| 词条 | Graham Simpson (Scottish politician) |
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|name=Graham Simpson|office=Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland|honorific-prefix=|election_date=6 May 2016|party=Scottish Conservative Party|occupation=Politician | birth_place = Aberdeen |termstart=6 May 2016 |nationality=British| |website=https://www.grahamsimpson.org.uk |office2=Councillor of South Lanarkshire Council for East Kilbride West (Ward 9)|parliament=Scottish|parliament2=South Lanarkshire Council|honorific-suffix=MSP|termstart2=3 May 2007|image=Graham_Simpson.jpg}} Graham Simpson is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Central Scotland since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He was a Councillor in South Lanarkshire Council between 2007-2017. Journalism careerSimpson worked as a journalist for News Ltd (26 years and 1 month) rising to the position of Deputy Chief Sub Editor at The Scottish Sun.[1] He had brief holiday at the Daily Record.[2] Political careerSouth Lanarkshire CouncilSimpson was elected to the council in the South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007. He was elected after the seventh count getting 860 first preference votes. He contested East Kilbride West again in the South Lanarkshire Council election, 2012. He was elected on the 1st count with 1,197 first preference votes. Scottish ParliamentFor the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Simpson was selected in to contest the East Kilbride Constituency and was placed second on the Conservatives' Central region list,[3] behind Margaret Mitchell MSP and ahead of Alison Harris MSP. Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list.[4] Simpson is the Conservative spokesman for Housing and Communities[5] Simpson is also a member of the following committees: Convener of Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee and member of Local Government and Communities Committee Simpson is also a member of the following Cross-Party Groups: Beer And Pubs, Cycling, Walking And Buses, Housing and co-vice convenor of Life SciencesThe electoral region represented by Simpson covers East Kilbride, Motherwell, Airdrie, Wishaw and Shotts. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/graham-simpson-960a33ab|title=Graham Simpson, Member of Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland.|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} {{Conservative MSPs}}{{CentralScotland MSPs}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Graham}}{{MSP-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/99236.aspx|title=Graham Simpson MSP|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/12/list-rankings-announced-for-four-scottish-regions/|title=List rankings announced for four Scottish regions - Scottish Conservatives|date=2015-12-12|website=Scottish Conservatives|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-07}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/snp-sweep-victory-across-lanarkshire-7910106 |title=The SNP sweep to victory across Lanarkshire in the Scottish Parliament election|newspaper=Daily Record|date=6 May 2016|accessdate=7 May 2016}} 5. ^http://www.scottishconservatives.com/people/msps/ 7 : Living people|Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–|Conservative MSPs|Scottish Conservative Party councillors|Scottish journalists|Politicians from Aberdeen|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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