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Revision as of 10:17, 15 December 2010
Richard Simpson | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2007 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ochil | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | George Reid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Edinburgh |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Website | www.richardsimpsonmsp.org.uk |
Dr Richard Simpson (born 1942, Edinburgh) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Ochil constituency from 1999 to 2003, currently a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid-Scotland and Fife region as of the 2007 election. He is a member of Unite. He was made the deputy Justice minister when Jack McConnell became First Minister in 2001.
Holyrood
Dr Simpson is the current Deputy Party Spokesperson on Health for the Labour Party and is the Co-Convener of the Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament on Drug and Alcohol Misuse and on Mental Health. He is also a Member of the Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament on Epilepsy, Golf, Palestine, Tobacco Control and Visual Impairment. Dr Simpson is also a member of the Health and Wellbeing Committee.
Campaigns
Dr Simpson has campaigned against the overhead electricity line from Beauly to Denny [1] and night trains in Clackmannan [2].
Non-political career
A GP and psychiatrist prior to his election, Dr Simpson is a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He was also a former associate member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a member of the faculty's working group on Prostate Cancer.
He was a founding member and Chair of the Strathcarron Hospice, Denny.
Between 2003 and 2007 he worked within Addiction medicine, first within Glasgow then as Consultant Psychiatrist in charge of the Drug Addiction Team of West Lothian.
External links
- Richard Simpson MSP Biography at the Scottish Parliament website
- Richard Simpson's official website
- Richard Simpson Facebook
References
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