Andy Wightman
Andy Wightman (born on 29. May 1963 in Dundee ) is a Scottish politician of the Scottish Green Party and non-fiction author.
Career
Wightman studied forest science at the University of Aberdeen and then worked as an environmental scientist , before becoming a freelance consultant and book author in 1992. Technically, he focused, among other issues of large estates , the land use , the land reform , the crown estate , the fate of public goods and the strengthening of local democratic structures. In February 2015 he was sent as a representative of the Greens to a commission of inquiry of the Scottish government to revise the system of local taxes. Wightman lives in Edinburgh .
politics
For the election to the Scottish Parliament in 2016 , Wightman was nominated by the Greens in second place for the Lothian electoral region behind Alison Johnstone . Due to the good election result for the party, both entered parliament . Among other things, Wightman is campaigning for the European Charter of Local Self-Government to be incorporated into Scottish law.
Works (selection)
- Who Owns Scotland. Edinburgh 1996, ISBN 0862415853
- Scotland: land and power. The agenda for land reform. Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 0946487707
- The Poor Had No Lawyers. Edinburgh 2015, ISBN 9781780273105
Web links
- Information on the Scottish Parliament website
- Andy Wightman on the Scottish Greens website
- Andy Wightman's blog and website
Individual evidence
- ^ Commission on Local Tax Reform. Scottish Government press release of February 20, 2015, accessed September 13, 2018
- ↑ Scottish Greens regional list candidates. Holyrood, January 11, 2016, accessed September 13, 2018.
- ↑ Results of the 2016 parliamentary elections , accessed on September 13, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wightman, Andy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dundee |