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词条 Stewart Stevenson
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  1. Early life

  2. Political career

     In Opposition  University Challenge  Responsibilities  Records  In Government  2011 Scottish General Election   2016 Scottish General Election 

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Stewart Stevenson
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| caption = Stevenson in 2016
| office = Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Banffshire & Buchan Coast
Banff and Buchan 2001–2011
| parliament =
| majority = 6,583 (23.0%)
| term_start = 7 June 2001
| term_end =
| predecessor = Alex Salmond
| successor =
| office2 = Minister for Environment
and Climate Change
| term_start2 = 25 May 2011
| term_end2 = 6 September 2012
| firstminister2 = Alex Salmond
| predecessor2 = Roseanna Cunningham
| successor2 = Paul Wheelhouse
| office3 = Minister for Transport, Infrastructure
and Climate Change
| term_start3 = 17 May 2007
| term_end3 = 11 December 2010
| firstminister3 = Alex Salmond
| predecessor3 = Tavish Scott
(as Minister for Transport)
| successor3 = Keith Brown
(as Minister for Transport and Infrastructure)
| office4 = Convenor of the SNP
Scottish Parliamentary Group
| term_start4 = 7 May 2003
| term_end4 = 17 May 2007
| successor4 = Gil Paterson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| birthname =
| nationality = Scottish
| party = Scottish National Party
| spouse = Sandra Pirie
| relations =
| children =
| residence = Banffshire, Scotland
| alma_mater = University of Aberdeen
University of Strathclyde
| occupation =
| profession = Software Engineer
| cabinet =
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Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
Member
06 Oct 2016 - In Office[1]
(Scottish Parliament)
>

Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee
Deputy Convenor
12 Sep 2018 - In Office[2]
(Scottish Parliament)


Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
Member
08 Jun 2016 - In Office[3]
(Scottish Parliament)


Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
Member
16 Nov 2017 - In Office[4]
(Scottish Parliament)


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James Alexander Stewart Stevenson (known as Stewart Stevenson) (Gaelic: Seamus Alasdair Stiùbhart MacSteafain) (born 1946) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2001.[5] He was the MSP for Banff and Buchan from 2001 to 2011, and after boundary changes he has been the MSP for Banffshire & Buchan Coast since 2011.

In the Scottish Government, he was Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from May 2007 to December 2010, and Minister for Environment and Climate Change from May 2011 to September 2012.

Early life

Stevenson was born in Edinburgh. His father James Stevenson was a doctor and his mother Helen MacGregor was a teacher.[6] He was brought up in Cupar, Fife. He was educated at Bell Baxter High School then studied mathematics at the University of Aberdeen.[7] He worked in information technology with the Bank of Scotland for 30 years,[7] retiring in 1999 as Director of Technology Innovation.[8]

Political career

In Opposition

Stevenson joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1961. He stood as an SNP candidate in the Linlithgow constituency in the 1999 Scottish General election but was unsuccessful.[9]

In January 2001 Stevenson was adopted as the candidate for Banff and Buchan, ahead of the by-election on 7 June 2001 that was triggered by Alex Salmond's resignation from the seat to concentrate on Westminster politics.[10] Stevenson was elected with a majority of 8,500 votes over the Conservative candidate.[11]

He made his maiden speech on the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy on 14 June 2001.[12]

He was re-elected to the constituency in the 2003 elections.[13]

University Challenge

In 2004 he was a member of the Scottish Parliament team in the TV general knowledge programme, University Challenge – The Professionals. He and fellow team members Richard Baker (Labour), Robin Harper (Green), Jamie Stone (Lib Dem) who was captain, beat a Welsh Assembly team by 110 points to 75.[14][15][16]

Responsibilities

In opposition he was Deputy Party Spokesperson on Health until September 2004, then becoming Deputy Party Spokesperson on Justice[17] with responsibility for Prisons and Drugs policy. He was Convenor of the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee.[18] In addition he ended Session 2 as a substitute member of the Parliament's Health Committee[19] and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Cross Party Group on Visual Impairment.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Records

By the end of Parliament's second session on 2 April 2007 he had made 284 speeches in the Scottish Parliament and was thus the most prolific speaker since the Parliament's being re-convened in 1999. By the end of Session 3 in March 2011, he had made 406 speeches and retained the position of "most prolific parliamentary speaker". He reached his 500th speech[20] on the Tribunals (Scotland) Bill, on 7 November 2013.[21]

He can, arguably, hold the record for the longest speech in Parliament. He commenced a speech on International Suicide Prevention Week at 17:21 on Wednesday, 7 September 2004[22] and completed it at 17:12 on Thursday, 8 September 2004[23] nearly 24 hours later. However this was due to the failure of the Parliament's sound system just after he started to speak.[24]

On 12 June 2015, he became the first Member of the Scottish Parliament to have made 600 speeches.[25]

In Government

In the 2007 Scottish General election on 3 May, he was returned with a majority of 10,530, the largest in Scotland, over the Scottish Conservative Party candidate.[26] The SNP formed a minority government and on 17 May Stevenson was appointed the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.[27] This appointment covered: the land use planning system, climate change, building standards, transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, canals, harbours, air and ferry services, Scottish Water.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

As Minister, Stevenson piloted the SNP Government's first Bill, Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill.,[28] which received royal assent on 24 January 2008, becoming the Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008.[29] At the end of May the Scottish Executive approved The Port of Cairnryan Harbour Empowerment Order 2007[30][31] and with this Stevenson became the first SNP Minister to sign a piece of legislation. He also brought forward the SNP's first Legislative Consent Motion, previously known as Sewel Motions, on the subject of the UK Climate Change Bill.[32] He was also the first SNP Minister to lose a vote in Parliament on the subject of the Edinburgh Trams project.[33]

As the Minister for Transport, he was involved with the progressing the legislation for the Forth Replacement Crossing, continuing a family association with Firth of Forth infrastructure projects.[34] His great uncle, Sir Alexander Stevenson, was Chairman of the Forth Road Bridge Campaign Committee in the 1930s;[35] the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964.[36]

In March 2009 Stevenson apologised for the use of an "intemperate word" in Parliament when he said the word "bollocks" in an off-mic remark in response to sedentary remarks by Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles on the relationship between Scottish ministers and officials at Transport Scotland.[37]

After an unusually heavy snowfall in December 2010 caught authorities by surprise and left thousands of motorists stranded overnight on major highways, Stevenson called the government's response "first class" and refused to apologise; anger over the lack of preparedness and over his initial response made his position untenable, and he resigned on 11 December.[38][39]

2011 Scottish General Election

In the 2011 Scottish General Election Under the re-drawn constituency boundaries, Stevenson was elected as the SNP member for the new seat of Banffshire and Buchan Coast; 16,812 votes cast for him was 67.24% of the total, the highest share of votes cast out of all the constituency elections for the Scottish Parliament in 2011.[40]

Under the Second Salmond government Stevenson returned to a ministerial position, appointed as Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 20 May 2011.[41] His ministerial role ended with the re-shuffle announced on 5 September 2012, when he was replaced as Minister by Paul Wheelhouse MSP.[42]

2016 Scottish General Election

In the 2016 Scottish General Election Stevenson was re-elected as member for Banffshire and Buchan Coast at the 2016 election.[43]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/policing-sub-committee.aspx |title=Scottish Parliament Committees - Policing Sub-Ctte |publisher=Scottish Parliament |date= |accessdate=2018-05-25}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/109610.aspx |title=Scottish Parliament Committees - Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee |publisher=Scottish Parliament |date= |accessdate=2018-09-12}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/rural-economy-committee.aspx |title=Scottish Parliament Committees - Rural Economy and Connectivity Ctte |publisher=Scottish Parliament |date= |accessdate=2018-05-25}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/environment-committee.aspx |title=Scottish Parliament Committees - Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Ctte |publisher=Scottish Parliament |date= |accessdate=2018-05-25}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=STEVENSON, (James Alexander) Stewart|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42022|work=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=December 2009|accessdate=24 May 2010}}
6. ^{{citation |website=www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |title=Births (CR). Scotland. 35 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, Midlothian. 15 October 1946. STEVENSON, James Alexander Stewart. 685/01 1243}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11977432 |title=Profile: Stewart Stevenson |work=BBC News |date=11 December 2010 |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
8. ^{{citation |website=www.stewartstevenson.scot/1999/01/banks-director-of-technology-innovation.html |title=Bank's Director of Technology Innovation Selected as Prospective Candidate for Scottish Parliament |date=27 January 1999 |accessdate=7 August 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/scotland_99/html/constituency/55.stm |title=Vote 99: Scotland Constituency and Regions. Linlithgow |work=BBC News |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1118292.stm |title=Salmond defends Westminster move |work=BBC News |date=15 January 2001}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/scotland/newsid_1377000/1377179.stm |title=Holyrood by-elections resolved |work=BBC News |date=8 June 2001}}
12. ^Official Report (Session 1); c 1669, Scottish Parliament, 14 June 2001
13. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/scottish_parliament/html/24.stm |title=Scottish General election: constituency: Banff & Buchan |work=BBC News |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc04pro.html |title=2004 Series University Challenge – The Professionals |publisher=Blanchflower.org |date= |accessdate=2011-01-31}}
15. ^Scots win in 'Paxo' challenge, BBC News, 28 June 2004
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc03pro.html |title=2003 Series University Challenge – The Professionals |publisher=Blanchflower.org |date=2003-09-08 |accessdate=2011-01-31}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/30554.aspx |title=MSPs: Previous MSPs: Session 2 (7 May 2003 - 02 April 2007): Stewart Stevenson |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/PreviousCommittees/15332.aspx |title=The Scottish Parliament: – Committees – Justice 1 – Session 2 |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/PreviousCommittees/15330.aspx |title=The Scottish Parliament:-Committees-Health |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
20. ^[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnjgDVz20EOedDFOREJHQ0JBcWxqN2t5SjhURmtXb1E&usp=sharing List of Speeches], Stewart Stevenson MSP Web Site
21. ^Official Report (Session 4); c 24231, Scottish Parliament, 7 November 2013
22. ^Official Report (Session 2); c 9981 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620202823/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-04/sor0907-02.htm |date=20 June 2009 }}, Scottish Parliament, 7 September 2004
23. ^Official Report (Session 2); c 10121 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620203146/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-04/sor0908-02.htm |date=20 June 2009 }}, Scottish Parliament, 8 September 2004
24. ^{{citation |website=www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=4526&i=33650&c=828629#ScotParlOR |title=The Deputy Presiding Officer: "I am afraid that I must interrupt you, as the sound system has failed."|date=7 September 2004 |accessdate=7 August 2017}}
25. ^Stevenson makes 600th Speech, 12 June 2015
26. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/Electionresults/2007%20election/Table18.pdf |title=Election results: Table 18: Constituency Seats by size of Majority |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
27. ^{{cite press release |url=http://www.gov.scot/News/Releases/2007/05/17111128 |title=Parliament approves Scottish Ministers |publisher=Scottish Government |date=17 May 2007 |accessdate=27 March 2016}}
28. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7153021.stm |title=MSPs vote to scrap bridge tolls |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2007}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/15969.aspx |title=Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill] |publisher=Scottish Parliament |date=24 January 2008 |accessdate=19 November 2016}}
30. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6709213.stm |title=Major harbour plans get go-ahead |work=BBC News |date=31 May 2007}}
31. ^The Port of Cairnryan Harbour Empowerment Order 2007, Scottish Parliament, 25 May 2007
32. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=4764 |title=Official Report. Plenary, 20 Dec 2007 |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
33. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6243158.stm |title=Climbdown after transport defeat |work=BBC News |date=27 June 2007}}
34. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8362744.stm |title=Forth bridge legislation unveiled |work=BBC News |date=17 November 2009}}
35. ^{{cite news |url=http://archive.scotsman.com/viewer/bl/0000540/19350228/310/0008 |title=Forth Road Bridge. Scheme Supported at Boness. Sir A. Stevenson's Figure |work=The Scotsman |date=28 February 1935 |accessdate=20 November 2016 |subscription=yes}}
36. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.feta.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=93 |publisher=Forth Estuary Transport Authority |title=The Bridge - Introduction |work= |date= |accessdate=7 September 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430093834/http://www.feta.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=93 |archivedate=30 April 2009}}
37. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7939538.stm |title=Minister says sorry for swearing |work=BBC News |date=12 March 2009}}
38. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11934227 |title=Scottish Transport Minister apologises to motorists |work=BBC News |date=7 December 2010}}
39. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11976328|title=Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns|publisher=BBC News|date=11 December 2010|accessdate=11 December 2010}}
40. ^{{cite news |url=http://stv.tv/news/north/17662-stevenson-sworn-in-as-banff-buchan-coast-msp/ |title=Stevenson sworn in as Banff & Buchan Coast MSP |work=STV News |date=16 May 2011 |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
41. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13468304|title=Salmond completes SNP majority government|publisher=BBC News|date=20 May 2011|accessdate=21 May 2011}}
42. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19487544|title=Scottish cabinet reshuffle|publisher=BBC News|date=5 September 2012|accessdate=5 September 2012}}
43. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-constituencies/S16000085 |title=Banffshire and Buchan Coast result |work=BBC News |date=6 May 2016 |accessdate=19 November 2016}}

External links

  • Stewart Stevenson's personal web site
  • profile on SNP website
  • biography on Scottish Parliament website
  • [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=%22Stewart+Stevenson%22 Stewart Stevenson at They Work for You]
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