David Stewart (Scottish politician)
| David Stewart MSP | |
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| Convener of the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee | |
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| Assumed office 14 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rhona Brankin |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Member of Parliament for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber |
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| In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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| Born | 5 May 1956 |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Stewart |
David John Stewart (born 5 May 1956) is a Scottish politician. Prior to his election in 1997, he had been a leading member of Labour’s Scottish Executive. He is married to Linda Stewart, who also stood in the 2007 Scottish elections as Labour Party candidate for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Constituency.[1] She however failed to be elected.
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In 1997 he was the first Labour Member of Parliament for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency in Scotland until 2005, when the constituency was reformed to Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, an election which he lost to Liberal Democrat candidate Danny Alexander. During his time as an MP, he was a member of the Scottish and Work and Pensions Select Committees and from 2003-05 was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Scotland.
During his time out of office, David was employed as Assistant Director for Rural Affairs with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
[edit] Scottish Parliament
In May 2007 he returned to parliamentary life, this time to the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP, in the Highlands and Islands constituency. In October 2008, the Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament, Iain Gray, appointed him to the shadow cabinet as the Chief Whip of the Labour Party in Holyrood.[2]
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| Preceded by Constituency Created |
Member of Parliament for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 1997–2005 |
Succeeded by Constituency Abolished |
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- Scottish politicians
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- Labour MSPs
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
- People educated at Inverness High School
