SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONS
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15a-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          For the month of January 2002

                               SCOTTISH POWER PLC
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

              CORPORATE OFFICE, 1 ATLANTIC QUAY, GLASGOW, G2 8SP
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

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                          FORM 6-K: TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.       Press Release of Scottish Power plc, dated January 15, 2002:
announcement of appointment of new non-executive director.

                                  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                /s/  Scottish Power plc
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                                                (Registrant)

Date January 23, 2002                       By:  /s/ Alan McCulloch
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                                                Alan McCulloch
                                                Assistant Company Secretary



                SCOTTISHPOWER APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ScottishPower today announces the appointment of Philip J Carroll jnr, currently
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fluor Corporation, as a
non-executive director with immediate effect.

Mr Carroll will retire next month after four years at Fluor, a California-based
international engineering, construction and services company. Previously he
worked for Shell Oil for more than 35 years and was President and CEO from 1993
to 1998.

ScottishPower Chairman Charles Miller Smith said: "We are delighted to welcome
Philip Carroll to our Board. He will greatly strengthen its US dimension through
his long experience of the American and international energy and engineering
sectors."

Information:
Gordon Laidlaw    Media Relations Manager                     0141 636 4552
Andrew Jamieson   Head of Investor Relations                  0141 636 4527

                                                              15 January 2002