Alyn Smith
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| Alyn Smith MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Scotland |
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| Assumed office 10 June 2004 |
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| Born | 15 September 1973 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Residence | Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | Leeds University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | alynsmith.eu |
Alyn Smith (born 15 September 1973) is a Scottish politician, and Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.
He is also the SNP's agricultural spokesman.
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Early life and career[edit]
He was born in Glasgow in 1973 and grew up in Scotland and Saudi Arabia.
He returned to Scotland in 1986, and later studied Law and European Law at Leeds University and spent a year studying on the Erasmus Programme at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
He graduated from Nottingham Law School (a department of Nottingham Trent University) in 1996, and gained a Master's degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Natolin (class of 1994-1995). He also for one year taught English in India and worked with Scotland Europa [1] in Brussels.
Smith later moved to London where he qualified as a lawyer with commercial law firm Clifford Chance.
Political career[edit]
Prior to his election he worked on the SNP staff in Holyrood.
He contested Edinburgh West for the SNP at the 2001 general election, coming fourth. At the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, he contested the same seat, again coming fourth.
He was elected as an MEP for the first time in the 2004 European Parliament election and was re-elected in the 2009 European Parliament election.
He is Scotland's youngest MEP and is Honorary President of both the youth wings of the SNP, the Young Scots for Independence and the Federation of Student Nationalists, as well as a member of the SNP's National Executive Committee.
In the European Parliament, he is a full member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and won the coveted Scottish Farmer Magazine award for "Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Agriculture" at the Highland Show in 2009. He is an alternate member of the Education and Culture Committee in addition to the Constitutional Affairs Committee. He is a full member of the Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, and also sits as alternate member on the Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.
Personal life[edit]
'Smithy', as he likes to be known, is openly gay - he lives in Edinburgh.[1]
See also[edit]
- Ian Hudghton MEP (SNP)
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