John Scott (Scottish politician)

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John Scott


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ayr
In office 16 March 2000 – imcumbent
Preceded by	Ian Welsh
Succeeded by	Vacant (election in progress)
Majority	1,113 (3.34%)
Personal details
Born	(1951-06-07) 7 June 1951 Ayr
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party

John Scott (born 7 June 1951) is a Scottish farmer and politician, and is a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ayr.

Born in Girvan, he has been MSP for Ayr since winning it in a by-election in 2000. He was returned in the 2003 parliamentary election and again, with an increased majority, in the 2007 parliamentary election. In the 2016 election, he retained the seat with a much reduced majority but defeated his close SNP rival On 11 May 2011, he was elected by MSPs to serve as one of the two Deputy Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament.^[1]

John Scott declared^[2] his support for Ruth Davidson in the Scottish Conservative leader election.

References

↑ "SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
↑ . Edinburgh https://web.archive.org/20111002222317/http://news.scotsman.com:80/opinion/Letter-Murdo39s-plan-is-reckless.6845048.jp. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

John Scott MSP - Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Ian Welsh	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ayr 2000–present	Succeeded by Vacant (election in progress)

Scottish Conservative Party MSPs

Elected in the 2011 election; See also: Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament

Leadership	Ruth Davidson (Leader) Jackson Carlaw (Deputy Leader and Health) John Lamont (Chief Whip)

Frontbench members	Murdo Fraser (Finance, Enterprise, Energy and Tourism) Elizabeth Smith (Culture, Sport and Young People) Alex Fergusson (Rural) Annabel Goldie (Constitution) Mary Scanlon (Education and Lifelong Learning) Cameron Buchanan (Local Government and Planning) Margaret Mitchell (Justice) Nanette Milne (Public health) Alex Johnstone (Housing and Transport) Jamie McGrigor (Environment, Fishing and External Affairs)

Backbenchers	Gavin Brown John Scott (deputy presiding officer)

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South of Scotland region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	John Scott (Con, Ayr) Adam Ingram (SNP, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) Aileen Campbell (SNP, Clydesdale) Elaine Murray (Lab, Dumfriesshire) Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) John Lamont (Con, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Alex Fergusson (Con, Galloway and West Dumfries) Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) Christine Grahame (SNP, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)

Additional members	Claudia Beamish (Lab} Chic Brodie (SNP) Jim Hume (Lib Dem) Joan McAlpine (SNP) Aileen McLeod (SNP) Graeme Pearson (Lab) Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)

SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats)

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