP (9 seats), Reform UK (3 seats), Labour (2 seats), Conservative (1 seats), Green (1 seat)