Ian Hudghton

Ian Hudghton
MEP
Ian Hudghton MEP
President of the Scottish National Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 2005
Leader	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Winnie Ewing
Member of the European Parliament; for Scotland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 June 1999
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the European Parliament; for North East Scotland
	In office; 26 November 1998 – 10 June 1999
Preceded by	Allan Macartney
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	19 September 1951 (age 72); Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Website	www.hudghtonmep.eu

Ian Stewart Hudghton (born 19 September 1951) is a Scottish politician, and is a current Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.

He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998,^[1] when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney.^[2]

Since the 2004 European elections, he has led the currently seven-strong European Free Alliance Group in the Parliament, which retains its own identity within the joint Green-European Free Alliance Group.

He is a member of the Fisheries, Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and Transport and Tourism committees.

Before becoming an MEP he had been a successful election agent for John Swinney and Allan Macartney, a District and Regional Councillor and the first elected leader of the unitary Angus Council after its foundation in 1995/6.

In September 2005 Hudghton was elected as President of the SNP, following the retirement of Winnie Ewing.^[3]

References

^ "MEPs: Ian Hudghton: History of parliamentary service". European Parliament. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "UK Politics: Labour 'humiliated' as SNP holds Euro-seat". BBC News. 27 November 1998. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "SNP President re-elected". Arbroath Herald. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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Preceded by Winnie Ewing	President of the Scottish National Party 2005–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "MEPs: Ian Hudghton: History of parliamentary service". European Parliament. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[2] "UK Politics: Labour 'humiliated' as SNP holds Euro-seat". BBC News. 27 November 1998. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[3] "SNP President re-elected". Arbroath Herald. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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